Travelog for: Billy

Hey Mummy!

Do you know that I like ice cream very much?

We ( Plaudagei, hostmum, hostdad and me) were at the ice cream parlour in Lichtenfels city and we were allowed to order. We decided to have a cup of cappuccino for each and a cup with strawberries. Ooooooooooooooooh, what a good decision! It looks so good to my skin And the taste! Fantastical!

Love you, Mummy and send you a kiss!

Yours,. Billy

Happy easter, dear Mummy!

Today we went into the garden because hostmum said that she saw a bunnie with a big basket. I thought about a good concealment. And in fact, a purple chocolate bunnie stood in in the shutter!

Altogether we found so much sweets! A whole basket was full!

Yours, Billy

Hey Mummy,
believe it or believe it not, I am on holidays!

Today we visited a very little house, excatly in the right size for us TVs! Unfortunately the park with a whole village of houses in this size was still closed by season, so we only could watch thsis single house. But I liked it very much!

Love you, your Billy

Hello Mummy!

Today is Baerle s and Maeusle s birthday! We sang a "Happy Baersday" for them and got an invitation to have coffee and a chocolate cake with them.

Yummiiieeeeeeeeeee!!!

I like partys with other TVs!

Love you, Billy

Hej Mummy!

Today we made a trip to Billum, maybe you´ve never heard of this city. But maybe you know the Lego bricks, they come from here.

In Billund is the headquarter of this factory and a parl with buildings and scenes made out of Lego bricks. And this all is in mini size! Perfect for us small TVs!

Look at yourself!

I was at the castle of Neuschwanstein (original in Germany), in front of the Man´s Chinese Theatre (original in Hollywood), stood at a villa in the USA and in front of a stave church in Norway.

After we saw everything we were very hungry and enjoyed Spareribs, in big size 

We were also allowed to look into the yard of castle Amalienborg.

Yours, Billy

Hej Mummy, yesterday I found a very yummie sweet!
A big lollipop! Oh, so yummie!!! 

Now it´s time to leave. Byebye, Denmark, hello new adventures!

Yours, Billy

Hey Mummy!

We are back in Germany! And now it´s time to leave my host family. I had a great time with you!

I said Goodbye to all my TV friends and then it was time to crawl into my envelope.

Byebye, Lichtenfels, I will never forget my time here and the great ride in the Ferrari 

Yours, Billy

Hey Mummy!!

I arrived in Dortmund today, yaay
My new host says a huge "Thank You" to Yosemite for the present and the postcard. She loves it!!



After crawling out of the envelope I saw the other TV's which my new host is hosting at the moment. Brownbeard, Bussi and Marawarpina welcomed me and asked me a few things about my travels and my former hosts. I showed them some pictures and told them about my Toyvoyager-life




Afterwards, I spent some time on the balcony.


Well, it was already evening when I arrived in Dortmund so I stayed at home and relaxed a little bit.
My host has an exam on monday so we probably won't spend much time outdoors until then, but she told me that we're gonna spend more time outdoors from tuesday on.
Yay, that's it about my arrival here in Dortmund.

Love,
Billy

Hello Mummy

I have been in Bochum this evening and I went bowling! It was much fun because it's disco-bowling every friday night. That means that it's darker than usual, there's a lightshow and loud music.
Another cool thing is: you can win something if there's a bright orange bowling pin in the front row and you bowl a strike then. Before you bowl, you have to take a card out of 5 cards, on each one is a prize written. It doesn't happen that often but my host was one of the lucky ones who actually won something, even though it was just a cocktail 
Unfortunately I couldn't take nice pictures because of the darkness, but I tried my really best.




Wow, the bowling balls were so heavy and big!!


Well, that's it for today. It's very late now and I need some sleep after this funny and exhaustive evening.

I hope you had a nice day!!
Love,
Billy

Hey Mummy!!

I went for a stroll today
The park where I was is called "Grummer Teiche". "Grumme" is the district where I live here in Bochum (host's second home). Back in the 12th century, it was called Grumhem, later on it was called Grommen and now it's called Grumme. The waters here in the district were named "Grume", that's why the area was called Grumhem, it means something like "Home of the Grume".
There's a park which goes through the whole district - disconnected by some streets - called "Grummer Teiche" (Grummer ponds) with the waters. It's such a nice area
Here you can see some impressions:




As I walked through the park I passed some cute geese with their chicks. The geese with the chicks are Egyptian geese, the other two are Canada geese.




It was very warm so I stopped at a drinking fountain



Afterwards I went home and spent some time on the balcony. From the balcony I had a view on a part of the park, but it's hard to see because of all the trees.


Well, that's it for today. I'm looking forward to the weekend because I'm going to London with my host and a few friends which are hosts as well.

Lots of Love,
Billy

Hey Mummy

My holiday in London started this evening, yaaay!! We are sooo many TV's on this journey.. Well, what else could you think when you hear that there are 4 girls and 3 of them are hosts We are 7 TV's, it's so cool to go on vacation with so many great guys!!
The departure was at 08:05 pm but there was a little delay so we flew a little bit later.
We were sooo high



This is our TV group... The plane was so small that we had to sit on the tray table.. They're all so nice! From left to right:
Brownbeard, me, Bussi, Marawarpina, two TV's of which I don't know the names at the moment (whoops, I'll tell you later!!) and Leif E



London is the capital of England, which belongs to the United Kingdom. As we arrived there, we headed straight to the hotel and went to bed. It was such a strenuous day!!

Good night!!
Billy

Hello Mum,

today was a great day!! We did some sightseeing and the weather was awesome!! No rain, bright sunshine and it was warm.

We started at the "King's Cross" station. There is the platform 9 3/4, maybe you know it from the Harry Potter movies. It's the platform where the ride of the Hogwarts Express starts.



Here you can see me in front of the Tower Bridge and the Thames The bridge was built from 1886 til 1894 and it's near the Tower of London.



Alright, this is the London City Hall. It's very new and modern, it opened in 2002.



Here you can see the Tower of London. It is a historic castle near the Thames.



Hahaha, this is such a typical tourist-picture A red telephone box and a red bus in the background.



A guard with his horse..



Here you can see Big Ben, it belongs to the Houses of Parliament. Most people think that it's the name of the tower, but actually it's just the name of the bell of the clock.



And finally, this is the Buckingham Palace. It's the residence of the British monarch - The Queen.



At evening we went to Wimbledon to see the musical "Starlight Express", it's currently on UK Tour. The show here in London is a bit different to the show in Bochum. The stages in Great Britain are much smaller than in Bochum, so the "races" aren't live but shown on a screen in 3D. Some of the costumes look very different, some choreographies are new and some songs have a different beat or are new or are missing in the show. Most of the performers in London were already a part of the german production, so my host and her friends knew almost everyone who was on stage this evening.
And you won't believe what I tell you now... Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber himself was with us in the audience!! Oh my god, exciting times!!



Yeah, that was my day here in London. I think I won't take any pictures tomorrow because we just fly back tomorrow.

Love,
Billy

Hey Mum,

I spent some time in Bochum today The weather wasn't very nice and it started raining, that's why the pictures are a bit dark..

However, Kate showed me the stadium of the local football team "VFL Bochum". The club is currently playing in the German second league.
Earlier the stadium was called "Ruhrstadion" but since 2006 it is called "Rewirpowerstadion". Most of the footballfans still call it by its old name, it's kinda traditional



Near the stadium is the planetarium, called "Zeiss Planetarium Bochum". It's one of the most modern planetariums worldwide at the moment, even though it doesn't really look like it'd be so modern..



Love,
Billy

Heyho Mummy

It is the birthday of my hosts brother today and we will visit him tomorrow. Kate bought a comic book for him and we gift-wrapped it today We needed some wrapping paper, scissors and cellotape to wrap it up



At first I cut the paper to the right size:


Afterwards I sticked the paper:


Tadaa, the finished present


Love,
Billy

Hey there,

Today was some loooovely weather!! I spent the whole day outdoors and went to the theatre at evening

I met some of Kates friends at the "Halle" at noon. The Halle is the nickname of the theatre that we visited at eve. Well, we met there because all the guys came from different cities and that was the best place to meet.
The theatre is near Kate's house so we could walk to the theatre. On our way we passed some road works.



After we met Kate's friends at the Halle, we headed to the city centre to go for an ice cream. It was so delicious!! Kate and me shared a kiwifruit sundae. Yummy!!!



Well, we spent some hours downtown, ate some pizza later and went back to the theatre afterwards.
We watched the musical "Starlight Express", composed by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber. It's a musical about the world championship of some trains. Engines from all over the world try to win the championship, the maincharacters are Greaseball - the Diesel engine, Electra - the electric engine and Rusty - the steam engine. Besides it's about finding some self-confidence and the true love. I also watched it in London last weekend, do you remember? But the show in London is kinda different to the show here in Bochum.
It will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year!! It's the musical with the longest repertory season in Germany (it opened in Germany in 1988) and there's a world record for the most visitors to a musical in a single theatre.
Starlight Express will open in South Africa on July 2nd 2013 at Joburg Theatre for a limited season. Maybe you'll get the chance to see it

It was still bright sunshine when we went to the theatre.


This is a train which is placed on the forecourt of the theatre, apposite to the theme of the musical


Well yeah, that's it about my day.. I really enjoyed the show this evening

Love,
Billy