Saturday, August 31, 2013

Great view

Momo-chan was curious how they flew to the sky.

Paragliders

At the top, there were many people paragliding. Pinga and her friends got excited to see them up close.

Up to the mountain view point

As it was a cherry nice stunt afternoon, they took a cable car and went up the mountain.

Cozy with polar bear

Then Momo-chan got tired and feel asleep. It was difficult to wake him up.

At a supermarket

They had fun on the shopping cart too.

Visiting friends

Momo-chan had fun playing with these kids. The older girl took care of younger boys very well.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Hello there

Momo-chan wanted to pet this cat and he could pet it just a bit.

Hello cat

Momo-chan likes cats much. He saw this cat and got off his bike and went closer.

On the bike

Momo-chan is getting better at riding bike. He can bike quite fast these days.

What are you making?

Momo-chan answered to Pinga that he was cooking pancakes. Then Pinga asked him to have it with apple jam.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Baumkuchen from Germany

Pinga lives this tree cake or pyramid cake. It is very popular in Japan and you can find it easily. But in Germany, although it's originally from there, it's sold mainly before Christmas. So Pinga was very happy to find it in Berlin. Pinga didn't expect much but it was very tasty. She lied at the ingredients and found cointreau among others. Cointreau is Pinga's favourite liqueur, by the way.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Mischievous Momo-chan

Then he climbed up the fence like this. His friend tried to stop him but he had fun climbing.

Hugging

When Momo-chan decided too go home, he wanted to hug his best friend. He hugged him and then pushed him like this.

Daycare fun

Pinga hurried from work to pick Momo-chan tipo but when she gets there, he wanted to play more. So Pinga was watching them play for almost half an hour. It's not unusual for Momo-chan to not wanting too go home.

Monday, August 26, 2013

Tapioca pearls

Pinga's friend found tapioca pearls at a Thai food shop so Pinga decided to try it. It's from Shanghai and just took ten minutes or so to prepare. It was a bit different from the one grin Taiwan but Momo-chan liked it.

Another sunny day

Momo-chan and Pinga did a bit of bubbles after daycare. Momo-chan was running after them.

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Doraemon

Momo-chan's friend likes Japanese animation for children Doraemon. They watched Doraemon in Chinese together. Momo-chan seems to enjoy children programs no matter what language they are in. They were singing the theme song in Japanese together.

Apple tree

They played non-stop. After playing with the tire thing, they ran to an apple tree and climbed.

Momo-chan riding


When it hits the tire the other end, you get quite much impact so you need to hold tight.

At the playground

Then they went outside to play. There was this fun thing to ride at the playground.

Visiting a friend

They went to visit Momo-chan's friend this afternoon. They get along very well together.

Chasing bubbles

Here is Momo-chan chasing bubbles. He tried to catch them or kick them.

Big bubbles

Momo-chan tried this big bubbles for the first time. It was a bit big for him to handle but he did ok. He enjoyed chasing bubbles too.

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Dinosaur from Ice Age?

Pinga thought it's a bird and Momo-chan thought it's a dinosaur from the movie Ice Age 3. He even looked for Buck on its back saying 'Buck doko? (Where is Buck?)'

Food time

These kittens have not received names yet. Momo-chan said he wants to have a cat too.

Hello kittens

Momo-chan was very curious about them.

Two kittens

Momo-chan and Pinga visited their friend who got two kittens last week. They are just 11 weeks old and weigh 1kg.

Totoro socks

Momo-chan got some gifts from Pinga's friend in Tokyo. One of them are these Totoro socks. Cute!

Friday, August 23, 2013

Good morning neighbor cat

Momo-chan likes animals. He saw this cat and got off the bike saying he wanted to pet him. Well it could be her but anyways. Momo-chan was making funny face as he was sniffing. It smelled like fertilizer a bit this morning.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Back forest cake

They had birthday dinner fir Pingu's sister today. After the dinner they had this cake Pinga has brought back all the way from Berlin. It was tasty and all of them liked it.

Moomin glasses

Momo-chan said he liked the green one best. And he was wearing green of course.

Souvenir from Pinga

Momo-chan got souvenir from Germany. Here's Momo-chan opening it.

秋の気配 Autumn approaching

Pinga saw the tractor working on the field this afternoon. Feels like the autumn is approaching.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Berlin wall

They saw the remaining of the Berlin wall too.

Red bus

This was the bus they were on for about two hours. Weather got better after a while.

Victory goddess

Top tour double decker bus

As they received great deal and the weather didn't look so promising, they decided to get on a tour bus. The view was great and the guidance was interesting.

Tapioca jasmine milk tea

Pinga was exceed to drink tapioca milk tea as it's not easy to find one in Europe. Her Italian friend didn't want to try it as it didn't look so attractive. It was ok but both the taste of tea and texture of tapioca were not that good as L.A. one and Pinga got disappointed.

Colourful cakes

Breads and cakes in Germany are so tasty. This department store at Alexanderplatz had these cute looking cakes.

Monday, August 19, 2013

Rainy Hamburg

It became real rain around 4pm while they were walking towards the central station.

On the boat

They took this boat on the lake. It was just one stop but it was a nice ride.

Alster lake

They walked around the lake in the afternoon.

Holiday brunch

Owings and friends had nice brunch. They very much liked this cherries with rice and milk. This cake didn't really live up to Pinga expectation.

Rain crowd

Beautiful sky but it stated to rain shortly after this.

Amerigo Vespucci

They saw this beautiful Italian ship parked at the port. Pinga's Italian friend spotted it right away as it's famous. This ship is owned by navy school and they are training navy people.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Hamburg port

Port of Hamburg is really big with many boats and cranes.

Hamburg station

They arrived in Hamburg after 40 min train ride. It's a big city just like Berlin.

Fallen bell

This bell was fallen when there was air raid in 1942. They have left it as it is for the memory of the war. It's heart breaking to see the photos of destroyed church and broken bell. It reminded Pinga of destroyed cities in Japan because of the world war II.

St. Marien

This church was badly damaged by the air raid in 1942 but they have restored it well.

Lubeck by night

The town was nicely lit up at night. It was almost 11pm but the pride event was continuing.