Travelog for: Albus Star

Hello, I am the next escapee from my owners cupboard, following in Quentin Ducky's footsteps. A few of us lined up to be weighed to see who was the lightest, and I won! Although I have beans in, I am rather small You can see me below with the line-up of possible TVers.

To celebrate the news that I was the chosen one, I went to spread some toilet paper around (I stole it from the packet on the landing), as I have seen other Andrex puppies do

Woop! Today was rather productive I feel. We heard that Mishuta was nearing his destination (Coco the bear has very good hearing and could hear the postman from several miles away). We had just enough time to organise a welcoming committee. Some artistic bears and Tiger helped to create a banner with colourful pens. All was going well, until that is, we heard a suspicious quack coming from near the door. Before we new it a bright yellow thing had thrown himself at our little crowd; It was Quackers, a duck on a mission to cause chaos. I had to have some serious words with Quackers to make sure he wouldn't cause any more drama. We were in a good mood what with all the excitement, so we let him stay.

The banner was finally ready and we all got into position for the arrival of the parcel. To be continued...

Continued from last update:

Tiger and I rescued Mishuta from the parcel. He was surprisingly small as my mentor had thought he was much bigger when she saw him in the photos online. Small is good though, it means we can travel easier. Mishuta was quite shy but seemed to like the banner, and afterwards we had a picture taken of just us three. BUT THEN, Quackers was up to mischief again! He dived into the bag of sweets that had come with Mishuta and I grabbed his foot.  Mishuta scuttled off in fear of all the noise, but luckily Coco was overlooking the proceedings and kept him safe. All the bears rushed over to see what was happening and I finally pulled Quackers out. As a prize my mentor let me have one of sweets, so I was chuffed 

Today I went on a trip with _Mishuta_ and Mirembe. Mirembe was particularly excited because it was her first time out in her new life. We went to see some animals, played on the kids play ground, and also went tree climbing! When we were walking back to the car I found a cute house so mum took a picture of me there while the others went ahead. We were tired by the end of the day but very happy

Today I began my travels! Mum put me in an envelope and now I am at the post office waiting to be taken to minnihiiru in Estonia I can't wait to get there. See you next time I update mum! xxx

Today evening we went to see the event for what Rakvere is famous for.

About the festival
The Punk Song Festival is a symbiose of the traditional Estonian song festival with lot of choral singers and the punk rock. The idea came from Üllar Saaremäe, artistical director of Rakvere theater in the Summer of 2007 and next year, June 7, 2008 the Punk Song Festival in Rakvere became a reality. Then the punk anthem "Anarchy in the U.K" was the only non-Estonian punk song in the repertoire.

This time, June 11, 2011 the festival is more international. Along with Estonian punk we hear also songs in English, Finnish and Russian, arranged for the choir and symphony orchestra+rock band. This festival is the main event of European cultural capital 2011 in Rakvere.

The arranged punk is still punk (not tango, bossanova or something else), but it sounds another, interesting way. We hope you will enjoy!

Though Mari is not fan of punk songs,but she went because she likes to get part of big culture events : )



reading song lyrics and also singing or trying to sing


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Hello mummy,

"Jaanipäev"(John's Night,Midsummer) is today here,we do some BBQ,we didn't celebrate it as big as some people do,but anyway something we did.It's 2nd biggest holidays after Christmas in Estonia.

Usually Estonians celebrate "Jaaniõhtu" on the eve of the Summer Solstice (June 23) with bonfires. On the islands of Saaremaa  and Hiiumaa, old fishing boats may be burnt in the large pyres set ablaze. On Jaaniõhtu, Estonians all around the country will gather with their families, or at larger events to celebrate this important day with singing and dancing, as Estonians have done for centuries. The celebrations that accompany Jaaniõhtu carry on usually through the night

We were not awake all night and we got even some rain,as it is "common " in that evening(night).

2 weeks ago Mari got rabbit and today he was first time outside and I was looking,together with other TVs what he is doing.



It is the street where I live now

Hi mommy,

it was a really warm and sunny day,temperature was maybe 30 degrees !So really hot and we went to see Youth-Song and Dance festival 2011 in Tallinn,though we only saw songfestival It is really important event and Mari couldn't want to miss it !

It took place in open air, in the territory of Tallinn Song Festival Grounds.

It was almost a 6-hour long concert with different choirs and orchestras performing. The songs and music take the most powerful form when joint choirs start performing.

Song and Dance Celebration, the Estonian says. This is almost a sacred notion. It stands for the true birthday of Song and Dance, a great spiritual feast, a tradition not to be missed.

This is the festive reunion of an ancient folk, gathering from the cities as well as from the countryside;
small as a nation, but impressively large as a family.

Song and Dance Celebration is a true Estonian holiday, the Holy Day of the Heart;
which has been waited for, adorned for;
this is a brief moment of ecstatic togetherness, rising almost into the air in a mythical ship of joy and hope
a ship that has proved to be capable of carrying one nation over the most dangerous, most difficult rocks of time.

/Doris Kareva/

The Song Celebration tradition started in the middle of the 19th century and it has survived all of the twists and turns in Estonia’ s history.

and it still lasts and the next whole nation songfestival is in year 2014 The young songfestival means people till 26 years old.

Estonia and Song and Dance Celebration – these two belong together like Norway and skiing or England and the Oxford-Cambridge boat race.

I was proud to be there,around the people,Estonian flags,LOTS of people,singing and the feelings there..



we hardly had time to take photos ..

Hello

Today we celebrated Mari's birthday,well she is now 20 years old : D There were only 2 guests,what a big party,but we toyvoyagers joined and it looked like real party then.



Bombus,HolgiHH,Brinda,Mumu and me and we all are toyvoyagers!

Happy birthday for Mari!Palju õnne sünnipäevaks !(in Estonian)

Hey mom!

it's lake Gallträsk

You should know that Finland is the country of thousands lake and it was first lake I saw in Finland.




It was nice cloudy afternoon and we were walking around the lake.HolgiHH was also with us



Next we tried climbing the tree.After walking we returned home and it was time to take a little rest on the table.Later I heard I continue my journey and travel to Germany.I am so excited !

Hi Mummy!!
Today I arrived to Germany! Im my new horst I meet Takkie, he is a TV too! And there is BubbleGum, he wants to be a TV and hope he can stard his journey soon.






Today we was on a playground and have a lot of fun!

Hello Mummy! Yesterday we must buy something and we must ride by bus! Look, this is the bus station




And today we go to the Zoo! However it was rainy. So we cant see all  animals.

Yesterday we go to a forest. We have see mushrooms, a little stream and many trees










This well I have see in the city!


Today is a räiny day again. So we bake cookies!

Hi Mummy!
Today I will show you some pictures from the small village here. And some pictures from the house were I life for these days!

Hi Mummy!
We have buy a pumpkin for halloween. We all tohether have make him emty, now its stand here to get dry..

And Look, we have see rhinoceros here.