Travelog for: Cheerio

Hi Mom!

We took a morning constitutional around the park and stopped at the Capitol Building to pose for photos. 



Cheerio

P.S. I like yellow things.

We spent a fine afternoon along the waterfront. 

I'm coming home, Mom!  With TV-TV!  But first I said goodbye to my dear friends, Miss Kate, Peach the Pooch, Cherry Lola, Aslan, Dottie Mouse and Ranil.

Thank you for showing me such an amazing time, Miss Kate, and for taking me to Madeline Island, the Sea Ranch, to lunch with my Mom, Lake Tahoe, California State Capitol, the State Fair, the quacking ducks, the hidden village and so many other nice outings, people, TVs and animals.  I got home okay in just one day, caught a little laryngitis, probably from walking around in the fog at home. Don't worry, my quack is back.

It is good to see Robby again and a new TV, Airi, arrived in the same mail delivery that I did. Then a couple of days later we greeted Quentin Ducky. We'll show you photos of him soon; we are bonding with him now and discussing our TV adventures.  He and I could pass for cousins; after all, I'm English on my mum's side.  Airi is a cute little girl, species human, I think. I'm going to pop into an envelope soon and go visit her Mum in sunny Spain.

Here are some photos of our arrival home and walks around the city.  The first photo shows Robby greeting the three of us that arrived on the same day:  me, Airi and TV-TV, along with our souvenirs.  We all toured the city, stopping to look at a steep street that doesn’t allow any cars, some cable cars and the Bay Bridge. Then, most importantly, mom kept her promise to take me to the duck pond near the Palace of Fine Arts, the only building still standing from the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition.

See ya,

Cheerio

I’m flying to Spain today!  Here are my ToyVoyager friends seeing me off:  Robby, Airi who is relaying a hug to her mom in Barcelona, I will bring it ; and Quentin Ducky who just arrived here.

Hasta luego!

Cheerio

Quaaaaaaaaaaack!!

Hola a tothom des de Barcelona!!

Hello mum, how are you???

I arrived safely to this sunny and humid city! Immidiately I was given a party by lots of new faces!They presented them as "the welcome committee" LOL



They talk a strange language (Catalan) and their English accent is very funny!!! I met Duchy also,another toy voyager.He's a friendly lion from England so, we talked a lot sharing our adventures!
But I was too much asleep!!I wondered why my eyes were closing all the time and @Anxova turned on her notebook and we checked the current hour in my hometown, San Francisco (California).


Whaaaaat??!! Barcelona is 9 hours ahead of San Francisco!:O That's the reason why I was dreaming of going to bed since I arrived!!

So, "dit i fet" (no sooner said than done)...Time to sleep!!! I need to adjust to the new rhythm

Tomorrow will come a new day! And I'll start my Catalan adventures!



Good night/day all!!

Take care,mum!

Cheerio

Hello mum and everyone!!

How are you?

Today I spent the morning talking with Berta, one of my Spanish new friends.She is a vin duck who would like to meet Paris Hilton one day.Mmmm...yes, I admit it!! I think she's crazy,haha!and I don't believe it's very healthy to spend part of the day watching Paris Hilton BFF or Sweet Sixteen in MTV Spain LOL.



In the afternoon I went with Cassiopeia and @Anxova to a shopping centre near her house.



It's not very big,but guess what...There's a Foster Hollywood! It's an American food restaurant.@Anxova told me It was the first American-style restaurant in Spain and at least nowadays is a place where you can taste American food without going to McDonald's!!



After the shopping centre,we went to a park near there, I missed a lake to swim a bit, but flowers were beautiful and I walked around them a lot!





It was a nice day, and I haven't jet lag now!!

See you soon!

Take care mum,

Cheerio

Hello mum and everyone!!

How are you doing??

Today we spent the day in my host's neighbourhood:"Nou Barris".It's named for the nine neighborhoods that originally formed the district. (nou in Catalan is Nine, Barris is neighbourhoods).

It is located in the north of Barcelona and this neighbourhood is known for the beautiful botanical gardens,where people can get away from the city on the peaceful grounds.
It's very beautiful all full of green areas...but you can find a very strange thing also lol


This is Parc de la Guineueta. Look at the sky, today was not a sunny day!!! but thanks God it was cooler, I hope summer has end...

Talking about God...Look at this church! And I was the only one who posed! I'm the best



And walking around the area, I found a very strange thing!!! The City council let some neighbours to plant their fruits and vegetables in this urban garden, paying a little amount of money!! I think it's a good idea,but my host confirmed my fears:People sometimes steal plants...So sad!


What a nice cabbages,huh??

This afternoon, we went to see an amateur football training session because @Anxova has a friend who played there. OMG they were lazy players...Trainer was shouting all the time "run,run,ruuun come on!!!". It was so funny!!



See you soon!!!!

Take care mum,

Cheerio

Hi mum!

Today I was in Barcelona's harbour! it was a rainy day...I guess Spain is not as sunny as I thought!

Anyway, I was very happy with such amount of water around me! I felt like an authentic duck!



I'm the king of the Sea hihihi! a little boy wanted to host me too! I started to scream Quack Quack!!!!! And @anxova said him, I was from San Francisco and my mom was there!



This is next to the harbour and it's the Mariscal Shrimp! It's soooo beautiful!!!! Look at the shrimp,I know I'm prettier than it but...you know...LOL


See you soon!

Cheerio

Hello mum and everyone!

Today is La Festa de la Mercè, the annual festival (festa major in Catalan) of the city of Barcelona!

We went to the "La festa del cel" where some planes did exhibitions! It was very funny and I went with my friend Berta



Where are the planes??? be patient Cheerio!!!



Where are? where are? where areeeee???

They are coming!! look at them:











I enjoyed the day in the beach with the sun and planes

See you soon!!!

Cheerio

Hi Dahlia, I got home okay but really miss you and Berta.  .  Mom says thank you for the beautiful postcard.  We hope to see you active on the site again when you can relax from your studies.  My dear old friend, The Squirrel, and Orkku Orava helped me out of the package and now we are going out for a kaffeeklatsch.

Love ya,

Cheerio

Java Jive

Jeremy is home for the holidays!  I never met him before; he was born while I was en route to Spain.  I got the honor of holding the scissors to help him out of his travelop.  The Squirrel, Orkku Orava and I were the welcoming committee. 

How do you like my new look?  Berta in Barcelona showed me how to fix my hair, I mean my down.  Now I look less like a tom-boy.  It’s true travel is educational. 

Oh, Jeremy is a sweet little baby tiger who thinks he is all grown up since he’s been to Disneyland and now drinks coffee.    He is so much fun, has a squeaky little voice.  LOL.  Mom was so glad to see him back from his first adventure.

Cheerio from Cheerio

Our stay-at-home-friend, The Squirrel, pointed out that DuDu has been nominated for a GoldenBear award in the Most Promising Newcomer category.  That is quite an honor and DuDu must be so happy.  His first year at Toyvoyagers.com has been very eventful, seems like he hit most of the extreme ups and downs.  He stayed here a very long time and went through a difficult transition after inadvertently going into the wild, but many TVs go through that and go on and on.  His saddest moment was his abandonment by his mentor.  Mom says, "don't worry, he will get at least one vote"    She disagrees with Vince Lombardi that winning is the only thing.  DuDu will continue to live happily ever after with his beloved Dudette and continue the TV lifestyle.  We are looking forward to seeing him and DuDette home for Christmas.  Here he is recently with DuDette and nuriayasmin’s cat, Sammy.

Rafael, the first TV we hosted here, has  been nominated in the plantlife category.  We liked him a lot and Mom didn't want to let go of him, he was so special.  He, too, will get at least one vote.  .  Look at him, sniffing that flower while staying with our friend, olgamaus. I stayed with her, too, and had a wonderful time!  

LOL, so don't forget to vote for your favorite GoldenBears.  Thank you dicker kumpel for reminding us to campaign; the last photo on the computer screen is RikeH’s. 

Now Jeremy is showing us his new passion, drinking coffee.  Eeyuck,  must be an acquired taste.

Bye now,

Cheerio

Happy Thanksgiving!

Over the river and through the woods
To grandmother's house we go.
The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh
Through the white and drifted snow, oh!


Love,

Cheerio

BarryO is back home after a long trip to many places, just about around the world!  Really, check out his travelog, he’s been a lot of places; pretty exciting for a guy who thought Sacramento is a long journey; let me tell ‘ya, it is!!   



He brought some nice help-me-home.com tags from GeoCrat.  BarryO was so tired we just tucked him into bed and said good night, old friend. 





A Christmas elf bear has lived here for years.  He and I gathered BarryO’s welcome home gifts:  some pocket money (from Miss Kate) and a Christmas sweater I found at a re-sale shop. 



The elf works just one month a year and this it it!  So I said goodbye to him again.  One friend comes home, another jets away, such is our small world.

Love and joy to all,

Cheerio