Travelog for: Drilo

Oh BOY !!! What a beginning!!!! So many things happened and we couldn't upload the photos we've taken... but here they are ))
My host had many life serious problems and disappeared... She is so terribly sorry and so afraid to come back to people that hated her now ... but she wanted to do this for me and my mommy... To show a little bit of what I have seen here so far...

I'm fine mommy, not lost !!! And we will see each other soon AND I made a wish come true!!! I went swimming in a tropical beach!!! Check it out !!!!



































That's it for now

Oh BOY !!! What a beginning!!!! So many things happened and we couldn't upload the photos we've taken... but here they are ))
My host had many life serious problems and disappeared... She is so terribly sorry and so afraid to come back to people that hated her now ... but she wanted to do this for me and my mommy... To show a little bit of what I have seen here so far...

I'm fine mommy, not lost !!! And we will see each other soon AND I made a wish come true!!! I went swimming in a tropical beach!!! Check it out !!!!



































That's it for now

Hello!!! Before I keep on with my traveling around the world there is still one post left from Brazil... *actually two.

The big new evangelic church


Old train station that is no longer in use






















City view at night !

See you at the next post, my Goodbye party!!!

Hello Mum!

Yuppie, I finally arrived to my destination here in the Czech Republic. According information on the envelope I got stuck at the customs office - we have no idea why, but luckily I got through without any complications - it just took quite long.

Anyway - today I have met many creatures - humans (my host mum and host dad of course) and bunch of other toys. Three of them are home staying toys (the big ones) and the two little fellows are TV´s too.

They all have been very pleased to meet me They said that I am first dragon who came into this house and they all wanted to see me spit fire. He he. Luckily they were not disappointed to hear that actually I am a terrible crocodile. 

We spent this afternoon chatting - I told them about my time in Brazil where I was with Fed (Fed spent summer here in 2010). I also started to learn Czech... funny language.

I think that´s all for now, I am off to bed, but I try to write again soon.
Love, Drilo

Hi Mum, today I have a sensational update for you. Imagine, my host dad prepares for his doctorate at the university and he took me with him to his research lab!

First, I had to listen to a lot of technical mumbo-jumbo (which I did not understand at all), but then finally I was assigned a special research task to do. The research project was focused on testing of new material using so called acoustic emission method. The aim was to prove the method to be usable on brand new material specimens - so called geo-polymers. These state-of-art substances resemble to an artificial stone.

First, I was given a range of specimens to select the right one for the experiment. I have selected the leftmost cube as you will see later.



Then, I carefully chose an appropriate sensor for the acoustic emission measurement. I was not easy as my host dad has an impressive set of sensors for various applications...



To further enhance the signal, I was told to use the pre-amplifier. I fixed it on the end of sensor cable using a special turn-over lock.



The pre-amplifier was then connected to the signal analyzer, which is a box-like machine, similar to desktop computer as you know it.



The cube specimen was quite heavy, as I moved it to the right position and chose the best surface for the sensor.





Using a rubber band, I tried my best to fix the sensor to the cube. However, my host-dad helped me with this part, because it was too much for my little paws.



And the, imagine, I was given a micro-pensil and I tried to generate a broad-band acoustic pulse by a procedure called "pentest" (funny name, isn´t it?). To do so, I was told to break the lead of the pencil on the surface of the cube close to the sensor. And gosh! It really worked!





During the measurement run, my host dad told me several times to adjust the signal volume, so I carefully set a new signal level on the analyzer.



Of course, I worked with the control PC as well! I was given a training so that I could recognize the right sample of digitized signal on-screen. It was real fun to select proper wave-forms and save them to dis for further processing. Some experts from the lab came to see me and everybody was surprised how nice my pulses were (you know, scientists are a bit weird...). The only thing I regret is that I did not get a white laboratory gown, because I was to small for regular sizes...



Gosh, when I am reading this again I see I might become a successful scientist when I come back home :-) Don´t you think?

Well, this is all for today.
Your Drilo alias "Einstein"

Hi Mum,

finally I do have some update for you!! Last Sunday we decided to go for a short trip to see a Macocha Abyss.It is in the Moravian Karst area, which is close to place I live now.

This abyss is quite deep. Macocha means step-mother and there is a whole story about this place having this name.

Many years ago there was a happy family - mother, father and their son Martin. But one day the mummy got sick and died.

After couple more years the father got married again and he had another son with his new wife - Martin´s step-mother. She became very jealous of him.

One day when she was at home alone with Martin she took him to the forest. They came near to the abyss and she pushed him down! (Uff, what a horrible idea!).  But as soon as she did it she realized the terrible guilt and jumped down too. 

After couple hours the father got back home and found the house empty. He went to the forest to look for the rest of his family and heard someone crying from the direction of the abyss. When he carefully looked down, he saw his own son hanging on a tree. With the help of neighbors he got him back up and found out the whole story. Since then people call the abyss "Macocha".

Today there are two bridges which allow you to look deep down into the abyss safely, so there is no need to worry about any TV who goes there.

Here I am on the upper bridge checking it out.









And here I am looking right down… uff.







I was also studying the all the information signs, so I can tell you all about in when I get home.









And these images are from the lower bridge.







On the way back we had to climb all these stairs, luckily my host dad carried me 





Resting...





And here I am with the baby girl I was looking after all those months. She looks funny here.



That’s it for today, hope we will do more trips like this one soon.
Love, Drilo

Dearest Mum,

today I have visited a local sweetshop, or maybe a bakery, I don´t really know what is the proper name for it in English. It is a shop where you can have ice cream, coffee and where they bake sweet pies, cakes and this kind of stuff. 

Check out the images.







After a looong thinking I choose coffee with whipped cream and of course ice cream, because the weather here is quite hot at the moment.
Yummy yummy!







Bye for now, Drilo

Dear Mummy,

on Saturday I have visited a small airshow in the village nearby. It was not airshow for any big airplanes, only the small ones (also small choppers) and models of airplanes.

Look at the images I have for you!

These are the real airplanes:



Here I was sitting right at the propeller and I muts admit, it was a bit scary 









And here you can see some of the models - perfect size for me, don´t you think? I could have take it and fly right over to you, but I soon realized that I would have a fuel problem







And some choppers here - they were really tiny, I couldn´t believe that they are ment for two people!!





Here you can see a bit of the airport...



Bye for now, I will write again soon!
Love, Drilo

Hi MOM,

today we went for a walk in the town of Blansko where my host-dad works. It is a small town with not many sight-seeings. On a small square, there were funny bronze statues of foals. I sat on them for a while, look at me there! People here seem to like statues, there were some more very close…









And the building behind me is a town-hall. There are many weddings and ceremonies in summer. Unfortunately, there was nobody today.







There is also a small chateau with statues in the park and a fountain. I was told that there were so many statues in the town – there used to be a famous ironworks there and the products included art castings. Some of them were placed in town’s squares and parks.













I also saw this old bridge. It was ment for trains years ago, now it is just a technical monument.





What a nice walk!
Write to you soon, love, Drilo

Dear Mum,

last week we went for a very nice walk with the baby in small town Jedovnice. This place is very popular during the summer among tourists because of it´s nice surroundings and a big lake.

The walk we took was all the way around this lake, so you can check it out with me.

This is the very beginning of our walk.



Me against the sun and water.



Boats…



Meadows…



Some construction for new lake, which will be right behind the first one – it is ment for fish, not for swimming.



On the way again.







And here on the other side of the lake.





We didn´t forget to stop for the refreshments. Behind me you can see the baby.







And this was the last part. The weather was very nice, I really enjoyed ale the afternoon.







I still have plans for more activities here, so you can wait couple more updates before I head back to you!

Xo xo, Drilo

Dearest Mum,

guess what I did last weekend! My host dad took me to the firing range with him, and I was actually aloud to shoot from a real gun. Wow. Now you will have your own agent to take care of you as soon as I get back home.

And here come the images

You need to load the gun first…





It is ready now.



Then I was checking the target… here is the whole perspective.





And Bang! Bang! Shooting was next.





I am very good, don´t you think? (And looking quite tough  .)
Bye, Drilo.

Hi everyone!

I'm finally back home after my long trip through the world!
I bought a beautiful postcard from Czech Republic



And I met my sister Kirin after more than 2 years apart from eachother!



It's so nice to be back home!
Thanks to everyone who helped me on my journey!

Drilo