Felix - travelling around the world

2009-02-03T09:13:00.000-08:00

BRAZIL

Dear Leonhard,

Finally Felix has arrived in Brazil, after a long, long trip from Cuba. No one knows how long Felix has been travelling, he himself thought for a while that he was going to get lost forever, so he felt very relieved when he was lifted out of his package and breathed fresh... ah, well, somewhat polluted air in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He fast became best friends with Karen, 3 years old, and they have already made some paintings together. But Felix was very, very tired after his long trip, so he soon fell asleep in Karens comfortable bed. He has many adventures waiting for him in Brazil and will tell you all about them, but for now he is resting.

Love,Felix through Helena in SP, Brazil

January 8th, 2009

Hello!

Now I am finally feeling better and can write myself. Today has been a very hot day, it is now 4 pm and it is still 27C in the shadow. Since it has been such a great day, Karen took me downstairs to the pool of her building. We had a great time, as you can see! I was sunbathing, swimming and climbin the palm-trees that grow at the pool. Also, me and Karen played hide and seek around the building, we had so much fun! Since Sao Paulo is a quite violent city, Karens building is all fenced, no one can enter without speaking to a security guard first. Also, Karen lives with her parents and animals on the 7th floor so all balconies have nets around, so neither she nor the cat, nor small visitors like me, can fall down and get hurt. I will try to send a photo from the balcony and of all the animals later, but right now I am going to take a shower to rinse off the poolwater!Lots of love,Felix

January 12th, 2009

Hello!

Yesterday I had such a great day! Karen and her parents took me around Sao Paulo, and we saw so many nice things! Karens father is from italian origins, so he took us to an Italian restaurant to eat. The food was great! And it was so interesting, they had football t-shirts hanging in the ceiling, have you ever heard of such a strange thing?? We had a ravioli with a four-cheese sauce, it was delicious. I had mango juice to drink, freshly made at the spot, and for dessert we had some Brazilian coffee with Italian ice-cream, yum!

After lunch Karen showed me around at the famous Avenida Paulista. It is the avenue that you see on TV if there is any news from Sao Paulo, a big avenue full of high buildings with important offices.

We went to MASP, museum of art in Sao Paulo (the red, squared building behind me)

and when we walked along the avenue we got to see SNAKES and LIZARDS!!

An environmental group was showing animals from the Amazon for the children - and me! Can you believe that I have touched a real snake and lizard?! Wow!After this we went to a park, Karen took me around and we played a lot together, it was great! Before we went home we made a stop in an ice-cream shop to eat more ice cream. It was a great day!!!

Love, Felix

January 27th, 2009

Hello again!

This is Felix! I am back from my road trip that I have made through southern Brazil with Karen and her parents. It was a long trip, and we took plenty of photos, so I will have to tell you about the trip in several emails. We left Sao Paulo on the 14th of January and slept the first night in a hotel at the road side. Nothing to show you there, but the next day we drove through a huge rainstorm, I did not know it could rain that much! We could hardly see the car in front of us at times and there were so many lightnings! I was really scared, but Karen hugged me so it felt better. Luckily it stopped raining when we arrived in our first stop at Curitiba in the state of Parana, where we had a great lunchbefore we visited a place called Bosque Alemao. That means the German Forest in Portuguese. This part of Brazil was colonised by Germans, as I would notice several times on this trip, I will tell you all about it later on! Anyway, this part of the rainforest, in the middle of the city of Curitiba, has a trail that tells the story of Hans & Gretzel, but in Portuguese they are called Joao and Maria, strange! Well, the story was a bit scary, but Karen took good care of me. To reach the trail you have to climb down a high tower, that shows you the view of Curitiba. I took two photos there, one so you can see that the rainforest and the city of Curitiba, and one so you can see how high up I was. Well, Karens father told us the story and eventually we reached the house of the evil witch!!! Karen and I went inside, but luckilly the witch was not there this day, only her black cat that was very friendly with me. In the rainforest we saw some really high ferns, they were like trees, it felt like visiting the movie Jurassic Park!

After a nice morning in Curitiba we kept on driving until we reached the town of Penha at the coast of the state Santa Catarina. It was sooo beautiful there at the beach and I was so happy to see the Atlantic Ocean again!

Me and Karen played around a little before we had dinner, can you believe that I ate crab for the first time in my life!?! And after dinner we chased some real mini-crabs that lived in the sand on the beach, so much fun, me and Karen laughed a lot. We found a really cute hotel, that is called a Pousada in Brazil. Pousadas are like smaller hotels, that are family owned. I got my own bed, but it felt so big that I shared it with Karen, we slept very good in it. On the 16th and 17th of January we visited the amusement park next to the hotel that is called Beto Carrero World (It was founded by a Brazilian cowboy called Beto Carrero) and it is not only an amusement park, but also a zoo and to the area belongs huge landmasses of preserved rainforest that no one ever will be able to touch. The park teaches you to think about nature, but of course you also have lots and lots of fun! We did so many fun things there and also visited a show about the sword of Excalibur. It was a very scary show, Karen hugged me through most of it and afterwards we could meet some of the knights. As you can see I was really scared of them. But I had so much fun at Beto Carrero and would love to go to more amusement parks later.

Well, I think that is enough for today! Next time I write I will tell you about our trip to a small town called Pomerode, where people still speak German!!! I spoke German to people there, amazing! But more about that some other day, it is late here now and I have to go to sleep.

Many warm hugs, Felix

February 2nd, 2009

Hello everyone!

Here is Felix again! Now I will tell you about the rest of my road trip. So on the 17th of January we went to a small town called Pomerode, in the inner part of the state of Santa Catarina. There was a huge German immigration to this part of Brazil, and in this town people came from north east Germany, and they still speak German there - I could understand what everyone said and talk with them too in German. Of course their accent was a bit different, there were some Plattdeutsch into it, but still. The sad part was that they had a German party there, and it was horrible! Well, not really, it was also a lot of fun, but they only took the stereotype of Germany, with Bavarian costumes and music - me and Karen HATED the music!!! We had a very nice lunch though, with lots of potato, sauerkraut, fried duck and strawberry juice, yum! I also met some really sweet dolls there, they were also German immigrants. Unfortunately the batteries of the camera died and no one had time to charge them, so you missed out the photos from the party at night and the parade the next day, also from the amazing afternoon tea that we had in the neighbouring city Blumenau - I have never seen so many cakes, sweets, sandwiches etc in my whole life! But we did take a photo in the hotel room in Blumenau later at night, it was so cozy. Also we took a photo of me in Blumenau by night, cool!On the 19th of January we drove towards the coast again, to the city of Florianopolis that is situated on an island. It is sooo beautiful there! We spent 4 days there and we saw so much. You would not believe all the things you can find on a Brazilian beach. People sell drinks there, and icecream. But not in restaurants or bars, no, they walk around with carts on the beach and sell all these things, and many more. Me and Karen had a lot of fun though, playing in the sand together.

One day we also went to the municipal market to look around, it was a very beautiful building from the colonial times. The coastline of Santa Catarina was colonised by the Portuguese, so the old buildings are in a Portuguese style, very interesting.We also walked along the beach walk in the city of Florianopolis, where you have a beautiful view of the city itself, and by chance they had some activities there for children, so me and Karen made a painting there that they put up for display later. The hotel were we stayed had a pool area, of course me and Karen had to go there and play some. The water was a bit cold, but nothing compared to what you can find in Europe!! We visited some sanddunes, it was like a small desert, also very hot! It was around 30C the whole time, so you can bet the sand was burning my small paws! Some people were sandsurfing on the dunes - it is just like snowboarding but on sand instead of snow. It looked like a lot of fun, but a bit too dangerous for me and Karen, so we were only watching.

After thiss nice time in Florianopolis we drove north again, and made a stop at a beach called Tainha. This beach was very difficult to reach, as it was in a hidden bay. We had to drive up a small mountain on a gravel road, and then down again, but it was worth it. What a beautiful place! I almost moved there, as I found a great beach house. But Karen told me that I should not try to stay in a house made of sand only, so do not worry Leonhard, I am coming back home to you again! Have a look what I discovered there, too! The smallest bananas I have ever seen! They were even smaller than myself - but very yummy! This was actually our last stop on the trip, but I am also sending two more photos from Sao Paulo. One from the balcony of Karens home, as I promised. You can see the net that protects everyone from falling down, but also how many huge buildings there are where Karen and her family live. Then I had to take a photo of me with all my new friends, I think I forgot to tell you that Karen has a cat and two dogs, but now you can see them as well, we are very good friends, all of us!I am thinking a lot of all of you, I miss my own family in Austria, although I am being very well taken care of during the next trip and it is very exciting to see all these new places. Next time I will write you it will be from South Africa, can you believe?!

Many hugs, Felix

2009-02-03T08:52:00.000-08:00

CUBA

Dearest Leonhard,

Guess what!? Right after my visit in Canada I went down to Cuba. Have you ever heard about this country before? That was a wonderful place - warm and sunny and with alot of delicious food and interesting places to see.

Together with my host I did a guided tour in Havanna - can you believe, a real guided tour in a capital city - like a real tourist!!! I was soo happy about that and our guide was too!

She said I was the most curious bear ever taking part in her tours!!

We saw a really ancient mailbow during our tour and I was a bit frightened. I have bad experiences with mailboxes - somebody always puts me into them and then I have to spend days over days in narrow envelopes before I can finally get out again!!!

I also got to see some other strange stuff: Big, big, big bells - have a look! Intersting, hm?

Cuba was a very interesting place to stay. Maybe I can go back there one day? My next stop is in Brazil I was told, another country in South America. And a big one, my host told me! I'm curious to see who and what is waiting there for me;)

Hugs and kisses,

Felix

2008-08-19T02:56:00.000-07:00

CANADA

My dear friend Leonhard,

I'm sending you warmest greetings from another country in North America today! I'm currently visiting Melissa in Vancouver, Canada!

Canada is a really beautiful place and Melissa and I are having alot of fun. We celebrated Easter together, which was wonderful. Have a look at the beautiful decorations we put everywhere!
How did you celebrate it this year? Searching for easter eggs in granddad's garden like all the years before? That's certainly nice, too, but believe me, my life as a travelling bear is much more exciting at the moment.

Like at many other places before I also got to know some very friendly bears here in Canada, too. We understand really well and I'm afraid I'll miss them alot when I'll once continue my journey.

Melissa and I had a long walk in Vancouver and I must really say it is a beautiful place.

I'll show you some more photos later, my dear!

Love, Felix

2008-08-19T02:48:00.000-07:00

TEXAS, USA

Hello Leonhard!

How are you doing? I'm really fine! Imagine, I visited another state of the USA - only 47 are missing, ha, ha!! I'm in Texas right now and I'm having a great time.

I'll write you more and show you all the photos later!

Lots of love,

Felix

2008-01-29T01:57:00.000-08:00

HAWAII, USA

Dearest Leonhard,

How are you doing in freezy Austria? I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a good start of the new year! As for me - I'm doing great!! As you know my previous stop was on Hawaii (that's one of 50 states of the USA consisting of many islands situated in the Pacific Ocean) and I spent a very nice time there ;)

My host was lovely, she cared about me alot (so you don't have to worry at all) and since she also had a little daughter, Leilani, I really had a funny time there! You know I'm always happy to be togehter with kids and Leilani really did her best not to make me feel homesick...
My host was a teacher and after all the good experiences I made in the Australian school I visited I decided to join her, too! Have a look which lovely young ladies I got to know there!! I had great fun attending various classes and listening to what my host taught her pupils!

It was pretty warm on Hawaii and I often thought about you freezing at home at the moment, ha, ha!! We even went to Waikiki beach one day (I guess you went skiing the same day...)

Can you imagine, Leonhard, that I celebrated Christmas this year in such a lovely atmosphere full of sun and warmth? It was very different to what I knew about Christmas so far but it was very nice!

We went Christmas shopping in Waikiki ...

... and Leilani and I loved all the decorations there!!

And have a look - we even had a real (well, almost real...) Christmas tree at home, too! We had a great time and celebrated alot - even some of my new friends here joined us ;)You know what we did one day? We went ice-skating!! Yes, you are right, ICE-SKATING!! It was the first time I ever did it (by the way: Did you already learn it meanwhile?) and that was on Hawaii!! Crazy, isn't it? There was a large skating hall and Leilani and i had really alot of fun giving it a try! I was full of haematomas afterwards but that was worth the fun!!

The scenery on Hawaii was really beautiful as you already saw on the "beach-photos". You know how much I love the sea! But there was something else really impressing here: I saw a real volcano! My first one ever!!! It is called "DIAMOND HEAD" beautiful, hm?

Now I have to continue my journey although it is hard to leave this wonderful place and all the lovely people I got to know here. Thank you sooo much for everything, Malia and Leilani! I will miss you and I'll think about you alot!

Well, Leonhard, my next stop will be at another state of the US: Texas! I'll let you know when I arrived there!

Hugs, Felix

2008-01-29T01:56:00.001-08:00

FLORIDA, USA

Dearest Leonhard,

As you know I spent a couple of weeks in Florida, which is one of 50 states in the USA! I had a great time there with Zsuzsa and today I'd like to show you the photos we took there. Hope you'll like them as much as I do!!!
You know that I am a very talkactive bear so it was great fun to find some other bears there too. You can't imagine which exciting stories they had to tell - but non of them travelled as much as I did!!
Florida is an peninsula which means that the sea is almost everywhere around. One day Zsuzsa took me with her on a sailing boat. Wow, Leonhard, I missed you alot there because I was sure that you would have enjoyed it alot, too!!

We also found alot of "treasures" there: sponges (like Spongebob, ha, ha!!), crabs, shells etc. Amazing!Have a look, Leonhard, this litte sailor-bear looks exactly like me, doesn't he???

One day Zsuzsa and I took the train and went to Miami (wasn't it Miami, Zsuzsa??)! It was very beautiful there and I was amazed to see all these palm trees everywhere around.

It is a wonderful place - so many new things to discover!!! Have a look at this interesting postbox - I guess I was put in there in my envelope when I continued my journey to Hawaii!!Zsuzsa and I also took one of these really beautiful busses - have a look!! They are completely different to the busses we have at home - but you can also use them like ours!!Zsuzsa and I also went shopping together and we bought some typical stuff. People here like marple syrup alot, I never tried it before but I must say it is delicious. We also bought some honey just for me ;) I'm a travelling bear but I still go back to the basics some time...

Well, dear Leonhard, that was it from Florida. I'm sad to leave but I was told that there will be some other parts of the USA where I will go, so I'm excited to get to know my next host in Hawaii and see what that part of the world looks like!

Hugs and kisses,

Felix

2007-10-24T05:09:00.000-07:00

HONG KONG

Dear Leonhard,

Hello from Hong Kong! I finally arrived here from Japan on the 3rd of October. Iris tells me that I had just missed the National Day fireworks and celebrations on the 1st, but she promised me we'd have fun anyway! And boy did we have fun!

I met Iris' dog, Quila, and one of her many friends; here is a photo of me and a rabbit called Peaches. Isn't she cute?Iris lives on the top floor of a really tall building. In Hong Kong there is very little flat land in between all the hills and mountains, so all the buildings are built really tall, to fit in more people! This is the view out of Iris' bedroom window - isn't it scary being so high up? I really loved it though!Iris was busy volunteering during the first week and I got to go along. Iris really loves to work backstage in her free time. Seh does all this cool stuff in the theatre, where people come to sit and watch people act on stage. Iris taught me a lot about how to be a deputy stage manager, and I even got to operate the lighting console! Don't I look professional here?

Every day we would take the bus out into Central, the business district, and I got to see a lot of sights out of the window. They have really big buses in Hon Kong, and I loved sitting on the top deck! There was so much to see!

"Hong Kong" actually means "fragrant harbour" in Cantonese, so I was really excited to see all the boats in the harbour out of the bus window. These boats are parked in what is called a "typhoon shelter" it's where boats go to hide when a storm is coming. They call these storms "typhoon" in this part of the world.

We went for a special "dim sum" lunch in a really big restaurant. "Dim sum" means "touch the heart" or "order to your heart's content" in English. Dim sum is a Hong Kong speciality, and it's really yummy! You can order many things because each dish contains oly of a few bites of very tasty food. You order by writing down the number of dishes you want next to the name of the dish on the sheet of pater on the left. The food comes in bamboo steamers that oyu can stack on top of each other. Iris told me that they also call this "yum cha" which means "drinking tea". and they had a lot of tea in teapots to drink with the "dim sum". It was really delicious! I guess it was a very popular thing to eat because there were so many people in this huge restaurant.

Hong Kong has some pretty amazing architecture and Iris brought me around to show me alot of them. They were most pretty at night because they use a lot of lights to light up each building, so they really shine in the night! Here I am by the International Fiance Centre and the Bank of China - I am such a little bear in comparison with these huge buildings! There was also this little short colonial building with a dome, which is the Legislative council building - it is where a lot of the lawmaking happens in Hong Kong.
The Foreign Correspondant's Club here is also a colonial building - it is where all the journalists and reporters and politicians used to meet all the time! Now it is a private club but still full of interesting people. During the day Iris took me to see this one building called Lippe Centre which was designed by an Australian architect. The building looks like koala bears hugging a tree trunk. Can you see it? I wanted to take a photo of it because I'm a bear, too!
We also walked by Lan Kwai Fong, which is a really famous area full of bars and pubs. I took a picture but we didn't go in there because it was so crowded and not really suitable for a little bear like me!I had a really great time in Hong Kong and it was a nice place to end my tour of Asia. Iris tells me that she will miss me very much because I'm such a sweet bear. Now I'm off to America to see what life is like there. I can't wait! I hope you are doing well, Leonhard, and I will let you know how my visit to Florida went in my next post. Good bye for now and take care!

Felix

2007-10-08T01:24:00.000-07:00

JAPAN

Hello Leonhard!

How are you doing? I 'm fine. I arrived at Yumi's house safely on Sunday 26th August. A few days later Yumi took me to some places.

We took a train at the nearest station to her house. It only took us 15 minutes to arrive at Kanazawa Station. KANAZAWA is the biggest city of Ishikawa prefecture where Yumi lives.

When I got out of the station I found a big red wooden gate which was a new symbol of the station. The gate was standed for Japanese drums.We went to Omicho market at first. The market is called "Kanazawa Kitchen". Some narrow streets were lined with the shops such as clothes shops, fish shops and grocery stores.

Then we visited Oyama shrine which was dedicared Lord Toshiie Maeda. The entrance gate with stained grass window was designed by two Dutch men and it was completed in 1875.

We washed our hands as soon as we entered the shirine as it is a sacred place.I found many wooden boards - "Ema" in Japanes. Ema are pictures of horses drawn on wood, the upper part of which has a roof, and presented to temples/shrines when making vows or when the prayers ad been answered. They are mostly used in praying for success in passing entrance exams of high school or university. I also found a statue of a man riding a horse. He was Toshiie Maeda (1538-1599).As we were little tried of the long walk, we went to Starbucks Coffee to take a rest. We had a mango flappuccino which was really delicious.Then we went to the Modern Japanese Literature Museum. We didn't enter it but had a look at it from outside. It was built as a school in 1891, so it is a pretty old building.In front of the museum I found a statue of 3 men . I was told that they were great authors born in Kanazawa. There was also a beautiful park with a pond where I saw some carps!After visiting this Modern Japanese Literature Museum we visited Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Compemporary Art which was just opened a few years ago in 2004 I was told.

I found some silver chairs in front of the museum and had a rest on one of them. It was very comfortable and I had great fun there watching this woman next to me with her parasol.

Then Yumi showed me a Tea Ceremony Room which was very interesting since I have never been to something like that before. I'm used from home to have tea just in the kitchen and drink it from your baby-bottle, so I was very astonished to see that people in Japan have such an interesting tradition.

Yumi and I entered the "Modern Museum" and I found a clear cube there. I wondered a bit what this was... And suddenly it even started to move! Well, I found out then that it was an elevator!!!

An exhibition of wedding photos was held at at gallery there so I learnt about the Japanese style of wedding here. The brides and the grooms on the photos looked really happy and the brides were really beautiful. Is it true that you and the rest of the family attended 4 weddings since I started my journey?? Wow, Leonhard, I promise to come back home before you'll get married yourself ;)I've got some news for you concerning this love & marriage things: Imagine I met a very cute doll-girl at another gallery!! Her name was Rika and she's 11 years old. I almost fell in love with her at first sight... But unfortunately we couldn't stay in the gallery with her... I think she was a Japanese Barbie!I also found an interesting swimming pool here in Japan. It was very strange because people could stand/walk under the pool. It was called Leandro's swimming pool because it was designed by "Leandro Erlich". I read a bit in the leaflet and there they wrote "The layer of water covers a thick glass border while the pool below the glass is empty." Stange, strange. I waved the people under the pool which was funny.Then I went to Turrel's room. I also got to read a leaflet (fortunately it was in English, I'm still very bad in reading Japanese letters... How about you, did you already learn how to read meanwhile?) and there they wrote "Through teh space of the cellin the audience could experience the sky in a peaceful environment." When I entered the room, the sky was gray and it was cloudy. I explored the wohle museum and a found a golden statue of a man called "A man measures a cloud". Then I went back to Turrel's room and this time it was raining and the floor was wet because the room doesn't have a roof.

Well, dear Leonhard, you see I made many new experiences during my stay in Japan. Now it is time for me to continue my journey and my next stop will be Hong Kong. I'm looking forward alot!

Good bye Japan and thanks for the nice time with Yumi!

Love, Felix

2007-08-30T02:48:00.000-07:00

TAIWAN

Dear Leonhard,

I discovered a completely new country (well, new to you and me...) during the past weeks. I had a lovely host (the "Mum" of Pooh, if you remember the little bear who once visited you..) who showed me around there. We went on a little trip together and it was the first time that I stayed in a real hotel! How exciting, hm?

During our holiday we visited a typical factory there:

How cute to pet all these animals!

We also went in a kind of exotic park together where I saw these beautiful plants and butterflies:Oh, what a beautiful scenery they have here! And tons of mountains - almost like at home!!

We even went up there by cable-car!! Wow!When we came back to TAIPEH my host showed me something absolutely great and unique: The world's highest building, Taipeh 101. Isn't this amazing? I was told that it was somehow constructed like a bamboo, that's why it was possible to build it that high.We also visited a museum in Taipeh, the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall , and here's what we saw there.

2007-06-20T13:15:00.000-07:00

SINGAPORE

Dear Leonhard,

How are you? I'm really doing fine. I still enjoy travelling around the world (although I miss you... But my journey is still to exciting to go home already...) My previous stop was in Singapore with Eloriel. Have a look what a wonderful time I passed there! Eloriel showed me alot of her city and we really had a great time together.

Here you can see me on her desk. I was quite helpful, wasn't I?

We did alot of sightseeing. Here you can see me in front of the Asian Civilisations Museum.

There are many skyscraperes in Singapore...

...but also parks and bridges...

I saw the very famous Merlion. Beautiful, isn't it?

But of course there was much more to see and to experience...

I even went to a museum with Eloriel, something I never did before!

And she showed me how to play pool billard!

We walked around in Singapore A LOT!

But when I was too tired, Eloriel took the metro with me.

She also went to a restaurant with me where I was able to try the local dishes. Hmmmm, delicious!I had a wonderful time in Singapore - thank you very much, Eloriel.

Leonhard, I'll continue my journey now and I'm supposed to travel to Taiwan now. I've heard that they have a BIG skyscraper there much bigger than those I already saw in Singapore - maybe like the one from Malaysia?! So I'm really curious!

Hugs, Felix

2007-03-08T04:42:00.000-08:00

MALAYSIA

Hi Leonhard!

As Aliah was rushing from classes this afternoon, guess who arrived?! Me!! I arrived safely in Malaysia with my notebook on March 5th, 2007. Here are some pictures of me, so you see I'm doing fine and I have already learnt alot here!

Malaysia has 13 states and 3 federal territories. We are at Peninsular Malaysia, at the state of Selangor and the city called SHAH ALAM, which is also the state capital. Here is where Aliah studies and where I stay with her now. I 'm showing you where we are now:
Further to the north is red, you can see where Aliah's home is, Perlis. We may not be able to see Perlis as she doesnÄt have much time to go home at the moment. She is really sorry for that.

As you love flags, Leonhard, here I am with the Malaysian flag, called Jalur Gemilang (that's Malay for Stripes of Glory).
It consists of fourteen red and white stripes (along the fly) of equal width, a union or canton of dark blue, a crescent and a star. The red and whit stripes stand for equal status in the federation of the member states and the federal government. The union or canton of dark blue represents the unity of the people of Malaysia. the union contains the crescent which is the symbol of Islan, and the star, the 14 points of which symbolise the unity of the 13 states of the federation with the federal government. The yellow of the crescent and the star is the royal colour of the Rulers. Wow, that's quite interesting, isn't it??

I want to introduce to you a new friend whom I just met. His name is Yul. Yul will keep me company while I'm in Malaysia. It's nice that he offered me to share a room with him!!Aliah told me she has classes from Monday until Thursday and will work on weekend, but she will try her best to make me feel like at home. I hope I will have a good time in Malaysia.

Love, Felix

March 7th, 2007

Dear Leonhard,

How are you doing? I'm doing fine here. Malaysia is so sunny and I have to drink alot of water to keep me hydrated - or at least I'm trying to drink! I'm glad I've adjusted to this tropical climat a little bit when I was in New Zealand. I'm glad you liked the pictures I sent you last time. Personally, Aliah and I like the flag picture alot, too. I will bring it back home to you so you can put it on your wall later.

We went to Kuala Lumpur (that's the capital city of Malaysia!) yesterday to meet Aliah's sister. We took a bus and changed to LRT later. We stopped at Pasar Seni station and from the platform we could see some busy roads and buildings in Kuala Lumpur.
There is Dayabumi Complex which is one of Kuala Lumpur's landmarks. There is also the main post office in there.

From there we can also see the National Mosque and the Moorish-style building of Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. Aliah is so asent-minded. She forgot to take pictures with me and the LRT. Maybe next time...

Just about 10 minutes walking from the station we arrived at the Sri Maha Mariammam´n Temple. this is the oldest HIndu temple in the countre and boast to have the tallest gopuram or tower in the world. Impressive, right?

We think that there will be a wedding later this day as there are sooo many people in front of the temple when we arrived and they all had beautiful clothes. The lady in orange you can see is wearing a sarin an traditional Indish dress.

Then we went to Petaling Street. This is the original Chinatown. There were so many people and it was quite impossible to take pictures in there so we took this picture from across the street instead.
Aliah said it is one of the most popular tourist spots in town. I'm glad I visited it! There were sooo many things - they offer everything there form watches to food stuff. It's just sooo funny to watche the scene.

That's all from me for now. Take care and have a nice day!

Love, Felix

March 17th, 2007

Dear Leonhard,

We visited Kuala Lumpur again today. This city is really impressing! Have a look what we saw today: the Petrons-Twin-Towers! Leonhard, you haven't seen such high buildings before, they really belong to the highest things man has created in the whole world! You know, we've got these twin-towers in Vienna, too, but they are really tiny compared to the Petrons-Twin-Towers. I had my photo taken in front of them, look:I also tried how strong I am with this Bullock cart:Well, to be honest, I still need some exercises for that!

We also vistited the Central Market of Kuala Lumpur. It was great to see everything there! They have sooo many things here I never saw before!And did you know that they have bananas and papayas growing here?? And that's "normal" for the people here, nothing exotic as it would be for us. It's just like we plant apple or pears trees. Oh, I wish I could climb up there and eat them from the tree! But the bananas were still a bit green and the papaya tree was simply a bit too high for a little bear...

Well, my dear Leonhard, that's all for now. Have a great time in Austria!

Love, Felix

2007-03-06T10:22:00.000-08:00

NEW ZEALAND

Hello from New Zealand!

Here are the photos from me while I was staying with groovynannies!

We had a lovely time touring around and visiting all the sights around INVERCARGILL. Look what beautiful houses they have here!We also dis something that made me feel a bit homesick. We visited a playground - you know like you and me always did together... It was funny to try all the new things and believe me, Leonhard, you'd love to play there, too!!!

I had such a relaxing time here. Everyday I had a loooong nap at a very comfortable place - perfect for a little bear!I made many new friends here in New Zealand, too - have a look!

Did you know that it is summer now in New Zealand? I hope it is not too freezing now in Austria, ha, ha! It's really warm here right now and you know that this is what I like a lot! I'm really happy that I can stay at the opposite part of the world while it is winter at home! They have beautiful gardens and parks here with many flowers and everything is sooo green!

Well, now I'm on my way to Malaysia!

Love to everyone back home!

Felix

2007-02-22T04:14:00.000-08:00

AUSTRALIA

On Monday 5th February 2007 I've finally been dropped off at Angie's house in YANCHEP after a long journey by truck across Australia. I left Brisbane last Monday and spent the next 7 days on the road, crossing New South Wales and South Australia, across the Nullarbor Plain into Western Australia. I had a good sleep as it was all very dark!! -the parcel I was in had Father Christmas and lots of stamps with Theo's photo on them.

Angie made a coffee while I read the paper sitting in front of some of her postcards and then she introduced me to all the bears who were waiting to meet me.Brown Bear, White Bear, Harrods Bear (he was born in England in a very famous shop!), Friendship Bear, Stray Bear, Stitches Bear (who cam from Princess Margaret Hospital to Yanchep to recover from an accident). Soooo many names to remember....sparkles, godfrey (who has been to university), Sam, Henry, Scotty, Gramps & Waffle (he plays a football game with an egg shaped ball). Then there is Panda & Blinky Bill who are not "really" bears - but who cares?I hope to see some relatives of Blinky Bill at Yanchep National Park; they are Koala Bears and live in gum trees. Mr. Loftus, the gentleman from the "Sun City News" said in the paper that "Felix will be making guest appearances in Yanchep & Two Rocks during his busy schedule. the Sun City News has arranged to meet Felix at a number of local tourist spots for a series of photos". I feel very special - like a film star or a king!!!

On Tuesday Mr. Loftus first took me to the Yanchep Lagoon.

I tried to keep my balance on a surf board and meet the Surf Live Saver (who has a white nose so it doesn't get burnt) and then with his "sunnies" on I held on very tight to the front of his truck.

Mr. Loftus took me to a restaurant called "Sea Salt" where we had a coffee overlooking the Marina at Two Rocks.

And here I am in front of a very BIG statue of King Neptune!

Before we left Two Rocks we went to a 94th birthday party and I helped to blow out the candle!
The next place to vistit was Yanchep National Park, called in to Chocolate Drops and the Yanchep Inn.

The Koalas and Kangaroos were all sleeping so I might just have to come back to Yanchep another time.

Here I am sitting next to a boomerang.We left Yanchep to go to Wanneroo where I was introduced to the Mayor & all the Councilors (the Mayor let me sit in his chare and gave me a "City of Wanneroo" pin).Wednesday was shoppping day at Joondalup and I saw a HUGE window with all these bears in, including a beautiful readhead...... She was sooooo sweet!!!That night I slept very well and dreamt about her. She was my Valentine!!!!

On Thursday Angie took me to Two Rocks and we called into Sunshiners Gallery where she gets her postcards. Angie and her friend have their art nearby.Every night Angie told me a story about Teddy Bears and I have learnt very much. Leonhard, did you know that people who collect and love bears are called ARCOPHILES and a gathering of bears is called a "HUG"? Isn't that intersting?

On Friday the 9th of February I had my weigh in at Two Rocks Post Office - and guess what? I had done so much running around that I hadn't put any extra weight on - wasn't that good?

In the afternoon I went to school and met all the children in Miss Davies class - lots of cuddles, which you know I love.

Then came the day I had to say goodbye to all the friends I had made here. I only caught a glimpse of Kangaroos and Koalas, didn't go swimming, didn't see any Dolphins and didn't go to Perth (the capital of Western Australia). Wish I could have stayed a little longer but New Zealand was waiting for me and all the other places in the world.

Love, Felix

2007-02-06T09:23:00.000-08:00

Dear Leonhard,

Hi there! How are you doing? I'm doing soooo fine!!! I savely arrived in the Western part of Australia now and I'm having a really nice time here. Guess what, Leonhard!? They are writing about me in a real newspaper here!!! Isn't that incredible? Somehow I can't copy the article here but I can write it down myself what they said in a newspaper called "Sun City News":

"FELIX COMING TO YANCHEP

Felix is a little bear from Austria. He belongs to a 5-year old boy named Leonhard. since the Soccer World Cup Championship, last year, Leonhard has been very interested in all the different countries and what is so special about each one.

So Leonhard and his parents decided to start a journey around the world for Felix. The family felt that through Felix and the use of modern technology such as digital cameras and the internet they could help Leonhard find out about other countries.

Felix is a very easy going bear, about 20 centimetres tall and light brown in colour. He is not very heavy, but he has never been weighted, and loves to eat everything nevertheless.

He is said to be curious, wanting to get to know and try new things and even though he might be a bit shy, he's usually quite talkative with other bears and people.

On Tuesday, 15th September 2006, Felix started his world trip. He was carefully packaged into a comfortable soft envelope, well as comfortable as envelopes can be, and Leonhard and his mother took Felix to the post office.

Felix said: "To be honest, it's really a bit narrow in there (the envelope) and pretty dark, so I hope I won't have to stay inside this envelope too long."

The first port of postage was France and the Sun City News understands Felix was really excited to get started on his world journey.

Since September, Felix has visited France, Ireland, Finland, Holland and celebrated Australia Day in Ipswich, Queensland, before departing for Yanchep.

From Yanchep, Felix will be heading to New Zealnad, Canada, Germany, Hawaii and another 20 countries.

Felix will be making a number of guest appearances in Yanchep during his busy schedule. The Sun City News has arraned to meet Felix at a number of local tourist spots for a series of photos.

These photos will be published next issue as well as sent to Leonhard in Austria to publish on his website.

At Leonhard's website, www.travelling-felix.blogspot.com, you can read about Felix's world trip or you can leave a message for Leonhard and Felix."

Isn't this great??? An article about ME in a newspaper?? I'm sooo excited about that, Leonhard, so I simply had to tell you this now. Have a great time and give a big hug to all the family.

Love, Felix

2007-02-01T01:43:00.000-08:00

AUSTRALIA

Hello everyone,

I am writing to tell you all about my travels up here in Queensland, Australia.
When I arrived I was so happy to get out of my bubblewrap bed...

Crizle introduced me to a nice little Dutch bear
who lives at her house named Lief, and he bacame my mate for the time I was here.

On Saturday we went out on a car run with the car club to a place called Forest lake. It was fun to walk all around the lake but it made me very tired. I saw a big lizzard but I didn't want to sit next to it for my photo.

Early on Sunday morning, Leon told us to come for a ride because he was taking Crizle on a surprise birthday breakfast, so I quickly got into my seat in the car and off we went to Brisbane. We went to a Pancake Manor which is built in an old disused church and had a great time there.

On Monday I went to a party, a Teddybears Picnic with all the friends who live here and that was so good. I met lots of new friends!

On Tuesday Crizle and I went again to Brisbane but this time we took the train and I sat by the window. We walked up to a park and there was a little bronze statue of a boy so I sat on his case and we had our photo taken.

We went to two tourist shops, and one was where Kanga (http://www.kanga-travels.blogspot.com) was bought, so I asked to have my photo taken with the other kangas. Also I had my photo taken with the Australian flag display.
On Wednesday I went to Queens Park with Crizle for her walk and we went to the kiosk afterwards and had a drink and cake.We went to the native animal reserve there too and but the kangaroos were in the shade. so my photos didn't turn out well.That night Leon took us to the movies and we saw "Night At The Museum". That was a fun movie - and it was the first time ever I went to the cinema! Leonhard, as soon as I'm back home we have to go to the movies together!!

On Thursday we went to the park again and this time we walked around the Japanese Gardens there, but it soon got much too hot to walk, so we went home to the cool.

Friday, 26th January, AUSTRALIA DAY.
We had a big party and I was "guest of honour". I even got to help cook the BBQ and all Crizle's friends thought I was so cute that I got lots and lots of cuddles.I have had a wonderful time here in Queensland and on Monday I will fly to Western Australia, way across the other side of the country to visit Angie.

I miss everyone at home but I truly have learned a lot on my travels.

Love from Felix and Crizle

2007-01-09T03:14:00.000-08:00

THE NETHERLANDS

Hello Leonhard and family,

I woul like to tell you about my stay in the Netherlands today.

I arrived at Joke's house at December 12th, right in time to decorate the Christmas tree. In the Netherlands they have another Saint bringing presents to the children. They call him Sinterklaas or Sint Nicolaas. People celebrate his birthday on the 5th of December.

After this celebration they start to decorate for Christmas. So this is how I helped decorating the tree with guirlandes:When I was a bit tired of all this treeclimbin I played with my new friend Saartje, she is a hamster as you can see. We sat on the couch and she was very nice to me.I also tried on some new foodwear. In Holland they are famous of the wooden shoes. But I don't find them very comfortable, so I didn't want to wear them long. But I look nice on this picture, don't I?I have learnt some Duch words. I can say "Hello"! I've also tried to read the Dutch paper, but that was too difficult for me. So I just looked at the pictures there and some little comics.

At the end of my stay Joke had a great surpise for me: She took me to the zoo in EMMEN. I had a great time there!!! (You can look at the internet, it's also in German: www.noorderdierenpark.nl)We went to school with the penguins. They run around freely over there, so children have to learn they can pick with their beak!

And I've met the animals I'm hoping to see soon when I'm visiting Christine in Australia... Kangaroos!I had a great time in the Netherlands, although I miss you in Austria, too. I'm going to travel some more before I come home to you, Leonhard. Travellers have great stories to tell, so I hope I can tell you a lot when we see each other again.

I hope I will arrive in Ipswich, Australia, soon!

Greetings from Felix and foster mom Joke
The Netherlands

2006-12-23T03:40:00.000-08:00

FINLAND

Dear Leonhard,

how are you doing? Greetings from Finland where I spent almost two weeks with a little family. There were two small boys there, too, so I felt like at home...I arrived just in time to decorate the house for Christmas. We put up some decorations the boys made and different candles, too. Looked very christmassy!One day we even baked some gingerbreads! The dough was so tasty we would have loved to eat it up! But the gingerbreads became very good as well.We drove around NIVALA quite a lot. It's a small town in the countryside. Can you believe it, there wasn't any snow here! It had all melted down and everyone was eagerly waiting for more for Christmas. Me too, to be honest. It would have been sooo funny to build a snow man with the two boys!

We were out and about during the afternoon and evening it was already very dark outdoors. You know Finland it very north so it becomes dark very early in winter (in the very northern parts sun doesn't even raise) and in summer it is light almost all day and night. We tried taking pictures in fron of the town hall and the church but they didn't succeed because of the darkness.We were quite close to the home of Santa Claus and the boys told me that they are going even closer to him for Christmas because they are going to visit their relatives up there. I didn't meet Santa personallly this time, I only met his reindeer Rudolf. Rudolf told me Santa is very busy at this time of the year. What is it like in Austria? Christmas is sooo close, I hope you have got some snow down there! Did you already write a letter to "Christkind"?The boys here are very interested in Lordi, the eurovision Song Contest winner of this year. They look like scary monsters, but actually they are really nice and not frightening at all.

We listened to their music a lot and danced and drank Lordi Coca-Cola! That was fun! As soon as I'm back home we can dance together!I'm going to continue my journey to Holland on Friday the 8th of December. Let's hope it won't take too long to get there!

Take care and have a merry Christmas!

Love, Felix

2006-10-28T10:19:00.000-07:00

FRANCE

Hi Leonhard!

I just arrived in PARIS today. I already met some new friends who are really nice:Christine told me that this weekend we'll go to the Louvre (a big museum) and I'll see the "Joconde"! Isn't this exciting???

Afterwards, if I'm not too tired, we'll see the Eiffel tower, the Champs Elysees etc...

I learnt my first word in French: Bises

Felix

November 13th, 2006

Dear Leonhard!

I'm still in Paris and I enjoy it soooo much here! Christine and her family are really great and they showed me around in the city soo much! Have a look which great places I visited here!

We've been at Montmatre first. Look at this great church - I think it looks like it was covered with sugar, hmmmm!

And what a wonderful view I had from up there. All the city beneath me!

As Christine promised me we also visited the Louvre, you know this BIG museum I told you about! How funny - they have a real pyramide in front of the museum! And I always thougth pyramides would only exist in Egypt!

The subway here is called "Métro" and I can tell you, you can't compare it to our U-Bahn in Vienna! It's much bigger and faster and with many more stops. Oh, it was sooo confusing for a little bear like me! I was really glad that Christine's son took care of me so well, otherwise I would have never found back the way to their home. But it was really exciting to use it... And I didn't even need a ticket!!!

And look which beautiful fountains they have in Paris! We really had wonderful walks through the city, Leonhard! I know that YOU don't like walking so much but I'm sure you'd also have enjoyed it here...

Christine told me that tomorrow or on Wednesday I'll have to leave Paris. What a pity since I really enjoy to be in this city! But I'm also looking forward to the next place I gonna visit. They told me that I'll travel to Finland then and I'll meet 2 boys there, almost the same age than you and Niklas. Maybe they already have some snow up there? How exciting, hm?

Well, my dear Leonhard, I hope everything is fine at home, too! I'm curious to hear your news, too!

Big hugs from Felix

2006-10-13T02:29:00.000-07:00

IRELAND

Hi Leonhard!

I arrived in Ireland on October 12th, 2006. Well I am having a wonderful time so far in Irland, Jodie has been looking after me really well and when I arrived she and her family gave me my very first pint of Guinness - which is a famous Irish drink! I am sending you this photo - if you notice there is an Irish sports jersey at the back! Green of course!!!

Then, guess what! They drove me to the countryside of Ireland (oh, I forgot to tell you I am in a place called COUNTY CAVAN in the middle of Ireland) and I got my photo taken overlooking the fields! Ireland is full of fields and it is so green here!

Tomorrow they tell me they are going to try to take me on a walk to a lake! There are 365 lakes in Cavan, one for every day of the year! They tell me I might also see some cows, horses and sheep. I wonder if they are different than they are in Austria!

Leonhard, you don't have to worry about me, I am eating enough and even sitting at the table with the family! I hope you are having fun over there!

I will write again soon! Hope you enjoy my photos!

Love from Felix II

2006-10-09T11:52:00.000-07:00

Travelling plan of Felix II

Felix II started his journey today, October 9th, 2006. So far he'll meet the following people:

1. Jodie, Ireland
2. Chrisdy, France,
3. Heidi, Finland
4. HoopsandYoyo, The Netherlands,
5. crizle, Australia
6. Angie, Australia
7. groovynannies, New Zealand
8. IcyHippo, Canada
9. sunlight17, Germany
10. Aquila83, Sweden
11. Lilcsi, Hungary,
12. vikki1st, Hungary
13. SanPa, Finland
14. Sevenzeroes, Finland
15. Dropi, Finland
16. Igel, Germany
17. Corinne, Luxembourg
18. Malia, Hawaii, USA
19. Zsuzsa, Florida, USA
20. Mari_lopes, Brazil
21. Helena, Brazil
22. EveningEmma, UK
23. Marjol, The Netherlands
24 White_Oleander, Belgium
25. Eloriel, Singapore
26. Yaya, Taiwan
27. klene18, Germany
28. Strubbellena73, Germany
29. Psychick, New Jersey, USA

Since this project was started in the postcrossing forum (http://www.postcrossing.com) and most of Felix' hosts are members of this forum, we decided to list the usernames here. But of course everybody else who is interested in hosting Felix is very welcome, too! This is his current schedule and it might be modified a bit since we don't want Felix to cross the ocean too often to reduce the risk of getting lost and to keep postal expenses as low as possible.

2006-10-09T11:29:00.001-07:00

Little bear kidnapped by a crazy guy!!

Hello to all Felix-Fans!

I'm Felix II, Felix' great-cousin writing this post today! Unfortunately I have to report you about something really awful that happened to our lovely friend Felix!

As you all know, Felix started his journey around the world 3 weeks ago and his first destination was a guy in France who offered to host him for a couple of days. He was soooo excited when he started his journey and he looked forward to all the different places he was supposed to visit. Me and our friends (some other teddies who lived together on a cupboard in Leonhard's room) really envied him for this great adventure and somehow everybody of us wished to be able to start this journey instead of him.

Well, we haven't heard anything of Felix for a while, but we thought that was how it should be. I mean, it's a long way to France and it was obvious that it lasted for some time. But since there were no news from Felix even after 2 weeks we really started to worry. And now we know that there was a real reason to worry!!! This guy Felix was travelling to was an completely unhonest person! He participated in many different games on the postcrossing site but never sent the stuff he was supposed to or he claimed that he didn't receive anything and asked people to send their stuff again. We didn't know that at the beginning - but now it is clear! He was banned from this forum which is of course good - but it was too late for our little Felix. To be honest, we don't have much hope for him and we guess he'll have to live in France forever. It's really, really sad and sooo disappointing especially because he was doing this trip for a little boy, Leonhard, as you know.

The other teddies and I had a long discussion what to do now. We all were soooo excited about this project - and most of all was Leonhard. He'll turn 5 in a couple of days and we simply wanted to show him that this project could really work and that this guy from France was a bad experience - but hopefully the only one. Since I was the most adventurous one among us teddies we decided to give this project a second try and I agreed on starting this journey instead of Felix. To be honest, I'm a bit nervous but I really trust in YOU and I hope it will work out this time!!

So Leonhard and his mother took me to the postoffice today and I'm on the way to Ireland where I'll visit Jodie, a young Australian lady who currently lives there! I'm very excited about that and I'll let you know how I am doing as soon as I'll arrive there.

Best wishes, yours Felix II

2006-09-19T06:16:00.000-07:00

The big adventure has started!!!

Yesterday morning I started my journey! I got a comfortable soft envelope (as confortable envelopes can be...) and Leonhard and his mother took me to the post office. To be honest, it's really a bit narrow there and pretty dark, so I hope I won't have to stay inside this envelope too long.

My first host lives in France I was told and I'm really excited to arrive there. What will she do with me? What will she show me? I hope I may sleep in her bed since I'm always a bit scared during the night...

Then I'll go on to Finland, The Netherlands, Great Britain, Australia and the US and maybe to some more countries if there are some hosts for me. Asia would be great, too, or any other place. So if you want to share a great time with me, just leave a message here or at travelling-felix@gmx.at - I'd love to visit you, too. And I'm really a cute bear, am not I???

Anyway, I'm on my way and I'll tell you how I'm doing as soon as I'll arrive in France.

See you soon!!!

Yours, Felix

2006-09-15T02:41:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody!

As I promised you I gonna show you some pics of my "Vienna-Sightseeing-Trip" which I did yesterday with Leonhard and his little brother Niklas. We also took their mother with us as a guide... We had a great time - and a really nice weather - as you can see on the photos. Almost 30 °C in September, that's not usual here!

On the first photo you can see me in front of the National Library which is part of the Hofburg. The Hofburg was the former residence of the Austrian emperores, as Leonhard's mother told us.

Here I'm sitting on a ball-shaped tree in front of the historical museum for arts. Vis-à-vis there is situated the hisorical museum for nature and they both look like twins. We had great fun playing hide and seek behind all these strange looking trees and bushes.

Then we went on the the "Schönbrunn" castle. Look how we got there, ha, ha!!! They are called "Fiaker" and we felt like the emperor himself in there!!!

And here is the castle - and me of course!!! Aren't we beautiful???

2006-09-15T02:08:00.001-07:00

Good morning!

Up there you can see a map of all the countries I gonna visit! First I'll travel to France, then to Finland, The Netherlands and afterwards to the United Kingdom, to Australia and the USA - great, hm? Then I'll go on to Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Canada and back to Finland again. And then I was said that I'll go to Brazil! I'm really curious whom I'll meet there and what I'm going to see there. Your country is still missing?? Not coloured red yet??? I'd love to visit some other countries, too, so if you want, you can leave me a message here or e-mail me at: travelling-felix@gmx.at. It would be great to have some more red dots here on the map!

Yours, Felix

2006-09-13T12:42:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody!

My name is Felix and I'm a little bear from Austria belonging to a 5-year-old boy named Leonhard.

Since Leonhard watched the Soccer World Championship a while ago he has been very interested in the world and all the different countries and what is so special about them. Every day he asks me (and his parents of course) to tell him about the world, watch the map with him, show him where the countries are, what it looks like there, how people live at other places. He loves to paint flags and he has even tried food from other countries.

So bein Leonhard's friend, I decided to start a journey around our globe myself and bring back home the world for Leonhard. I'd like to visit people in many different countries, spend a couple of days with them, take some photos and then continue my trip to another country. To show Leonhard that everything is alright with me I'd like to send him photos back home via e-mail during my journey and maybe sometimes also write him a few lines in a letter or postcard. I intend to start my big adventure around September 20th, 2006.

Leonhard and I are both already quite excited about my trip but we are also a bit frightened because we've never been seperated for such a long time before.

For everybody I'll meet during my journey, I'd like to introduce myself a bit: I'm a very easy going bear of about 20 cm size and lightbrown colour. I'm not very heavy (never weighted myself, to be honest...) but I love to eat everything nevertheless. I'm curious to get to know and try new things and even if I'm maybe a bit shy at the beginning I'm usually quite talkactive with other bears and people. The only thing I don't like is too much noise, that makes me a bit nervous...

Well, that was it for today. I'll be back tomorrow to show you some pics about me and my hometown Vienna. Leonhard and I have decided to go on a sightseeing-tour this afternoon so that I can show some pictures from Vienna to my hosts out there in the world.

Sunny greetings to everybody,

yours, FELIX