Bright Bear, Klausand Ida go to Germany

May 2009

Ida, Klaus and their dad are going to Germany to see Ida’s Grandma.

Ida is tired after nursery and she sleeps on the train to the airport.

Ida’s dad Uwe holds me too. I feel very safe.

Before we fly, Ida had some Pizza and Apple Juice in the airport. Her dad ate most of it!

We went on a plane like this. It is called Airbus 319. But this is only a picture.

Ida and Klaus each needa passport and a boarding pass to fly.Ida’s passport has no picture.I don’t need anything.

I don’t like tolook out of the window,it is so high above the earth!

When we arrived in Germany in Soest we were very tired from the trip.

The next day I lookedaround in Soest, it is an old, sleepy town with nicechurches.

We stayed in the house of Ida’s Grandmother, Gundel.

I like this shelf of hers – lots of books and things to explore.

I also went into the garden. Can you see the German bee? I saw how it collected pollen in the yellow flower!

Ida, Klaus, and Juliana played a game with eggs.

Klaus liked his new football cards.

Ida’s brother Klaus went climbing. He had to wear a helmet and was always on a rope! Axel, Ida’s uncle, was almost falling down! In the background is Anna, Axel’s girlfriend.

When Ida’s dad was small, he played here. Not a very nice sandbox, our nursery has much better ones to offer.

We also saw the house where Ida’s dad and her grandmother lived thereafter.The new owners still have rabbits in the garden.

I tried to fly with a kite, but I’m too heavy, so Uwe let me fly alone. I was feeling a little dizzy!

As a teddy it does not hurt when you land. As a person it does though.

We had lunch in a German Pub which is called “Steinkiste” – stone box. The chips and ketchup are the same as in London.

You can alsosee Axel, Anna, and Katrin, Ida’saunt and Juliana, Katrin’s daughter. Katrin is pregnant.

After lunch and playing Ida got very tired and had a nap - on the floor.

Axel, Ida’s uncle, is a clown. He likes to make grimaces. He brought us back to the airport.

Nonna Gundula gives me a goodbye cuddle.

She will move from Soest to Berlin in three weeks.

Ida calls her “Nonna”, Italian for Grandmother, although she is a German grandmother, which would be an “Oma”.

We need to take the motorwayback to the airport,that is straight ahead!Can you see that in Germany people drive on the right?

And finally …

(Otherwise it would have been my best trip.)

… Ida forgot me in the airplane backin London. She needed to go to the loo so quickly. Uwe had to go back and get me with the help of a steward.