Travelog for: Vladimir

Hailz!

My name is Vladimir and I'm a tiger who wants to travel on your fingers.



I love Mother Nature, so my missions are very 'ecologic-type'.



I'm also very handsome and I go along very well with pets, specially cats.



I hope you like me and enjoy my adventures =)

Tiger kisses,

Vladimir

'Hola' to the people who read me!

I left Lisbon in early night to go to a very small town named Casanxo, placed in A Cañiza, a municipality in Galicia, in the province of Pontevedra.



There wasn't much to see there, but there was a small graveyard I visited:



Look at those beautiful flowers...I love to see 'real' flowers in cemeteries, not the ones in plastic.



The chapel is placed in the middle of the cemetery and the graves all around:



LOOK, I found a cousin



Oh, it's not a tiger, it's an imitation 

Penvmbra told me it was a cat with tiger-like pattern.
Well, he was nice anyway

He even let P. cuddle him 



The houses in this town are all made of stone:



Hm, fresh water =)



Time to rest now.

Tiger kisses,

Vlamidir

We arrived in Vigo finally!

Here we are: myself, Migui+Gui and Margarida in a park by the sea:







There was happening a fair near the beach and we went there to take a look:







And then we visited a small cemetery in Vigo:



See you later,

Vladimir

Hello, hello!

I haven't updated my travel log for quite a longe time, but now I'm back with new photos

This time I went to Azores, a portuguese archipelago of 9 beautifil islands.

I went to the Santa Maria Island, one of the smallest in the archipelago.

I had one of the best beaches in the world by my side:



The beaches aren't too big, but the sand is like velvet, the water is very clean and the air very pure



One day we went to Maia, a small place by the sea, and we found these ducks living there freely:



This baby is soooo cute 





The outskirts of the place:







Hm...me, Migui+Gui, Mumu and Margarida were ofered grapes from the region



The typical boat:



The sunset:



Those are typical tools used in the ancient times: the mill wheels and the jars to store food and drink:





In this place Cristopher Colombus stoped on his way to Europe, after discovering America:



In these islands there is a tradition of serving a special soap in honor of the Holy Spirit.
The soap is served for free to anyone who wants to come in and is made like in the ancient times, with home made bread and meat from the cows of the people there:





The queue for the soaps:



Inside the chapel:





Eating the soap:



Mumu introduced us some member of her family.
They live happy and in peace in this islands



It is amazing to feel surrounded by sea:





Look ate the color of the sand there:



And this is Faneco, the sweetest dog I ever met, although it seems he wanted to eat me :P



I may say I loved this travel

Tiger kisses,

Vladimir

Today I went to the Castle of Almourol and with me was Fridolin, Margarida and Migui+Gui.



Before going to the castle we went to a medieval bar for a drink:









The bar was really nice, it felt good to be there.
Look at Penvmbra at the entrance:



And then we went to the castle:









The view at the top of the castle:





The castle is amazing, you should read about it in the website.
It is placed in the middle of the Tagus river.

Kisses,

Vladimir

Hello there!

I was bored here in Penvmbra's house and so I decided to take a deeper look around the place...

Hm...this candles look like blood!



Migui, the black cat, is like a shadow always on our way 



I think this guy would eat me if he could...



More dragons?And a cat lover's lady



Skulls, fairies, skulls...creepy 



I better go to my place again :P

Kiss,

Vladimir

Today is day to say goodbye to my fellows ToyVoyagers:

Margarida



Migui+Gui



Mumu



Fridolin



It was really nice to spend this time with you guys, but now I'm going to AbbyB's house in Canada, for new adventures

Kisses and see you soon,

Vladimir

Hi Mum, I have arrived in Canada!



Tiger kisses,

Vladimir

Abby had a couple packages to pick up at the post office and so she took everyone along.  Out of one of the packages popped Hedgie Hedgehog!

This is the famous horse clock in Maple Ridge, basically the only interesting thing in the city.  There's a legend that goes with the clock and the horse.  The horse represents a beast that fought for Mother Nature against those who were hurting the environment, but was gravely hurt in the process.  Mother Nature set up the clock as a reminder to not hurt the environment.

It's pouring outside, so everyone decided to see what we could do as a group to keep us amused.  Alizée decided to show us some yoga poses.  Greedy opted out and decided to just watch.



Here we are doing the cobra.



Hey, look!  I can do the splits!



After all that yoga, everyone was exhausted.

After yoga, we made tea.



The cup is actually Abby's; she found a smaller, ToyVoyager-sized cup for everyone.  Nothing beats Earl Grey on a cold, wet day

Then, we decided to read to each other.  Shirley Sheep went first, reading us a fairy tale called Princess Abigail and the Wonderful Hat.  It was apparently Abby's favourite when she was younger, because of the name.



Abby encouraged Greedy to read next.  He chose When Vegetables Go Bad.



I offered to go next, and decided to read one of Abby's textbooks that I have been eyeing, Environmental Policy.  It was fascinating.



Unfortunately everyone seemed to be very tired from yoga or something, because they all fell asleep...

Just look at this view!  Maple Ridge, where Abby lives is on the edge of the Vancouver suburbs, so there is a lot of farmland and there are also a lot of dikes around, because it's a fairly low-lying area.  In the background, on the right, you can see the mountains called Goldenears.  Lots of wildlife lives in the marshes, including herons, muskrats and beavers, but I didn't see any.

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving, and that means a good, old-fashioned turkey dinner.  If you want to see the entire process, you can read Greedy's travelog, but I was just interested in the final product.  Bon appetit!