Travelog for: Bärndt

Hi mum,
today LewisHH and I explored the Hamburg airport. We sat on the viewing terrace and watched the planes.












Here you can see me on the viewing terrace.


To have a better view we used the big binocular.


In the big airport hall there are a lot of travel agencies. Look at me checking out the places and prices. Where shall I fly to???




Then we took a look at the check-in gates. First Air Berlin, then Lufthansa.




See me in front of the departure boards. So many flights to so many places.


Being at the airport made me want to fly. I tried to check in at the self service machine. But there was no reservation for me But it was worth a try


Then we saw this lovely car at the car hire company. But they said I was to small to drive. Sometimes it is hard to be a small TV like me.


But back at home we got a surprise! Clairchen wrote us a postcard from the isle of Amrum. See us reading the postcard.




I'm sure that I will board a plane some day.

All the very best
Bärndt

Hi mum,
today we went to the Chocoversum, a kind of a chocolate museum.
See me in front of the museum.


Inside we saw,how the chocolate is being made.
Look at my friend Lewis and me sitting on a sack of cocoa beans.


On this scale the cocoa beans are weighed.


Here you an see some cocoa beans from Ghana. But they have a lot of different beans in the Chocoversum.




This is a small roaster for the cocoa beans.


After roasting the beans will be broken in to small pieces.


This is a rolling machine to produce a paste from the cocoa pieces.




Oh look, this machine conche the chocolate. The result is very delicous 


Here you can see the ingredients of the chocolate: cocoa beans, sugar and cocoa butter.
This is milk chocolate with so much sugar  :


This is dark chocolate:


On this map you can see which countries produce cocoa.


Look at me sitting in a cocoa fruit.


These are the finished products.


Here you can see some historic chocolate bars.


On our way home we pasted by the Chile house, a historic office building which has the form of an ocean liner.


All the very best
Bärndt

Hi mum,
today Scilly came home with a big parcel. She was excited.
LewisHH and I were very curious 


We opend the parcel....and what did we see? A smaller parcel!!!




We had to open the small parcel.


What's that? Another parcel??? Unbelievable




A new zoom lens!


But I liked this equipment. A nice toy!


But then I had to say Good bye to my new friend LewisHH. I will go to Hobi to explore Lower Saxony.
First I looked for a postcard for my new hosts.


Then I gave LewisHH a last big hug.




Now I'm looking forward for new adventures.




All the very best
Bärndt

Hello Mum,

I arrived safely in Lower Saxony. Orpheus and Murph helped me out of my envelope and gave me a friendly welcome.





The two guys showed me Bad Salzdetfurth. It is the hometown of Murph. Here you can see the emblem of the town.



Then we went into the spa gardens. There exists a ‘Summstein’. If you sit in it and you are bumbling, your body prickles.



Next to the Summstein there was a house for doves.



There are 2 big salines here. People used it in the past to produce salt.



Soon the spa gardens will be colorful – with many flowers. Unfortunately there weren’t many today.



Bad Salzdetfurth has a lot of frame houses.



There are many old machines from the mining time.





A big pit wheel.



On this sign you can read how they got the salt out of the ground.



The last place was the trainstation of Bad Salzdeetfurth. I have no idea why it is called Kulturbahnhof.



Bad Salzdetfurth is a beautiful small town, but there are not many interesting architectural buildings in it. Murph told me that there are two really interesting buildings in Hildesheim. Maybe we will go there.

Many greetings
Bärndt

Hi Mum,

Today we went into the forest and searched bear’s garlic.

On our way we saw the holy spring. The water here should help against illnesses.



People found 5000 years old sacrificial offerings next to the „ Appenteichquellen“. Today people sacrifice things on the small altar next to the springs.



Don’t worry, Mum! I wasn’t sacrificed.

Here you can see another photo of the spring.



Next to it, there were many old trees in the forest.



On our way to the ear’s garlic we found these beautiful flowers. They were spring snowflakes.



The bear’s garlic was too small for collecting. Maybe I can try it? With this name it should be yummy for me as a bear.



Then we climbed up a mountain. This is the ruin of the Winzenburg.



In the Past donkeys carried water from the spring to the top of the mountain, because the people in the Castle needed it. The poor donkeys – the way was really steep.

many greetings
Bärndt

Hi Mum,

today we drove to Derneburg to see the Laves-Path of Culture. On our way to Derneburg we saw an old wind wheel.  It belonged to a mill in the Past.



Then Orpheus and Murph showed me this beautiful gate. It is the entrance to a Park. We had to stop and make photos.



There was a funny guy in front of the Gate. He looked alive  - didn’t he?





This is the postbox of the Park.



There were many funny characters on the Gate. I had problems to decide which I loved most. Then I chose the seahorse.



This shark wasn’t too scary!



Then we continued our trip to Derneburg. I will write more soon.

Many greetings
Bärndt

Hello Mum,

And here are the promised photos of Derneburg. The Laves-Pfad is a walking trail. You can see a lot of interesting architectural buildings of the architect G.L.F. Laves from Hannover.



This is theCastle of Derneburg from one side – I will show it to you from the other side, too. It is really gigantic.



This bridge had a special construction – it is called „Fischbauchträger“.



I found  a new spring flower for you - the commun butterbur.



Soon there will be a lot of rare birds at this lake.



Look –this house stood in the water!



There were many fishermen houses next to the lakes.



And now – there was a pyramid in the middle of lower Saxony. It is a mausoleum. The first owner of the Castle is buried there with his family.



This temple was used as a tea house in the Past.



Now you can see the Castle again – but from another view.



On our way back we saw this wonderful Castle. It was the Castle Söder. We were not allowed to go near to it. It is in private hands.



What a wonderful trip!

Many greetings
Bärndt

Hello Mum,

Today it was the last day with of Orpheus here. In the morning we went into the forest and searched mushrooms and flowers.

The spring is coming! There were many blooming flowers in the forest. These small flowers didn’t bloom last week – they are kidneyworts.



Daphne mezereum is a wonderful shrub, but very poisonous.



These mushrooms are eatable. I didn’t find the English names – but the Latin name is Gyromitra ancilis.



You know the next flower, I think. It helps with cough: it is a Coltsfoot.



These small mushrooms grow on the cones of the spruce. So their name is sprucecone caps and they are eatable, too.




The last thing that Murph showed me was the early purple orchis. Unfortunately it didn’t bloom now.
Unfortunately I won’t be here when it starts blooming.



At home we had a look at the adventures of Orpheus and Murph.



In the evening we had a farewell-party for Orpheus.





But then it was time to say goodbye to Orpheus and he climbed into his envelope.





I hope that Orpheus will have a great time with his next host!

Love
Bärndt

Hallo Mum,

Today I went to the park of the monastery Lamspringe. The monastery is really big.



The Lammequelle started her life here in the park. The Lamme flows through Bad Salzdetfurth.



There are two big lakes in the park.



I found a very rare flower here  – the yellow star of Bethlehem.



This was the other lake. Behind me you can see a part of the monastery.



There was an old mill in the park with a water wheel. They repair the wheel at the moment – so it didn’t move.





I found something interesting – in the past criminals got rings like this around their necks. Then they were in the pillory.



We found this funny statue next to the abbey. The man carried his head in his hands.



It is a wonderful abbey with a wonderful garden!



Greetings
Bärndt

Hello Mum,

It was my last day in lower saxony – and we went into the forest and searched bear’s garlic.

Many flowers were blooming. I saw many wood anemones.



I really loved these cowslips.



The whole forest was full of bear’s garlic.



We started to pick the bear’s garlic. I was too small for the knife, but Murph helped me.





Ui, it stunk!



Look – I found yellow wood anemones.



The next flowers smelt wonderful. They were  sweet violets.



Maybe you know this plant. In Germany people often use the baby’s breath for punch.



I enjoyed the sunshine between the blossoms of the  hawthorn.



Then it was time to say good-bye to Murph.





I had a wonderful time here in lower saxony. But not I am looking forward to my adventures in Hessen.

Many greetings
Bärndt

...just a short note, that I have reached Noisy's home!

It was time for a group photo.
There is GustavHH, he told that he has travelled for a long time nw. He was in Belgium, Chile and USA . He told a lot of storys.
...and the funny little monkeys Mooky and Kurt, he is quite new on the road - just like me...
Barnabas, Noisys new TV is collecting his first travelogs and want to explore the world, and Fanti belongs to SuSi89, Noisys daughter.
The other elefant is called Jethro, he will be the new stay-at- home- TV.

I don't know who has seen this projekt, but we all found it a funny thing to do.
It is called 30 days - 30 cups.

Here are the first photos......
Stripes...

...from christmas...


...inside...

...moin-moin...

...TV-sized...



...than we wanted to build a tower...

We tried to build a pyramide, but Hessen-Leo couldn't climb to the top, so we all fell down...





Barnabas and I took the chance to ride an elefant



...aaaand the cup of the day 

Today I helped feeding Noisy's ducks...



...the chicken...



...and we have taken the eggs.



...aaaand the cup of the day 

...just a photo of the cup of today...