Travelog for: Galaxy bear

Well hello my name is Galaxy Bear, I am new.  I have arrived today from Bun Traveller she rescued me so I am a rescue bear.  Bun Traveller sent me to drakie who promised she would "set-me free" on my travels, not in the wild cos its nice to have a mummy to come home to.  I am a kindly bear and love to have lots of fun and games.  I want to see the world now I have been rescued.  I have no travel plans as yet, but if you would like to host me please send me to drakie.  Please could you answer in forum as she has had her hotmail blocked and ebay infiltrated... so she cannot get at her messages any other way.  Thank you




HOSTS FOR GALAXY BEAR....

Chrissini                  Austria          Left Austria to
Completely Pink        Germany        arrived and left
Fam United                Germany      With Petra now June 08
Katiantenerife            Tenerife
Starbursidoreus        Canada

hey mum!!
i arrived at chrissi's home!!
there was a little toy voyager, Mausi waiting for me. she helped me out of the envelope.


and here i am out of the envelope with all my things and my new friend Mausi:


i'm very much looking forward to seeing more of austria!
i'll keep you updated.
yours, Galaxy Bear

phuu...we had some stress today... we will leave towards graz in a minute, so we helped chrissi to pack all her things. easter holidays are over and she has to go back to university.
so good bye upper austria

hey there,
today was so much fun!!
chrissi bought a mirror for her room, so Mausi and i helped her to assemble it.


so at first, i studied the guidance to assemble it in the right way.


then i fixated the fastener:

don't i look sexy when i'm working with a screw driver?

finally the mirror is on the wall... here you can see it:


chrissi was very happy about our help and for me it was so much fun!!
see you soon,
Galaxy Bear

hellooooooooooo... =)
as one of the life missions of my new friend Mausi is to have a recipe with cheese from every host, we helped chrissi to cook today.

all you need for this meal are vegetables (in our case cauliflower, carrot, onion and bush beans), shortpastry and cheese.
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after washing and chopping the vegetables, we stir-fried it in a can.


then we added some italien herbs, put everything onto the short pastry and belayed it with the cheese.


the rest is very easy. you just have to put it into the oven and wait for about 15 to 20 minutes.
then it is ready to be eateeeeeeeen


i can't wait to try this meal.
bye, Super Grover

hi mom!
when we visited a good friend of chrissi's, we came across the "murinsel"(=island of the mur).

it is a modern island in the river called "Mur" which runs through graz. on it, there is a cafe, it's really cool.

on the way back we went to a nice market where they sell flowers and fresh vegetable and fruits.


and i have seen a to graz really important sight today, the "Uhrturm" (clock tower). it is situated on the little mountain called "Schlossberg".


big hugs,
Galaxy Bear

hey there,
today we went a bit outside to explore my host's neighbourhood.

we came along a mailbox, so i dropped chrissi's letters.


we also saw a post car.

on it, it says "the post delivers anything to everybody"

then we passed a tree nursery, so here i am in front of it:


here you can see a radar:

hopefully the driver's didn't drive too fast!


this is an funny roadside billboard, isn't it?
it is an ad for an austrian mobile provider. the slogan is, that it is a club for chatterboxes

yay, the walk made me really tired.
talk to you soon,
Galaxy Bear

my friend Mausi left today. so we had to say good bye.



we hope to see each other again some day, that would be so cool!!

good bye my little friend,


bye,
Galaxy Bear

hi mom,
i hope you are fine!

today we came along a funny building.

it's the office of an austrian newspaper.

bye,
Super Grover

today was such a beautiful day! it was so warm and the sun was shining nearly all day long.
so we decided to go to the municipal park!


the park is so green, there are beautiful flowers and when the weather is fine, there are always loads of people hanging around!


it was such a great day.

now i'm ready to move on, so i'll pack my things and will leave chrissi's home in a few days.

see you soon,
Galaxy Bear

Hey Mummy,
I arrived in Remscheid today. My envelope had a little  hole, one of my ears showed through the envelope so everyone knew who has arrived there.



My new host told me that there is something wrong with the photos she has uploaded for my update. So we're only telling you that I arrived savely here and we'll have a look at the photo-thing tomorrow. We are all very tired. My new host is Alexandra, she celebrated her 16th birthday last week. Today her mother celebrated her birthday.

I'll tell you more tomorrow.

Bye
Galaxy Bear

Hey Mommy,
I hope it will work with  the photos now.

Yesterday I arrived here at Alex' home. Little rat Angus, Chompers and little dog Moony welcomed me and told me that there was a birthday party. Alex' mom was celebrating her .... fourty-something birthday. I don't know more. We had coffee and cake because I was halfway starved. Later a bottle of sparkling wine was opened.









Alex and her brother Philipp had a funny present for her Mom: Can you see the glass of beer? It is a candle, not a real beer. They also had nice flowers for her.

In the evening we had asian food. Everyone could take what he liked. It was delicious. We had dishes with fish, chicken and beef.





I am curious what I will see tomorrow.

For today I'm saying good-bye
Galaxy Bear

Hey Mummy,

today we have a holiday - Labour Day. None of us has to go to work or school. Tomorrow we have a so called bridging day - the day between a holiday and the weekend. My host Alex don't need to go to school, but her brother will have to go to work. Her mum has taken a day off work.

We had a very long, late breakfast. It was almost 11:00 am until my host and her brother got up. Their mom hat already prepared breakfast.

First we four TVs helped baking some bread rolls.



I was sitting next to Alex's plate with Angus. Alex made breadrolls with pork sausage and cheese for us.



Look, Alex was wearing a georgeous t-shirt. She bought it at the time of the last football world championship in summer 2006.



The weather was really bad today. It started with sunshine in the morning, but in the late afternoon it began to rain and even to hail. We planned to go outside, but the weather was too bad.

I hope it will be better soon.

Bye
Galaxy Bear

Hi Mummy,
today the weather was really nice. In the afternoon Alex, her mother, Angus, Chompers and me took a walk. This street with those old houses is very close to my current home.



First we went into a little park in front of the police station. In the middle of the park they built a pillar with the crest of the town and the names of the partner town. These are Quimper in France, Presov in Slovakia, Pirna in Eastern Germany, Mragawo in Poland and Wansbeck in England.



We sat on a rocking horse.



Then we went into the muncipal park. This is the local observatory.



Here you can see more of the park.



We went through an old district called „Hasten“. Here are many beautiful old houses.







Here you can see a famous company, Keiper. They are building bucket seats and racing-style seats for mainstream manufacturers.



We came to a district called “Morsbachtal”. Here the creek Morsbach is running. In this district the first industrial settlements took place long ago. Along the creek tools were made, in the early centuries of industrial settlement the machines were run by water wheels.



Here we are all sitting on the balustrade of a bridge running across the creek.



From here you can walk into the forrest and follow the route along the historical “Gelpetal”. The river Gelpe is flowing through the valley, coming from Wuppertal. Here you can find an old sledgehammer which is now a museum. Around the hammer some beautiful old houses remained.









This is Alex!



We were sitting on the edge of a little standpipe. On the picture you cannot see the water flowing, but we all got a little bit wet. But that doesn’t matter because it was so warm.



On this plate the history of the company that you can see in the background, is explained. This plate belongs to a serie of such plates along a special trail along the creek and its industrial culture.



We rested on a bench in the sun.



We found a rock that was worked into the shape of an easy chair. Alex enjoyed the sun again and we did also.



These are special signs on a trail. The R in the circle is standing for the "Roentgenweg", a trail around the complete urban area of Remscheid, it is 63 km long. The triangle is standing for a route that was made in 2006 through the historic valleys, the W in the circle is standing for the trail around Wuppertal. This is the neighbour town. Where we were standing is the border between the towns.The trail around Wuppertal is about 130 km long. The N is a trail that we don't know.



On our way back home we walked along the “Werkzeugtrasse”, the route of tools. This is a lane built on an abandoned railway track. Along this route you can find signs and products of local industrial companys who sponsored this lane. This is a bench made of a huge screw clamp.



We all are tired now and I think I will go to sleep early today.

Bye
Galaxy Bear

Hi Mummy,
today Katja took us with her into town. She showed us the town centre with the shops. She also took Angus and Chompers with her.

Here you can see some pictures of the pedestrian area.





In a book store I saw these cute books. They are for special events like saying sorry, wishing somebody to get well soon or for showing someone that you like him or her.



These large forcepses are marking the entrance to the pedestrian area.



Here you can see the town hall. The tower has to be repaired, so it has a scaffold.



When we were back at home we relaxed in the midday sun in the kitchen window.



In the meantime Katja made coffee. She wanted to read today's newspaper and eat a doghnut. It's called "Berliner Ballen" here, it is the same dough but it does not have a hole but it is filled with jam.





Look, in the newspaper you can even find informations about what's going on in the partner town wansbeck. Labour had loss at local elections. I don't know if this is good or not.



Bye
Galaxy Bear