We Interrupt This Travel Program...

For cool mail that I received!

Jerry & Ben send me this coloring page of a pig that they colored for me.

And they included two more coloring pages so I can color the pig myself as well.

Thanks Jerry & Ben!

And Beanie send me one of his cool cards together with two Titanic stamps. I'm going to put those in my scrap book!

Thanks Beanie!

Berlin - Pergamon Museum: part 1

After we left the Neues Museum we had a look around and I spotted this angel statue on a bridge that had hanglocks on his wrists. How weird.

we also saw this building. My owner told me it's the Berliner Dom.

The Pergamon Museum has some really big old buildings inside. Like this Greek temple.

I think this some Roman building, but I'm not sure.

this building was my favorite.
It's the Isthar Gate. It's build partly from stones from the actual Isthar Gate that stood in Babylon, but most of it is a reconstruction.

It has animals on it like this bull.

And a dragon!
I think Sparky will really love this one.



They also had a display that showed how the people in Babylon decorated their buildings. How fun.

And look:
An angry boar!

What a cool museum.
tomorrow I'll show you more things I saw at the Pergamon Museum.

Berlin - New Museum: The Search for Pigs Continues

In my search for pigs I did see some really beautiful things.

Like this portrait of a Pharaoh and his wife. (It may have been Echnaton and Nefertiti again, but i'm not sure.)

The main piece of the New Museum was a bust of Nefertiti, but we weren't allowed to take pictures of the bust so I included this picture of a postcard my owner bought for me.

Not all items were Egyptian. I also saw this statue which is Greek or Roman or something like that I think. Still no pigs...

I did find a wine vase thing with a cow.

This looks a bit like a pig, but it also might be a deer or something.

A lion...

More important Egyptians...

Hippos!
That made my owner very happy of course.


And then.....

Could it be?
It sure looks like a pig!

A Pig Goddess!
How cool is that?!

After this amazing find we left the Neues Museum and went to the next museum on our list: The Pergamon Museum.

But more on that tomorrow.

Berlin - The New Museum: lots of Egyptians

The 'Neues Museum'(New Museum) has lots of cool Egyptian stuff.

I really liked these statues.
They are Echnaton (right) and his wife Nefertiti (left).

Echnaton was a Pharaoh who believed that a statue should look like the person it's supposed to be instead of making the statue look prettier like other Pharaohs apparently did. He wasn't very handsome himself, but his wife Nefertiti has been called the most beautiful woman in the world.

Another Pharaoh, most probably prettified.

I really liked these statues.
The man on the right looks so happy.

I also saw lots of hieroglyphs.
Look: a bird!
I wondered if they also have some with pigs and decided to keep an eye out for more animals.

Here's a mural with a Pharaoh who just got a really big birthday cake.

Another statue of a Pharaoh.
Hmm... Lots of Pharaohs, but where are the pigs?

I did find a statue with a sheep!

The Egyptians even made statues of entire families, much like people make family portraits nowadays. I bet they had to sit still much longer than you have to do now when you get your portrait done.

I'm not sure what this statue is all about. It looks like a small person got stuck in a cube.

Still no pigs though....
tune in tomorrow to find out if I found them.

My Trip to Berlin - Part 1 of many

I haven't been posting all week. Want to know why?

Last Monday it was finally time for our trip to Berlin!

We had to take a very long train ride. We left in the morning and didn't reach Berlin until the evening.

Here's a picture of the hotel we stayed in.

From out hotel room we had a view on a church in the distance.

And a big soft bed to sleep in.
After such a long day of traveling I sure could use some sleep.

In the morning we had breakfast.
There were lots of yummy things, like muesli and bread with honey.

And then we went on our first excursion.
The 'Neues Museum' (New Museum)
I spotted a weird tower in the distance and my owner told me that it was the Fernsehturm (Televisiontower).

I will post pictures of what we saw in the museum tomorrow.

Birds in my Mail

I got a beautiful card from Jerry & Ben in my mail! I think these birds are called Cardinals. Aren't they cool?!

Our Trip is On!

My owner told me that all plans are final and that we'll be going on a City Trip to Berlin this summer! Time to make plans on what I want to see when we're there.