Menu:
Orienteering in Sweden
Posted 2nd June 2009 - travel companion - Anders
Åby, Sweden: Distance Travelled = 8927 miles
Morning,
I've made it back from Germany all the way to Sweden. The weather has been totally awesome! I've discovered that Swedes like to be out in the forest a lot, which is brilliant, because that's my favourite place too (being a bear and all!). Orienteering started in Sweden in the late 19th century and started in military training and has become a really really popular sport. I loved it and want to do more! Anders showed me all the rules and I helped him find hidden pathways in the forests that only bears know. We were a great team! I'm now getting ready for my biggest adventure yet, but you'll have to wait and see where I'm going!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle's in the Stuga
Posted 9th June 2009 - travel companion - Anders
Källarhult, Sweden : Distance Travelled = 8979 miles
Morning!
I've travelled with my wonderful companions down to a little sommar stuga in Småland. It is quite traditional for Swedes to have a little red house (or stuga) out in the country and this is where we've gone. It's a lovely little house and of course I offered to help in all ways that I could! You can see me watering the plants and breaking up stones with a little fire. Saturday was of course the Swedish national day and so I helped put the flag up. The fourth photo is from a mile stone. A Swedish mile is equivalent to 10 kilometers, so it's quite confusing really, the quarter of a mile is two and a half kilometers! lol! Anyway, I need to do some packing, I'm off to a new country soon, very exciting!
*Cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle goes to Greenland
Posted 17th June 2009 - travel companions - Anders & Dan & Families
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland: Distance Travelled = 11,090 miles
Halarj!
That's how you say hello in the language that the people from Greenland speak. I've come over to Greenland for an amazing trip! It is wonderful over here! I think I expected everything to be all snowy, like in the picture on the bottom left, but it was mostly like the pictures on the top, lots of rocks and patches of green everywhere. But then, we didbn't go very far into the country. Have a look at the map and in satelite view and you'll see! With global warming I think more and more of it is becoming green and less and less white :(
I met a nice new friend, a polar bear and her cub. They showed me around and helped me out whenever I got lost. It was a very big and scary country and I got into lots of scrapes. I'll tell you more about my adventures in Greenland very soon and about the wonderful things I saw!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle's Greenland Adventure, Part II
Posted 19th June 2009 - travel companions - Anders & Dan & Families
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland: Distance Travelled = 11,095 miles
Good Afternoon!
Whilst in Greenland I went on many adventures, some of them were quite dangerous, but luckily I survived! I went for a wonderful walk, I had a good view of where we were going from a trouser pocket, I felt like a kangaroo! You can see a wonderful view out over some sand. This sand was no ordinary sand, it was quicksand. We had to make sure that we kept to the edge otherwise we'd all have been sucked down into the earth as quick as a flash! There are lots of interesting flowers and trees in Greenland, the purple flowers are called Azalea and were wonderful. Really hardy to survive here! The tree I'm sat in was really cool too, but I don't remember what it was called. At one point we were attacked by a swarm of horrible mosquitos, they even managed to bite their way through my fur, horrible!
It was a very long day for a little bear like me and I was so hungry by the time I got home and I slept like a log in my wonderfully comfortable bed!
I'll write another adventure tomorrow, but be warned, it's not for the faint of heart!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle in Trouble
Posted 20th June 2009 - travel companions - Anders & Dan & Families
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland: Distance Travelled = 11,102 miles
Good Afternoon!
Whilst in Greenland I went on many adventures, some of them were quite dangerous, but luckily I survived! I went for a wonderful walk, I had a good view of where we were going from a trouser pocket, I felt like a kangaroo! You can see a wonderful view out over some sand. This sand was no ordinary sand, it was quicksand. We had to make sure that we kept to the edge otherwise we'd all have been sucked down into the earth as quick as a flash! There are lots of interesting flowers and trees in Greenland, the purple flowers are called Azalea and were wonderful. Really hardy to survive here! The tree I'm sat in was really cool too, but I don't remember what it was called. At one point we were attacked by a swarm of horrible mosquitos, they even managed to bite their way through my fur, horrible!
It was a very long day for a little bear like me and I was so hungry by the time I got home and I slept like a log in my wonderfully comfortable bed!
I'll write another adventure tomorrow, but be warned, it's not for the faint of heart!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle on the Train
Posted 21st June 2009 - travel companions - Anders, Dan & Families
Malmö, Sweden: Distance Travelled = 13,245 miles
Good Evening!
I've now flown back from Greenland back to Sweden again. You can see me in these pictures on the night train from Malmö to Stockholm. Before I left Greenland though, I did try to phone home and let everyone know I was ok, but it was a bit hard to work the phone with my paws. As you can see I've been a bit accident prone, even on the train whilst I was washing my face I got trapped in the lid of the basin! I slept very well on the train as you can see. It's been a really wonderful adventure and I've met lots of wonderful new friends and been rescued quite a few times too! Thank you for looking after me! Another adventure soon I hope!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle in Trouble Again
Posted 23rd June 2009 - travel companions - Dan & Lizz
Skede, Sweden: Distance Travelled = 13,397 miles
Hejsan!
I've been in Småland celebrating Midsommar. I think the pictures tell the story.....
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle and the Crayfish
Posted 26th June 2009 - travel companions - Dan & Lizz
Skede, Sweden: Distance Travelled = 13,397 miles
Evening!
Whilst at the Stuga I met a new friend, Kevin the one-clawed crayfish. We had a great time together, chatting away for ages, but then we had a bit of a disagreement and Kevin got a bit scary with his one claw and we didn't talk much after that! I've been having lots of fun looking at all the wonderful plants here, but I got a bit close to the fence and got stuck, so I had to be helped out again (thanks Dan!) After such a great time here in Småland I sat and enjoyed the sunset over the lake. This is a wonderful place and definitely hope to come back again!
Another adventure very soon I hope!
*cuddles*
Treacle
Treacle in Warsaw
Posted 29th June 2009 - travel companion - Dan
Warsaw, Poland: Distance Travelled = 13,827 miles
Good evening!
I've gone on a train trip to Poland! I've had a really exciting time on the train, with delays at borders and all sorts of fun and games! I've now stayed in my first hostel in Poland, the Oki Doki Hostel, there was newspaper everywhere and I mean everywhere! On the windowsills, on the ceiling, on the walls! I stayed up all night reading, so I was a bit bleary eyed when I finally got up in the morning! It was totally brilliant though! I got to stay on the top bunk and managed not to fall off! More very soon!
*cuddles*
Treacle