Travelog for: Ferda

Hello!

On Christmas Eve  a new TV arrived! It's Fibro Duck visiting from the UK!



It is Fibro Duck's mission to spread awareness about the illness called Fibromyalgia. He brought lots of information on it to share.



It was snowing outside so then we went outside to take a look!





It's a good thing nobody had to be driving!



It was already dark but Fibro Duck and I decided to play in the snow a little anyway!



Look what we made together!



After that we rested on a bench and watched the snowflakes.



Then we went inside to help Ren wrap one last present.



Perfect!



All we had left to do was let Santa know what we wanted for Christmas...



... And leave some goodies out for him and his reindeer!



Good Night and Happy Holidays!

-Ferda

It's Christmas!



Guess what? All of the treats were gone!



And there were presents everywhere!







And very full stockings!



Fibro Duck and I climbed up on the fire place and then played hide and seek in the Christmas tree!



Can you see us?



How about now?



While we were exploring we found a snow man and a candy dish! We spent most of the day talking to him and eating candy! Yum!



I hope that you had a great Holiday too!

-Ferda

Hi Again!

Last fall I went to visit a graveyard where a few Titanic victims were buried. Today I went into Halifax to see the bigger Titanic gravesite that is a lot more popular.



Almost there!



I think the signs are the same as before:



Ren told me that in the summer time this is a very busy tourist place with lots of guides telling stories but there was no one else around today! Here it is:



Most of the stones are very simple, and lots of them do not have names.



This is one of the most popular stones here. It is for one of the first bodies recovered, a very small child. The crew on the boat that found him payed for a bigger headstone.



They didn't know who he was back then, but they have figured out now that he is one of this lady's children.  She ended up being buried just a few feet away.



So sad!

This stone also gets a lot of attention... I wonder why?



The stones are set out in a "U" shape that is supposed to resemble the front of a boat.



I am so lucky that I made it across the ocean safely when so many others have not!

Bye for now,

-Ferda

Hi again!

Last night there was a winter storm here so there is lots of snow!



Ren had to go to the grocery store so I went along!



While I was waiting for her I went exploring a little.



Hey I recognize this river! I visited this place back in the fall!



It looks very different now.



It was so windy and cold!



I didn't walk as far as I did last time but I still had fun!



Bye for now!



-Ferda

Hello!

It has been very snowy and grey around here lately. I think that I have forgotten what the sun looks like! It's okay though because the snow looks really pretty! I wanted to go out walking in it so Ren took me to a place called Hemlock Ravine Park.



The focal point of the park is the heart shaped pond. Here is some information about it:



And here it is! It's not as easy to make out when it's covered in snow!



The park is also special because of it's very old trees.



There are all kinds of walking trails throughout the park.



It was like walking inside of a snow globe!



The path I took was sandwiched between two steep rock walls!





Fibro and I found a comfortable spot  to sit and enjoy the views!



Then it was time to go back and get warmed up!



Bye for now!

-Ferda

Hello!

Guess what?! I found out where I am going to travel to next! I'm going to Hong Kong! How exciting!

Today though I went with Ren to the hospital to help fulfill one of my life missions! This is the "little" hospital, there is a much bigger one downtown.



Here I am in the waiting room. Luckily we didn't have to wait long!



Then we went into a new room. I'm not sure what an ultrasound is but Ren assured me that it wouldn't hurt her!



I wasn't allowed to go inside so I sat and waited until it was time to go.



Bye for now!

-Ferda

Happy Valentines Day!

Guess what!? I found a surprise waiting for me in the kitchen!



Ren had baked a heart shaped cake! How appropriate!



I shared it with the other TV's of course!



Then it was time to dig in! Yum!



It was a fun day! I'm extra excited too because I will be leaving for Hong Kong very soon!

Bye for now!
-Fibro

Hello!
I've been so excited about going to Hong Kong that I don't know what to do with myself!

I've tried to keep my mind off of the long trip by watching the Olympics and cheering for the athletes from Czech Republic. Here is one now! A snowboarder!



Oh oh! He fell down and didn't finish the race! Better luck next time!



Then it was finally time to get into my packet! I gave Fibro Duck and Napo a big hug first of course! I hope to meet up with them again someday!



I'm sad to leave but I can't stop smiling because I am also looking forward to exploring someplace new!



I will talk to you again when I reach my destination! I hope that it doesn't take too long!

Wish me luck!

-Ferda

Once I arrived Hong Kong,
Vi, my new host brought me to a tea house to "yum cha" (means drink some chinese tea),
and have "dim sum" (food that only serve in chinese tea house)
This idea is so great because I am very hungry after the long journey.

Later we went to supermarket to buy some snacks,
there are various kind of snacks and are imported from all over the world.

Marbo - a twin-cake in cappuccino flavor
Green packing - green tea flavor biscuit
Grey packing - dried grapes
Panda biscuit - chocolate biscuit
Dove - chocolate bar
Yellow candy - honey candy
Red candy - honey candy with coke flavor
Orange packing - herbal candy which smooth your throat
Wah Yuen - sweet dried pineapple

And I also got a red packet too! Inside is some lucky money.
Giving red packets to children and youngsters is a traditional custom during Lunar New Year.

I had a big chocolate coin as dessert.
One side there's "Kung Hey Fat Choi",
and the other side are the 12 animals symbolizing the Twelve Branches used to designate years (according to lunar calendar).

The order is:
1 - Rat,  2. Ox,  3. Tiger,  4. Rabbit,  5. Dragon,  6. Snake,
7. Horse,  8. Goat,  9. Monkey,  10. Rooster,  11. Dog,  12. Pig

Random shots from Jordan to Tsim Sha Tsui.

The last photo show the Kowloon side entrance of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel,
people drive through it to cross the harbour and reach the Hong Kong Island,
it's one of the tunnels in Hong Kong, there are 3 in total.

I took the MTR (Mass Transit Railway), which is the same as Metro/Tube/Subway, I got off at the Hung Hom Station.

I saw a shop called 7-11, a 24-hour convenient store,
there are over hundreds branched in Hong Kong.

I took some photos with the Hong Kong Coliseum,
it's having a funny shape that looks like a diamond.

Outside shows some up-coming events' posters,
drama, chinese opera, classical music and some concerts of local pop stars.

The last two photos is the whole view of the Hung Hom Station.
You can see that the weather is a bit foggy,
since spring is coming, it will becomes more humid.

Vi showed me the Hong Kong currency today,
there are coins and notes.

For coins, there are:
$10 (not in the photo), $5, $2, $1, $0.5, $0.2, $0.1

For notes, there are:
$1000 (not in the photo), $500, $100, $50, $20, $10

Coins are having Queen Elizabeth on the back until late 80s,
and changed into Bauhinia (HK regional flower) starting from 90s.

Sometimes there are some special patterns on the coins,
and there are two different styles of QE II too.

The notes tell different spots of Hong Kong:
$20 - the Peak
$50 - Cultural Centre + Clock Tower + Star Ferry
$100 - Tsing Ma Bridge
$500 - Hong Kong Chak Lap Kok International Airport

There are two styles of $50 and $10money note,
for $50, green one is the newer version while purple one is the older version,
there is drawings of dragon boat racing behind~
for $10, it is just the opposite of $50.

In the last photo, you can see there are different lucky chinese animals printed on the money notes.

Today is super foggy!
I cannot see the things clearly even they are just few miles away!
So foggy and humid that the ground is so wet...
But I am fine with it because I am a little frog~~

I travelled the Star Ferry to cross the Victoria Harbour tonight,
it's windy but nice!

I went to Central today and know a little bit how Hong Kong looks like at night.
There are cars and people everywhere, and many tall buildings,
I just took a few photos and head to the ferry pier,
and oh! It's not that foggy tonight,
the view is very clear!
After got off from the ferry, I got on thebus to back home,
and I found that there are televisions on the bus! 

On my way back home,
I saw an auto-selling machine, there are many drinks inside,
ther are coca cola, cream soda, orange juice, lemon tea, coffee, so on...
I was a bit thirsty so I bought a drink....

Vi told me that there are also auto-selling machine that sells snacks and books too.