After Dinner Games...

My bestist freind Henry (@henryandfriends) is visiting and we have been out for dinner today. After dinner we played at a slide... I will not recommend this if you had a lot of pudding...as I had...

National Day celebration

 Hello my friends. I have my bestist freind staying here now and that is really nice. He is Henry @henryandfriends. He has been here before, but this is the first time he is here when we have our National Day Celebration.

We walked to the Royal Palace to see the children's parade and there were very many humans, even a Knng and a Queen on a balcony. Every school that parades has it's own marching band. Henry liked those. I liked the marching band with the teddy bear mascot... but I was glad I didn't have to sit on a pole all day...

Flags are everywhere and the assistant put out our falg too. She nearly forgot to take it down at 9 pm, so Henry and I did it. It was really difficult to do.... we are only small bears. At one point Henry nearly fell down,,, but I mananged to grab his paw and we got the flag down. After that we had seme ice cream and talked about all the things we had seen during the day. It was a lovely day.

We were waiting for spring

We waited, and waited and I think next time we go to the cottage it will be spring.

Henry is here now @henryandfriends and we might go together, all of us, tomorrow.

Thank you, my friends

It is my birthday today. And I have had a good day. I got many greetings from my friends, which are all of you. And I got a present from by bestist friend which is Henry @henryandfriends. I got chocolate and I got bag for buying cakes which folds up into a cupcake. I gave Bonnie and Frank the box my gifts came in and they had a nice time too.

Since it was the assistant's birthday too, we shared a nice meal and had some champagne. You all know I low champagne. I also love chocolate. And the assistant had some Belgian chocolate truffles. I just dived in and got my ears covered in cocoa powder. 

We were at the summer cottage. Henrietta and Bonnie picked some flowers for us to have on the dinner table. I am so glad that flowers are back after the winter.

That is a good birthday, I think.

Pals in Africa

Can you see the elephant?

Hello dear readers and friends. Many of you know that I have been to Africa reacently. I was in Zambia and in Malawi. It was a long flight, but I have short legs and don't mind the lack of space that so many humans feel.

In Zambia we were driving from one town to another and on the way we saw elephants. At first it was difficult to see them, but when I knew what I was looking for, I saw six of them.  The first one I saw was dark grey and then the others were lighter grey.

A beautiful buck.

I saw other animals too, but I don't know the name of them all. One was a beautiful buck. I saw many of them, but we got a beautiful picture of one.

More elephants.

Monkeys crossing the road

I saw zebras too and many beautiful birds. It was really interesting and I think I want to go on safari one day.

In Malawi I didn't see so many animals, but I saw a baboon. He was climbing trees and playing on the roof of our hotel at Lake Malawi. The assistant was too slow to take his picture, and I hope you can forgive her.

I will write more about Africa soon.

Spring in Spain

Can you see that we are all together in Barcelona? We walked up the Passeig de Gracia and needed to rest on one of the beautiful benches. Frank had a nap.

I had been to Barcelona before so I guided Bonnie and Frank around town. I also had to report, so it was really busy being me.

The first place I showed my siblings was the market where they sell chocolate and more chocolate... and some other food too.

At the market they sell eggs too and that made me think about my late friend Pru. Pru was a hen that lived in England. She had a long and happy life. I am glad i got to know her.

Our hotel in the back ground.

People like the marked and I think everyone bacame happy when they saw the chocolate.

Me at the hotel roof terrace

 Barcelona is known for it's famous designers and architects. They did so many strange things and the most strange of all is the big chathedral La Sagrada Familia. It was started over 100 years ago and is still not finished. It was a man called Gaudi that started the work and made all the drawings that they work after now. Gaudi was very unlucky and was hit by a street tram when he was young. I wonder if he would have like the way his cathedral is looking now...


Many people visit the chathedral and all were amazed I think.

After several days in Barcelona I could hang my reporter coat on the wall and take a , if I may say so myself, well deserved break and a coffe and cake.

Sunday greetings form us

Hello, we are having a relaxed Sunday on the sofa. Every one put on our wolly hats as we were thinking of going for a walk. But then we desided to stay in.

You find the knitting pattern for the hat somewhere on my page....maybe here http://bearberkeley.blogspot.com/search?q=knitting

Happy Sunday.