München, Germany - 29th April 2010
By: Pandamao
I am a little toy keen on traveling. So I joined the worldwide release week-end of www.toyvoyagers.com
I hope some nice people will find me and help me with my travels
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Posted Apr 29, 2010, 8:15 pm Last edited Jan 28, 2012, 2:31 pm by Pandamao
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München, Germany - 27th January 2012
By: Pandamao
Ah, last year I chickened out and did not leave during the wild release. I was a bit anxious but now there is a chance to leave and safely join the German RR. What a great way to get used to travelling.
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Posted Jan 28, 2012, 2:35 pm
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München, Germany - 28th January 2012
By: Pandamao
Today started like most of the other days - a walk along the Isar with the dog. Future guest should bring their walking shoes
First we pass a bridge over the river and have a look at the German Museum (Science Museum) then we walk along the river.
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Posted Jan 28, 2012, 2:43 pm
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München, Germany - 28th January 2012
By: Pandamao
Today finally winter has arrived and everything is covered with snow. The kids love it and use every small hill with their toboggans.
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Posted Jan 28, 2012, 2:47 pm
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München, Germany - 28th January 2012
By: Pandamao
Then later I went shopping and did a bit of sight-seeing: Isartor, Hofbräuhaus, Marienplatz. Everything is in walking distance.
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Posted Jan 28, 2012, 2:52 pm
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München, Germany - 28th January 2012
By: Pandamao
My owner is plant crazy - so if you come to Munich, beware! You will be dragged into the litte garden that we rented and do some weeding, hi, hi, hi
The apartment is full with plants, too. Now it is winter, not many blooming plants, but here I can show you one of the few African violets in bloom. This sort is called Dolores' Chantilly Lace from the hybridizer D. Harrington.
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Posted Jan 28, 2012, 8:30 pm
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in the mail, Germany - 1st February 2012
By: Pandamao
Yippiiiiiieee! This is it, I'm leaving today on the first stop of the German Round Robin.
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Posted Feb 2, 2012, 6:54 pm
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Bruchsal, Germany - 4th February 2012
By: fam-united
I finally arrived at my new host's place.
Somehow my host had difficulties to read my name and do you know what? She didn't try to find the name here or ask you or Rike. No! Nothing like that. Only today she realized, that she could take a look at this thread and search for my name here. Of course she could have asked me at first - I'm here and I should know my name
Talk to you later again.
Bye, Carlino
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Posted Feb 12, 2012, 5:43 pm
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Karlsruhe, Germany - 5th February 2012
By: fam-united
Karlsruhe is the third largest city of Baden-Württemberg. It is the main city of the Baden part. It is located close to the German - French border, only about 25 km from Bruchsal. We arrived at Karlsruhe after a drive of about 25 minutes.
We first tried to find a parking place and then crawled out of the car. Wow, was it cold outside. We all didn't have the right clothes for a walk, so we had to hurry.
Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states. The town surrounding the Palace became the seat of two of the highest courts in Germany, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (Bundesverfassungsgericht) whose decisions have the force of a law in many cases, and the Federal Court of Justice of Germany (Bundesgerichtshof), the highest court of appeals in matters of civil law and criminal law. It therefore considers itself the home of justice in Germany, a role taken over from Leipzig after 1945.
Due to similarities to the United States capital city, it has been speculated that Karlsruhe was a model city for the cityscape of Washington, D.C.[4] Both cities have a center — in Karlsruhe the palace and in D.C. the Capitol Building — from which the streets radiate outward. L'Enfant, Washington's city planner, had been given the plans of Karlsruhe (among numerous other European cities) as an inspiration. (you can read this and more on wikipedia)
In 1715, Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach established Karlsruhe (Charles' repose), where he built his residence.
The city was planned with the palace tower (Schloss) at the center and 32 streets radiating out from it like the spokes of a wheel, or the ribs of a folding fan, so that one nickname for Karlsruhe in German is the "fan city" (Fächerstadt). Here's a photo of the palace.
We really wanted to see more, but it was so cold, that we hurried back to our car. When we looked out of the car window, we could see the State Art Gallery.
On the left you see the Volksbank building.
And this building belongs to EnBW. Without EnBW it would be really cold at my hosts home and they would have no electricity.

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Posted Feb 19, 2012, 10:20 am
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between Karlsruhe and Durlach, Germany - 5th February 2012
By: fam-united
We decided to drive to Durlach to climb the Turmberg. Our hosts told us, that the view from Turmberg would be just perfect. So we are really excited. You can see the top of the Turmberg just straight ahead

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Posted Feb 21, 2012, 4:30 pm
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Unteroewisheim, Germany - 19th February 2012
By: fam-united
Then we arrived in Unteroewisheim. After having coffee and cake we took a photo with the church. It was built in 1825. Unteroewisheim is a town in the Kraichgau.

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Posted Mar 16, 2012, 9:18 pm
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