Travelog for: _Mishuta_

First built in the 10th century, Beihai Park was an imperial garden. It contains numerous historically important structures, palaces and temples. There is a special place called Nine dragon wall. It is made of glaze bricks of seven colors. Nine complete dragons playing in the clouds decorate both sides of the wall. We also saw people dancing and excercising in park.

Panda, donkey, and I went to the temple of heaven. Donkey is a new friend of us. He is a toyvoyager from Germany. And this is his first travel. We are so happy to meet each other.

The Temple of Heaven was built in 1420. In old days, emperor came here to worship heaven for good harvests. Circular Mound Altar is also a important building in the temple. We had a photo there, on a stone called heavenly centre stone. When we talked on the special stone, our voice sounded particularly resonant and sonorous. It is magical.

There are lots of paintings in national art museum of China. We spent nearly a whole day there. After that, we had meals in a restaurant. It is very delicious.
When we got home, my host told me I would go to England for a new trip tomorrow. It is exciting.

I'm so happy these days in China. Maybe, I will be back to see other beautiful places in this county someday.
Now I'm already on my way to England. It will take about 10-15 days. 

Hi Mum!

I've arrived safely in Hexham and was greeted by many TVs.  Here I am with Flummi, Sheela, Huhn, Paula Hip and Lizzy Lizard.


We went for a walk - this is the view right outside of hostmum's house.


We went to something called the 'Brunton Turret'.  I wan't sure what it was.


Apparently the turrent is part of Hadrian’s Wall, which, in its heyday, was a wall that was 200km long and 10m high in some places!  It was built under the command of the Roman Emperor, Hadrian, in AD122.  It completely divided England from Scotland and served to protect the Roman Empire from the Scots.


Here I am, can you see me?


A close-up of me on the wall.


On the way back to hostmum's house, some sheep came and said hello!


Then when we got back to hostmum's house, I met Snoopy, her cat.  She's very sweet!


That's two more animals that I've had a picture with!!

Bye,
Mishuta

Hi Mum,

You'll never guess what!!!  Today we all went to Durham, because that's where hostmum goes to university.  We went to one of the colleges there to visit one of hostmum's friends.  Guess who the friend was?!  It was Gizalba, my first ever host!


It was so nice to see her again - we had a lot of catching up to do.  I also met Edelweiss and Tapsi, who she is currently hosting.

We spent the day at her college, exploring the college grounds.  Here we all are by the pond (which needs a good clean by the looks of it!).


Then we saw this war memorial, which is dedicated to those brave soldiers that lost their lives in the first World War.




Here I am with the war memorial and Durham Cathedral in the background.


And look - I saw a rainbow, isn't it pretty?


It started to get a little bit chilly, so we all posed together one last time with the Cathedral in the background.


Then we went inside and had a game of Monopoly on the machine in the bar.  I got a few questions right, but unfortunately lost the game!


Then, to finish off the day, I had a very yummy cocktail.  But don't worry Mum, I was very sensible and only had a little bit!


Bye,
Mishuta

Hi Mum!

What a special day today was!  Hostmum's college at university threw an Alice in Wonderland themed party, it was so much fun!

First we watched the Disney movie.  It was great - the Mad Hatter is absolutely crazy... 


Then we went outside and were met with quite a sight.  Giant games and decorations everywhere!  Here I am with a mushroom - I feel so small...


Then we went bowling.  Unfortunately, my team didn't win.  It was a lot of fun though.


Next, we played checkers.  Look how big it is!  I felt like Alice did, after she had drank the magic potion that made her shrink.  Everything was so big!!


It was a lot of fun, even though we lost again.


We also played four in a row, which was a lot of fun.


This time, my team won!  We were yellow, can you spot the four in a row?


It was such a great day Mum, it felt really magical, like we really had gone down a rabbit hole and ended up in Wonderland.  Amazing!

Bye,
Mishuta

Hi Mum!

Today a package arrived, I wonder who could be inside it?


Not one, but two Toyvoyagers!  It's Niiskuneiti and HelgaHH.


We made sure to make them feel very welcome.


Since they had been travelling for so long, we thought it would be nice to have a relaxing evening, so we decided to play Disney's version of Trivial Pursuit.


I decided to be brown.


The game lasted for quite a while!


We didn't want to make the game too easy though.  So when someone landed on the square to get a cheese, we asked them a question from the normal Trivial Pursuit.  In this picture, the question I asked was 'Which Shakespeare title-character had a Mum called Gertrude'?  Do you know the answer?


The answer is Hamlet!

Unfortunately, I didn't win, but it was still a fun game.


Bye,
Mishuta

Hi Mum,

I saw the Olympic Torch today!

We went early and made sure we had a good view.  We sat and waited for quite a while.


There were quite a lot of police around.


And then... we saw it, the Olympic Torch.


It was pretty neat to see it!

Bye,
Mishuta

Hi Mum!

Today we went to Derwent Resevoir.


The resevoir is just under 5km wide and can hold up to 11 million gallons of water, and provides water for almost half of the North East of England.  The coastline around it runs for about 7km.


I went exploring and saw lots of animals!  Here I am with an 'Oystercatcher' in the background.


Here I am with a couple of horses.


And here I am with a pheasent.


Bye,
Mishuta

Hi Mum,

I've been in Essex this past week.  Essex is where hostmum's Grandparents live.  Because hostmum's Nana has just been released from hospital, hostmum went down to help out around the house.  This means that I haven't had a chance to go out and explore - but that's okay, I've been having a lot of fun with all the animals that live at hostmum's Grandparents' house!

Can you believe it - they have FIVE animals!  This means that I'm 5 steps closer to completing one of my life missions!

Here I am with Summer.  She's such a cutie.  She's only 1 1/2 years old, so really she's just a big puppy.  I love playing with her, and she is very gentle with me.  I think she realises that I'm not one of her toys.  I'm having a lot of fun with her!


Next, we have Honey.  Honey is very mischevious and is always wanting to play.  I could be stroking her one minute, and the next minute she's caught me in her paws and is licking me.  She nibbles on me a bit, but again, she's very gentle.  You can see in this picture that she doesn't really want her picture taken - she wants to play!


This fluffy gentleman is Tosca.  He loves nothing more than to be stroked and cuddled.  He loves to jump up into hostmum's arms while she's busy in the kitchen.  I think hostmum appreciated that I was giving him lots of attention, because it meant that she could get on with work.


And here is Jessie.  She's 15 years old, so is quite an old lady.  Hostmum says that in her heyday she was also really mischevious, like Honey.  But old age has mellowed her out, and now she keeps an eye on the other three to make sure they don't cause too much mischief.  She likes nothing more than having a nap in the sun, and having her belly rubbed.


Lastly, this is Mr. Pickles.  He's a tortoise and loves scurrying around the kitchen floor.  For some reason, he likes feet a lot, so hostmum had to be careful when walking around in case she accidentaly kicked him.  And I discovered something really funny - he has a ticklish spot on the end of his shell!


So as you can see, I'm having a great time with all the animals here! 

Bye,
Mishuta

Hi Mum,

I'm leaving for my next destination today.  I'm quite excited!  But first I had to say bye to all the TV friends I met whilst staying here.  It was quite an emotional day!

First I said goodbye to HelgaHH.


Then I said bye to Niiskuneiti.


Next was Lizzy Lizard.


Followed by Sheela.


Then I said goodbye to Flummi.


Then Paula Hip wished me a pleasent journey.


And lastly, Huhn and I said goodbye to each other.  Huhn is leaving today as well.


Once I had said my goodbyes, it was time to write a thank you card for my new host.


And now... now I'm waiting for hostmum to drive to the post office so Huhn and I can be on our way.  I've had a great time here and have made many new friends, and met some old friends as well.  I'm sad to be leaving, but I can't wait to continue my adventure.

Oops - better go, hostmum is saying she's ready to drive us to the post office.

Bye!
Mishuta

Hello Mummy,
now I'm in Berlin, the capital of Germany . I was friendly welcomed by my host Marie and she showed me round her flat. Then I met two other tv's!! Their names are Tiplitaps from Germany and Kuromi-chan from Singapore. I was also welcomed by Klea, Marie's cute guinea pig. I'm really happy to be here.
You'll hear from me

Greetings
Mishuta

Oh Mummy, we saw soooo many sights today! Marie started with us at the "Weltzeituhr" (world clock). As the name already says, it shows the time around the world. It is also a famous meeting point. We went on to the "Fernsehturm" (television tower). With its 365 meters it is the second highest television tower although I can't imagine that there is something higher than this .
Anyway, the next sight we saw was the "Marienkirche" (Church of Our Lady). It is one of the oldest churches in Berlin. Right next to it was the "Neptunbrunnen" (Neptune Fountain). It looked very impressive. If we turned around we could see the "Rotes Rathaus" (Red Townhall).
The "Berliner Dom" (Berlin Dome) and the "Spree" right opposite to it also looked beautiful.
The last and the coolest sight we saw was the "Brandenburger Tor" (Brandenburg Gate). It marks the border between east- and west Berlin.
I love to learn new things. That's what toyvoyagers is all about, or not?

Greetings
Mishuta

Tiplitaps left us today . But fortunately Kuromi-chan is still here .