Travelog for: Peachy Chai

Dear Mommy!

I arrived at the second host in Germany.

Because the host was on holidays last week together with Red Navel I had to wait in the dark envelope on her doorstep 

Well, I was released from my travel box yesterday and now I am looking forward to some nice weeks here in Thuringia - the green heart of Germany.





See you!

Dear mommy!

The last days I took the chance to get to know my surroundings.

I met the house cat 'Pünktchen' - a real cuty!



Her name means 'dotty' since she has these little black dots on her nose.

I also met the other TV which stays with my host at the moment. His name is  Red Navel  and he is from Russia.  He has been here for a while and has already seen many places. He also went to GB last week!



We often sit together and have a chat.

Well, what else? Usual days here. We went shopping at a local super market.





And... I bought a postcard for you which I also wrote today and hopefully you will soon get the message!





My host is an avid postcrosser too and she helped me write the card.

See you!

Ah, well, weather here is brilliant, a nice autumn day so we spent some time this morning in the garden to continue building the garden shed.




Now it is soon time for lunch. I have already helped preparing it.
Yummy!



The other day I said Goodbye to Red Navel as he is travelling on.
So I am alone here now. But not for long, there is a new TV arriving soon: Owen.
I am looking forward to his visit.




See you!

Dear Mommy!

Yesterday was a brilliant sunny autumn day and we took some time to take a stroll through the village.



We went to the train station where there is a lot of construction work going on. They are building a subway.



I also saw the village church



and the village hall.



There are even some small shops in the village:





And last but not least the war memorial.



We had a nice afternoon!

Today a new TV arrived: Owen.

I said a hello to him and then we had a look in his travel journal.

Well, days here are not too exciting because my host has to work and then when she returns home at 4:30 pm it is already getting dark outside.
So we spend a lot of time inside and enjoy our time with postcrossing or swap-bot.

Today we received these wonderful christmas calendar packages from a swapper at swap-bot:



And today we also had this Finnish chocolate in the mail from a penfriend:



And we wrote a lot of cards to postcrossers all over the world:



See you!

Dear Mommy!

Soon it is Christmas and that is why we started baking cookies on Friday.

We made four different kinds today: 'forgotten cookies', Vanillekipferl, Sahne-Krokant and butter cookies.

First we went shopping for all the ingidients which are here on the table now.



Then we have to read the recipe:



Here we are preparing the dough.



Then we have to cut the cookies....



and into the oven. Let's check:





The first result.  Owen helped me with all the work.



The next dough has to stay in the fridge for an hour.



We can use the time to prepare the third kind of cookies, the caramel ones.



And into the oven once again:



This is the dough for the 'forgotten cookies'. They are called like this because you leave them in the oven overnight. That is why I have to post a pic of these cookies later.



But here is the final result of the other:





Wish you could try, mommy!

Dear Mommy!

Last week was pretty busy. First we went to Berlin for the weekend.
We did not do any sightseeing because we went there for a b-day party... and we took the time for shopping.

Here is at least a pic of the shopping centre we went to:



It got really cold and winter like here. It snowed! Look at the white landscape:



We also decorated the house for Christmas. Let's take you on a tour:









At night we light the ornaments in the windows.





We also hung the christmas calendar we got from a friend a swap-bot.
Only one more day before we can open the first package.
I am so curious!





Yesterday we went to the Christmas market in Gotha.
All over the place and market square you could find stalls and christmas decoration.







This is the town hall in Gotha with the Christmas pyramid in front.



And we went to Mongolia... oh no, of course not!

This is a mongolian yurt next to the Chinese restaurant we went for lunch.





And here is one last picture of the cloister in Gotha.



See you next week!

Hello from cold and snowy Thuringia!

It has gotten really cold here. This morning we had -15°C. Freezing cold. But the countryside still looks great covered in snow.



This morning we took some time to bake for Xmas again. This time we tried Xmas cake.



We put the dough in glasses to keep the caks longer and so that we can give them away as presents.



And into the oven.



Ready and done.





We also baked these little fellows - Xmas bears

Dear mommy,

It has been snowing for the last week. We went to Oberhof, THE ski resort in Thuriniga, to take a walk in the snow.

Here are some pictures of our care drive to Oberhof through the snowy forest. Owen came with us too.

We went to a Christmas party yesterday.
So we packed the presents first.



It is a surprise party, so the other's won't know who gave them their present!

We had a lovely meal at the restaurant: roast vension

Today my host had to sing at a Christmas market in Gotha, so I went along.
We first practiced in a building nearby where they keep the plants from the cold. It was funny to sing Christmas songs between orange and palm trees

Dear mommy,

I am on my way to Russia. I will write when I arrived!

CU!

Hi mommy, I'm happy to tell you that I've finally arrived to Moscow. Many thanks to my previous host - she gave me a very comfortable envelope so it was not so difficult to travel that long. Right now I'm in Kristl's car going home from the post office. It is 7:30pm here, cold, snowy and very dark. I've already got 2 photos of me but since we have no laptop here, only iPhone, I'll be able to show them as soon as find a way to do this))) kristl also asked me to thak my previous host for the lovely card she got.

Update! Here am I heading to my host's home:


Untitled by Kristl Fleed, on Flickr


Peachy chai's first day in Moscow by Kristl Fleed, on Flickr

I was happy to learn that Kristl makes some tea in her tumbler every morning to take with her and drink on the way to her office. Sure I helped her with it!


Untitled by Kristl Fleed, on Flickr

Having our tea we went to Kristl's office. The road came throught the forest and it was beautiful.


Untitled by Kristl Fleed, on Flickr

Btw I learned that many of the government live somewhere on this road. My host says it is bad cause they allways stop all the traffic when the President or the Premier Minister needs to drive somewhere.