Travelog for: Muggel Rainbow

Hello from Finland,

Behind me you can see the Port of Helsinki – or maybe one of the Ports there.



When I looked into the other direction – there was no port anymore – really strange.



We drove a while and our first stop was Hanko. We saw this nice beach.



Hanko has a small port, but there were not many ships at the moment.



There was a small hill in the middle of the town – with a church and a red tower.



I loved the tower – maybe it is a rocket?



Just another nice building – the Casino.



We went to another town called Turku. Here you see a church.



This is the library I think, with a nice fountain.



I looked over the river and saw this big church – it was wonderful!



Our hotel is next to this river!



Yours
Muggel

Hello Mum,

Can you see this nice church? It is situated in Vaasa. It looked like the weather was not so nice, but wait for another photo of the church we made after visiting it.



Inside it was beautiful, too.



Next to the church was the town hall.



Then we had a look back to the church – and the funny monument – now you can see the sunshine.



I think that all cities of Finland have a water tower.



Back in the hotel we decided to do something typical for Finland – and we went into the sauna.





It was not hot enough for us, so I worked hard…



…and put some water onto the hot stones.



This was much better!





Later we relaxed. It was great!



Yours
Muggel

Hello Mum,

We were in Jyväskylä today. First we went to a place called Naissaari. We had fun on this monument. Can you see Sam and me?





We saw this watergate, but there was no boat in it.



This is typical for Finland – trees and water.



We bought some chocolate.



Then we went onto a hill – Harju.



We had nice views over the city from the tower on the hill.





Behind me you can see the church of the city.



Many greetings
Muggel

Hello Mum,

In the late afternoon Dicker Kumpel told me and the others that he had a surprise for us.



We all were excited and we jumped into our travel bag.



Look, what happened! RikeH met two Finish hosts – mmm105 and reissari – and all their TVs and TV-guests. So we had a big TV-meeting!





To have a better view of us – we made smaller photos. You can see me next to Dicker Kumpel.









It was great to meet so many new TVs. Hopefully I will meet some of them again on my trip around the world!


Then we had another meeting – we went to a postcrossing-meeting. You can see the postcards of the postcrossing-members. We had so much fun talking with these friendly women.

This time you find me next to a big white bear. And I talked a lot with the nice lamb. 





What a nice meeting!

Yours
Muggel

02.06.

Hello Mum,

We had a lazy day at home. Look, what we had for dinner



Then we sat in front of the fireplace and talked.





I love it to look into the fire!



And I want to show you the funny kind of drinks we had.



Bye
Muggel

A great day!

We saw reindeers!





Well – we were really excited, so the photos were not so good.

We went to a national park called Hossa. This is a funny name. We started our walk next to this lake.



I liked this wooden path.



The nature looked different to the other parts of Finland with trees and lakes.



But fortunately we saw water again!



And another lake – yes, we are in Finland.



I wanted to have another of these photos – a lake and trees around!



Many greetings
Muggel

Merry Christmas Mum!

The Finnish people are crazy sometimes. We arrived in our new home today. And look, what we have in front of our house – a Christmas tree!







This was really strange. But RikeH told us that we are in the Santa Claus Village. Santa lives here – this is amazing!e

Maybe we will meet him tomorrow. Who knows? But first I had to show you two funny things in our room. This is the wonderful lamp!



Now I believe that the Christmas Time comes nearer!



Hohoho
Muggel

Hello from the Santa Claus Village!

We saw these signs today – and wanted to meet Santa Claus.





But can you imagine it? Santa Claus didn’t allow making own photos – and wanted to have a lot of money for the photos taken by his gnomes…

So we decided that his Santa Claus is nice, too.



There were an ice bear and some gnomes next to him.





There were signs showing the distance to some cities around the world.



And here is Santa Claus’ Main Post Office – he has to write many letters each year.



I was really in the North now. But I was not able to sit there alone, so I asked Dicker Kumpel to help me.



I crossed the Arctic Circle Mum – have you ever done it?





Love
Muggel Rainbow

Hello Mum,

We visited Helsinki today.  Behind me you can see the cathedral.



This is a Russian church – I loved the gold on the roof.



Near to the water we saw this beautiful building.



This is a wonderful church – inside a rock – really strange.



Love
Muggel Rainbow

Hello Mum,

Today was our last day in Finland – and we spent it in Porvoo. We met a really nice lady there. First we climbed up a hill and had a look over the town. Unfortunately the trees were really high!



This was a better place to look at the city.



Behind me you can see the famous houses next to the river. The weather was not as sunny as yesterday, so you cannot see it so good.



There were moomins living in this shop.



We had a stop next to his bunny-lady. On the right side you can see some other TVs.





Then we did something funny – we went onto the Castle-Hill. But there was no castle anymore…


We stopped on a bridge and saw some nice new houses…



…and a ship with the funny name Glückauf.



Here we had a better view of the famous houses.



It was a great time in Finland!

yours
Muggel Rainbow

Hello from a Ferry again.

We were back on the way to Germany. Fortunately we had television in our cabin. So we watched soccer. In the first game the Netherlands played.  Vriendje was so excited.







Unfortunately for Vriendje the Netherlands lost.

We went outside and had a wonderful sunset!





Here you can see a model of our Ferry!



It was time for soccer again. We decided to have a party!



Cheers!



Well the wrong supporters!



The game was great!







GOAL!







The good supporters!



Germany won – and we celebrated it!







The next morning we first had a coffee!



We preferred some fresh fruits!  No more wine and beer!



Love
Muggel

Hello Mum,

We went to Hamburg today.  The weather was not so nice - but no problem for us. We walked along the lake Alster in the center of Hamburg. Can you see the sailing ships?



There were more boats - I think they will be used if the weather is better!



There were some geese.



It was a nice place!



Believe it or not – it was the same day – only some minutes later – and we had sunshine.



One of many churches in Hamburg.



Many greetings
Muggel Rainbow

Hello Mum,

We went to Hamburg again. But today we went to the Port. And we saw a cruise ship!



This Part of the Port is called ‘Speicherstadt’. It is the old warehouse district, but they built a lot of new houses there.



Here you can see the old houses.



This is another part of the Port.



We made a short boat trip.







Behind me you can see the pier of the port.



My last views of the port.





Bye
Muggel

Hi Mum,

We walked through Sülfeld today. First we stopped at this nice lake – it was a little green.



Behind me you can see the old school.



Yes – it was a photo of me – not Dicker Kumpel. But he hold me,because I had problems on the stone.



This is the emblem of the village.



Later we went to the church – first I learnt a lot about it and the surroundings.





It is a beautiful building!



We were lucky – the church was open.







We had fun!





This is the old pharmacy.



At the end of our tour we enjoyed the sunshine and talked a lot! Some of the others will leave soon.



Love
Muggel

Hi Mum,

We went to the Zoo of Hannover today. We made a boat trip – and I saw some animals.





Look – a big rhinoceros.



A good view of the giraffes – the one in the middle was really young.



It was a great day in the Zoo. Dicker Kumpel told me that we will have a party tomorrow!

I am really excited!
Yours
Muggel Rainbow