Travelog for: LewisHH

Hi everyone!

The first time for 15 years the Alsterlake is frozen and the ice is thick enough to have the Alstereisvergnügen (in english Alster ice party). 500,000 people, many dogs and at least two TV's were there.

See me in the middle of the action.












Then it was time to test the ice.




I saw some firemen with a dingy. They told me that they rescue the injured people from the ice. But as they did not have any emergencies they invited me for a ride.




On the way home I took these pictures from the Kennedy bridge back to the Alsterlake. Look at all the people. Amazing!




All the very best
LewisHH

Hi everyone,
today we had some sunshine. So we decided to took a short walk along the town centre.

See me in front of the Binnenalster which is still frozen.


Here I am sitting in front of an Alstercanal and the Alsterarkaden. The Alsterarkaden is a small way along the canal with some shops and cafès.


Then I showed Bärndt our beautiful town hall.




That's me in the entrance hall of the town hall.


All the very best
LewisHH

Hi everyone,
today my friend Bärndt and I explored the Hamburg airport. I have flown many times before but it is allways nice to be at the airport.
See me watching the planes on the viewing terrace.
















To get a better view I used this big binocular.


In the airport hall there are many travel agencies. I checked out the places and prices. Where shall I fly to?




See me in front of the departure board. So many flights to so many different places!


Then we saw the check-in desks, first Air Berlin and then Lufthansa.




Soon I will fly to Madeira. I tried to check in for my flight on the self service machine. But it was to early






Then we saw this lovely car at the car hire company. But they said I'm too small to drive.


Back at home we got a surprise. My best friend Clairchen wrote a postcard. She is having a lovely time on the isle of Amrum. See us reading the card.




All the very best
LewisHH

Hi everyone,
Today we visited the Chocoversum. It is a museum where you can learn everything about chocolate.
Look at my friend Bärndt and me in front of the Chocoversum.


First we saw some sacks with cocoa beans.




The cocoa fruits smells interesting.


On this scale the cocoa beans are weighed.


This is a rolling machine for the roasted and broken pieces of cocoa beans.


This machine conche the chocolate. The result is very delicious.
Yummy


Here you can see some chocolate products.


This are some historical chocolate bars.


Look. which ingredients are in a normal chocolate:
This is milk chocolate with so much sugar 


This is dark chocolate.


Oh look, on this map you can see which countries produe cocoa fruits.


On our way home we saw the Chile house, a historic office building in the form of an ocean liner.


All the very best
LewisHH

Hi everyone,

Today Clairchen came home and brought some new guests with her. HömpfMömpf, Clairchen and my friend Dicker Kumpel sat in Scilly's bag and looked out.




I gave them all a warm welcome.




They clambered out of the bag.


Scilly said that we should use the time to prepare our holidays. We will go to Madeira next saturday. So we got this travel guide.




I am looking forward for a great time with my TV friends :-)

All the very best.
LewisHH

Hi everyone,

tomorrow we will fly to Madeira. And so we had to pack the baggage.


Scilly came home. Who is that? A TV in Scillys bag!


We gave him a warm welcome. His name is Erol the Pirat and he will come with us to Madeira.


We had to hurry packing the suitcase with all the important things like a cup, a plate, a candle holder etc. etc.




But Scilly did not like what we have done
And she had a surprise for us. We got a parcel from Spencer. He ist my TV brother. He join the big German Round Robin at the moment.


We were very curious. So we opend the parcel.


We found Spencers carnival costume, a dictionary for Hessian, some postcards and some sweets for us 


This is a funny postcard.


Thank you very much Spencer and Noisy

All the very best
LewisHH

Hi everyone,
today our holdidays began. After packing the suitcase yesterday we were ready to fly this morning.




See me waiting in the airport building in front of our airplane.




We had a great fly. See me sitting in my own seat!




I got the full service with coffee, water and a sandwich.


But to sit alone is very boring. So my friends Dicker Kumpel, HömpfMömpf, Clairchen and Erol came and we had a nice chat.


So we began to read the travel guide. Now we are well prepared for our stay on the isle of Madeira.




Then we took a look out. But there was nothing but some clouds and the sun.




After landing we took the Aerobus to Funchal and met our rentlady. She showed us our holiday apartment. The weather is really great: 20 degrees and sun, sun, sun. We took a first look from our 2 balconies.




Now we are very tiered. But I am sure we will have a great time on Madeira.

All the very best.
LewisHH

Hi everyone
Yesterday 7 degrees in Hamburg, today 21 degrees and no clouds in the sky! I love Madeira!
First we discovered the market hall. Today on sunday it is not open. But tomorrow we will take a look at all the exotic plants, fruits, vegetables and fish. See me in front of the market hall.


HömpfMömpf had a life mission to see palm trees. I want to show you its first palm tree.


On our walk trough Funchal we found this little church. How picturesque!


This is an old castle by the see. A liked the yellow.


See me in front of the marina of Funchal. Which boat for me???


All the very best
LewisHH

Hi everyone,
as I told you yesterday we went to the market hall this morning. So many colorful fruits, vegetables, fish and flowers to see.
See me with an overview of the market.


Here are some localy grown tomatoes.


Take a look at all these exotic fruits! We were able to taste some of them. Yummy....


Madeira is well known as the flower island. See me in front of a lovely flower stall.


There is also a separat fish hall. Look at me in front of the catch of the day.


On the way out we saw two cruise ships in the harbour, the AIDAsol and the Thomson Destiny.


Back at home we took a look at the exotic fruits we bought this morning.


The green long thing in the middle is a ananas banana, the big green round thing is a soft mushy apple and the small rounds are different kinds of maracuja.


It is a shame we can’t share the beautiful smell with you.

All the very best
LewisHH

Hi everyone

Today is Scillys birthday. We TV’s helped Richy to decorate the table. It is nice, isn’t it?




To celebrate the birthday Richy invited us to a traditional english tea time in the Reids Pallace Hotel. We sat down on the terrace and had a lovely view over Funchal and the sea. See me in front of the food. We had sandwiches, scones and little cakes. Yummi...


After eating so much we walked back into town. First we passed the casino of Funchal. We took a quick picture but we are not allowed inside, minimum age 18!


Then we passed through some gardens. See me with some really great palmtrees and cactuses.


See me in front of a lovely old villa.


From this terrace we had a view of the marina of Funchal.


All the very best
LewisHH

Hi everyone,

today we went on a trip to Monte. That`s a village 600 m above Funchal. We didn’t want to walk up so we took the cable car. What great fun. See me and my friends riding the cable car.






Monte is well known for its basket cars. Two people sit down in the wicker basket and ride down the streets into Funchal driven by two pushers. It works without snow! Crazy!


There is also a well known church in Monte, the Nossa Senhora do Monte. The last austrian mpror lies here. See me in front of the church.


As Madeira is world famous for its plants and flowers we visited the garden „Jardim Tropical Monte Palace“. Here you can find many plants and flowers. See me in front of some really nice ones.




There also some sculptures in the garden.


This is the worlds biggest vase which was made by hand. It has a height of 5 m.


Oh look, this is called Rheinschlösschen. A former owner of the gardens was impressed by the upper Rhein region and build this house acordingly. It was used as hotel.


They also had a part which they called the Japanese Garden. See me in front of an asian gate.


Portugal is very famous for its portugese tiles calls Azulejos. See me in front of one typical tiled picture.


All the very best
LewisHH

Hi everyone

Today we went on a trip to Santana. Santana ist he biggest city in the north of the island. We took the bus. It was quiet an adventures ride over mountains and through valleys. See me sitting on the bus.


Santana is well known for its triangular houses with thatched roofs. See me and my friends in front of some Santana houses.








We sat down in an old chair and enjoied the sunshine.




Then a lady in the traditional outfit came and put us on her knee.


The town also has a nice little church. So we took a picture.


All the very best
LewisHH

Hi everyone,
Today is our last day on Madeira. We went on a trip to Camara de Lobos. It is a small fishermen village in the south of Madeira. See me with all the colorful boates.




Wow, this is stockfish. Have you ever seen it before?


We enjoyed the sun on a fishing boat.


After a short walk we had this fantastic view back to the village.




In the afternoon we visited a cellar with old madeira vines.


All the very best
LewisHH

Hi everyone,
this is our last morning in Funchal. In the afternonn we will fly home to Hamburg.

But before we have to leave I would like to show you the town hall of Funchal.


This church is a former abbey and belongs now to the university of Funchal.


Oh look, so many flowers over a beck in middle of town. It's very nice, isn't it!


Then we had to go to the airport. See me on the terrace of the airport building in front of a TAP plane. Can see the Air Berlin plane which was landed a few minutes ago?


Time to fly home!

All the very best
LewisHH

Hi everyone,

today we had to say good bye to my dear friend Dicker Kumpel. Time to have a good bye party

Dicker Kumpel and I organized some glasses for the party.


Dicker Kumpel and Clairchen searched for some drinks. They chose white port for the gentlemen and chocolate liqueur for the ladies. The bottles were very heavy. So all TV's had to help to transport the bottles.


Everything was ready then. We had glasses, drinks, sweets and some paper streamers.


Let's have party! See us having a lot of fun.




We were a little bit drunk. 


But then it was time to say good bye to Dicker Kumpel.


I gave Dicker Kumpel a big hug and invited him to join us for another holiday in the future.


All the very best
LewisHH