Travelog for: Alfred

Hello again!

A little Alfred update. No pictures this time. But only a little story. Margreet has invited me to stay a little longer. Because she likes very much my being here. We don't do a lot of outdoor activity. But that's ok. She has a very nice place.
And it was ok with my mum.
Today she showed two lamps she has. You only have to touch the stand and it goes on and off.
Yesterday evening we watched a show called 'dancing queen' and I was wondering if a show like that is also in other countries. It's like the show where they search for new singing talent. That one is called 'idols' in the Netherlands.
But in this one they are looking for new dancing talents.
Last week I went with her to work. But I stayed in her bag. Margreet didn't think her colleagues would understand it. But I got to hear some things. Margreet works as a nurse on a neonatal intensive care unit. There are really tiny babies there. She has taken care of two little ones this week.
One of them only weighs 900 grams. Really tiny. But he can scream if he doesn't feel very well. Today it was because he didn't like what he had in his nappie. Margreet told me about the smallest nappies. I asked her to bring one home. So I can show you.
Well, that's all for now. I will try to write again soon.

Love Alfred

Hello again!

It has almost been two weeks here in Groningen. One more week to go.
This weekend Margreet will be visiting her sister together with her parents.
Margreet and her dad will be walking (not running) a marathon in june and have to practise for that a bit. They might take a walk when visiting Margreet her sister. Of course I can go with them on that walk. Maybe I can talk them into taking a route that passes a beach. That would be great.
And have I told you already what Margreet will be doing shortly after that marathon? She is going on holiday and will be taking a course parachute jumping. She will try to add a picture of what it looks like. Well, that is not a life mission for me. Who in their right mind will jump out of an airplane just for fun?
Oh, I found a new drink I like. A banana and a kiwi in the blender. Mix it and add a milk like drink. Yummie!

Hello again!

A very nice weekend we had. Saturday we went to visit Margreet her sister who lives in Leiden. Margreet and her father did take that walk but it wasn't too the beach. There wasn't enough time for that. But I did get to meet all the children of her sister. But they were so excited Margreet was a little afraid of taking a picture of me with them. But we had a good time. With 3 little children in the house there were a lot of toys there. Ilse has a toy cat. He was really nice to play with. And Dennis likes the computer a lot. And he teached me how to play some games. Laura, the baby, was having fun just looking at us.

Here is a picture of me in the fruit bowl. Remember I told you about my new favorite drink?

And here is also a picture of Margreet with Dennis, Ilse and Laura. She loves those kids a lot.

And so my trip to the Netherlands is almost over. Margreet told me I am travelling to England soon. I am looking forward to that a lot too. The ride will be comfortable I think because the envelope has bubbles.

Hello again!

A short message this time. I am really tired now and Margreet is too. So we will be sleeping soon.
I want to have two good nights of sleep before I will be travelling to the UK. Yes, only two more nights here. Today Margreet brought home the smallest size nappies. You cannot get them in the stores. These are meant for babies who weigh less than 1000 grams. Margreet's nephew Dennis couldn't believe it was a nappie. He thought it was a handkerchief. Well, of course I wanted to try them on.
The picture is the result.

Love, Alfred.

Hello!

This time a message from me, Margreet. I am a bit sad today because I just took Alfred to the postoffice and left him there. So he is on his way to the United Kingdom.
Debbie, here he comes!
Alfred kept me good company these last days. I was sick because I had some bad chocolate this weekend.
Alfred wanted me to tell his mum that he misses her a lot, but is having a really good time on his adventures. Alfred really is a happy bear.
I also added some pictures of his good bye.

Greetings Margreet

I have finally arrived in the UK on Saturday. It was a long and cold journey, I dont know why it took so long but it was nice to get here. On Sunday morning we woke up to snow, there is a picture below but I didn't want to go out in it.
On Monday and Tuesday Debbie had to go to university where she is doing part of her nurse training. I stayed behind and kept her other housemates company.
On Wednesday we went to the park and I watched Debbie's nephews Adam, Andrew and Luke playing football. Yesterday I went round their house and helped Luke eat some of his Easter Eggs that he had left over from Easter. There are some pictures below of me and Luke, he has dirty knees because he had been playing football again. It is his favourite game. Today it has rained a lot but we are hoping for better weather tomorrow so that we can go out to Windsor.
Edited by Debbie to say I am having trouble uploading pictures but will find out what I am dong wrong and then upload them.

Thankyou Margreet for your message. I was also pleased to get here and I have missed you. Debbie is just going to try to upload her photos again and then I shall write some more.

A tired Luke


The dirty knees are because Luke had just been playing football in the park


And then I got a bit worried for my safety so Debbie told him to put me down.

It has been a long time since we have written in this blog so I have lots to write.
Here is a picture of the snow mentioned in a previous post that Debbie couldn't upload at the time.

I have been to help Debbie on her allotment a lot. We have planted potatoes, onions, broad beans, carrots and radishes. We have picked rhubarb. The roof came of Debbie's shed in the high winds that we had and a lot of things in there have got wet.


On Friday we went to Windsor Castle which is the favourite home of the Queen.
In this photo you can see the Union Jack flying on the castle which shows that the Queen was not in residence at that time.

And here are some other photos.
Windsor Castle is too big for Debbie's camera to take a photo of the whole castle


The Windsor Guards


Me having a rest.

Tonight has been very exiting and I have completed one of my missions. Debbie was eating her dinner and telling me about her day. It had got very stormy outside and there was lots of rain and thunder. Debbie looked out of the window and saw that there was a rainbow. She rushed for her camera and managed to get some pictures.



The storm went on for some time and I sat in the window watching it.

Alfred, are you lost?

Where are you, Alfred? Mummy is worried about you! Are you lost?