Travelog for: dicker Kumpel

Hello again from Vienna !

First we visited the beautiful Karlskirche and the townhall.





After it I drove to the castle Belvedere. I loved the Statue – it is much bigger than I am. Then we relaxed together in the sun.





In the afternoon we went to the prater - a funny place in the town. We first rode the big wheel – it is very old -it was built in 1897. After it we rode in the a funny little train called Liliputbahn.









We love this holiday !!!

Hello from Melk!

Today we visited the beautiful cathedral of Melk. It was so beautiful – I loved the interior and the garden,too.







Back on the ship I played chess, but I didn't understand how to play Shuffleboard.





Well, now our cruise is over – we only go to Passau and then back home to Sülfeld. We spent the last hours on the ship – watching out of the window and talking about our adventures!

Hi from Sülfeld !

Pinkz and Meleca arrived at Rike’s home today – and there were me, Slummy, Milala, Murph and Ninni just coming back from our cruise! We gave them a warm welcome and talked a lot about our adventures.



Ninni is the ToyVoyager of the week, we are all very excited and will have a party this week. She got beautiful flowers from Rike – we made a photo of both of us – and then with all of us!





Later I went out in the garden to watch these lovely flowers on the little lake!



Dicker Kumpel

Today we went to Hamburg, because we celebrated Ninni. She is the ToyVoyager of the week. The weather wasn’t that nice on the way to Hamburg, but there it became better.



First we did some sightseeing, but not too much. We looked at the town hall – first from the front – with the little festival, where we wanted to celebrate.





Then we went to the other side of the town hall, where a nice fountain is.





Here you can see us all together – celebrating Ninni!! And me playing in the wine!





We had wine and ate something delicious – called Flammkuchen. You see a photo before we started – and when we finished.





Oups – maybe a little too much wine?



We really had a great time!!!

Hello from Bad Segeberg !

We were in Bad Segeberg again, because we wanted to find the people from the monument. It is strange, that they are here – but we found out, that they play theatre in this town – written by Karl-May.



We found this funny telephone box – and I wanted to call someone. But it didn’t work…



This funny man had a good time. It was so hot, but he stood inside a fountain. I wanted to stand next to him, but RikeH didn’t allow it. So we only played outside the fountain.



At the end of our walk, we saw this lovely church.

Hello from Hamburg again. Last week we hadn’t had nice weather in Hamburg – so we tried it again today. And look, what we saw out of the window of our train – the sun!





The town hall looks much nicer in the sunshine. And we saw the Alsterarkaden – they are very beautiful.





Then we crossed the street and went to the Alster. There we saw the fountain and the nice boats. When we walked on the boarder of the lake, we saw swans and geese.







This wonderful view is from the other side. Because we all loved this view, we wanted to have an own photo - and one from all of us!





On the way back to the train station (on the second photo) we made a stop at the Kunsthalle – a museum of Art.





Inside the station we waited for our train – and I wanted to show you the nice station!





We entered the train and had a nice meal – what a great sunny trip!!!

Hello from Lübeck !

We went to Lübeck. It is a nice city – in 1987 the Unesco declared the existing cityscape to be a World Cultural Heritage Site. And it is a great city. First we saw the Holsten Gate – it was on the 50-DM-bank-note of Germany. But now they have the Euro here.





Next to the Gate are the Salt Warehouses.



Then we climbed up the tower of the St. Peter’s Church. We had a lovely view of the city…





We saw some other nice buildings – and a funny animal.







When we arrived at home, a new ToyVoyager was waiting for us - she is called Rhinono and we talked a lot! She came from China – and had a very fast trip !





What a wonderful day!

Hello from Hamburg,

we went to the port of Hamburg today. Rike told us, that there are many beautiful ships. We started at the Landungsbrücken – it is the place where the ships arrived in the past. In the other direction we saw nice old ships – we made nice pictures nearer to them later this day.





On our way to the old ships we saw these colorful bikes. They are for rent, but we didn’t rent them. My legs are too short for these bikes.





Then we saw this big anchor – can you see me in front of it?



This is the Rickmer Rickmers. In 1896 it was constructed as a three-master ship on Rickmer's shipyard in Bremerhaven. It was rebuilt to a three-master barque in Capetown in 1904 after having been damaged a heavy storm. The Rickmer Rickmers was sailing between Europe and Chile, loaded mainly with carbon and nitre. In 1916 it was confiscated by the Portugueses. From this time on it was used as training ship for the Portuguese navy under the name SAGRES. In 1983 it was sold to the organization "Windjammer for Hamburg" and towed to Hamburg - as a fully dilapidated hulk (without masts). After a restoration of several year the wrack became a neat symbol of the Hamburg harbour. Important facilities like the engine-room or the officers' cabins were restored with love. The ship can be visited daily. Under deck there is a restaurant as well as a show room where interesting, often changing exhibitions of maritime contents can be seen. We didn’t want to see the inside – so we only took nice photos from the outside.





This is the other old ship. The Cap San Diego, built in 1961, is a unique testimony to seafaring and is berthed in her old home harbor of Hamburg as a »museum you can touch« since 1986. She is the last of the classic cargo ships, referred to as the "White Swan of the South Atlantic."





This is the look over the port where a swimming crane came along.



At the end we saw the fire-ship – and on the other side a huge building, where a big publisher has his rooms. The church you can see behind the building is called ‘The Michel’ and is a very famous church for the people from Hamburg.





I really loved this day at the port. Hamburg is a wonderful city!

Hello from Hamburg again,

 

we went to the cruise ship terminal in Hamburg today. That was the big tower – we will have a nice view of the ship, when we are on the tower.



But you can see, what happened. We saw the building, but there was no cruise ship.



Then I looked in another direction and found a beautiful ship. We all decided that we wanted to play on it.



We played hide and seek. I was the first who run away and I found a great place to hide.





After it we wanted a photo on the ship. First we were on the deck…



…then we climbed onto the mast. We had a nice view from there! We talked and enjoyed the sun!



We decided to have a race to the swing. Rhinono had the best start – she jumped – and won. We others climbed down the mast. Rhinono is very brave!



On the swing we had a great time. Playgrounds are great for ToyVoyagers.



At the end I relaxed in the hammock. What a wonderful day in Hamburg again!

Hello from Sülfeld !

It is Sunday – and we made a tour with the bike. We made a rest at a nice place. You can see me on the bike.





This is a big field with corn, but it is not really ready to be eaten.





Here you can see all of us – we had so much fun together on the bike!



Look – how long our way was!



Some miles later we saw these nice horses.



Back home Rike showed us, how the corn looks like, when you buy it in a shop.

Hello from Hamburg again.

here is a big fair – called Dom. First we looked around and saw many people and carrousels. One was for children; the next one was very interesting – so fast moves…







Then I was very afraid – a white shark came from the side. Fortunately I found out that he was a friendly shark – and I was allowed to make this scary photo!



That was amazing. I needed to eat something – and found delicious strawberries with chocolate.



We then saw the big roller coaster with two loops. I didn’t want to try it out…





Look at this funny corn-man. I loved him!!!



Later we saw a boat trip – the people became wet in it – it was funny.



We wanted a nice photo of the group and found this funny place. After it, we bought a nice heart from Hamburg.







When we walked around we saw the big wheel. It is really big – the biggest big wheel, that can travel around the world. Maybe it is a Big Wheel Voyager?





I wanted to make a trip with the big wheel – and we went into it. I had to hold the hand of Tobi, because he was a little afraid. (Or maybe I was a little scared, because it was so high.) We saw many interesting things from Hamburg from high above - the Dom, the Port and the church Michel. It was great!











What a wonderful day!!!! We went back home and relaxed on the couch.

Greetings from the stadium in Hamburg !

Today it is time for sports – not me, of course. I went to the HSV – a German soccer team. The best of course! We went into the stadium. It is really big. Before the match started, all players were on the field for the warm-up.





We had nice places – but later more people came to watch the match.











At the end, our team lost – bad luck…. But it was interesting – and better than watching it in the TV.

When I came back from the match in Hamburg, I decided to find two friends. ThomasHH and BineHH were lost. I decided to find them again. I asked the crystal ball and looked into it to find both.



I had to get closer to it, it is hard work….



BANG – it worked. I don’t know why, but both are back in Sülfeld. That is great !!!!





We are all very happy – what an amazing crystal ball.







But look – it wasn’t a crystal ball, but a magic hippo.





Thanks magic hippo – they are back home again!

Hello from the port of Hamburg,

ThomasHH and BineHH came back from nowhere with the help of me and a magic hippo. They were both lost – what a bad experience. We all hope, that we never will have this experience again. We are so happy that they are back!



We talked about our trips and came to the topic of cruise ships. RikeH told us about a big ship that will be in Hamburg today. It is called Queen Mary 2. We couldn’t believe how big it is. length: 1132 feet / 345 meters, Height 236 feet 2 inches / 72 meters. Passengers: 2620 (3090 max). We think that maybe all TVs could travel on it at the same time. That would be a party. We decided to go to Hamburg again – and see the QM2 in reality. But first we saw a model –it is not really big…



We went to the Cruise Terminal – you remember – I have been there last week, when there wasn’t any ship. Wow – the QM2 is really big!!!









In the afternoon we went to the port again, because we wanted to see the ship, when it was in action on the river Elbe. We waited…



Then it came – it is amazing!!!









I think, I should go on my next cruise soon! But I loved the small ship on the Danube, too.

Hello from ???

A friend of RikeH needed a new lamp for his flat. He asked me to help him to find the right one. We went to a lamp store. Wow there are a lot of lamps!!!







I loved a brown lamp, but RikeHs friend decided to buy this one. It is really funny – it looks like an unidentified flying object.



Help, I think it is an UFO……