Remember me told ya that when we could go to zoos again me will totally go bananas and go EVERYWHERE me can? Remember? Well, we ARE going to a lot of places lately and it hard to keep up. BUT me really want to tell you about me visit to WILDLANDS again. WILDLANDS is a zoo in Emmen, the Netherlands, and it is very natural. Me love going there. 
Did you know us plushies go on Summer Camp every year? My sweet friend Hope has a camp site called Camp Hoop La Hoo Ray and we all go there have fun by the lake, eat delicious food, sing songs and tell stories by the camp fire, play sports and do Arts & Crafts. Me and lil Bamboo are the Arts & Crafts Camp Counselors and we do lots of fun projects. Me wanted to show you what we did at Camp this year. Maybe it fun for you to try some of these crafts too. 
O boy! Me totally forgot about these two museums me went to on me Summer vacation LAST YEAR. Me thought me was done after part 9 and then Berry said: ‘But we went to Kaap Skil with Frights and to the Juttersmuseum with Bamboo in the Summer!’ Also, she said it with a face palm, because she almost forgot about it too. Hihi. Silly huh that when it not a workthingy you can forget about these things so easily. Well… during our Summer vacation on the island of Texel we went to two museums and had a blast! So prepare for LOTS of fun pictures! (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
ZOOS ARE OPEN! So it ZOO TIME and me visited a lot of zoos lately. So on July 2nd me went to Blijdorp in Rotterdam. It was a nice warm day and we saw so many animals. It was also the first time Berry went to see the bigger sharks (and she no was scared) in an aquarium. Me posed with some sharks too. It was amazing. Wanna see the pictures? Then read along. 
Yippee! Last Sunday me and Bamboo went to the zoo (about that, we will tell you later next month in a Monday At the Zoo story) to meet our dear friends Aapie and Gary! They even brought Baby Yoda. It was sooo nice to explore the zoo with them. Just look at the pictures we took! (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
Me love going out to see some special art. At the beginning of the year Berry got invited for the opening of the International Light Art Festival in Zeist at a castle there called Slot Zeist. So… she grabbed me, her notebook and camera and we went to Zeist to check it out. It was AMAZING. Me love going out in the evening and the light art was soooo pretty! (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
Me went to Texel, me went to Texel! Tee hee! Me went on vacation in the beginning of June and me told you a lot about me vacation last Saturday, but me left out the bestest of best parts: me visited Ecomare! Yes me love to visit this educational and rescue centre, because you can learn so much about the Dutch North- and mostly Waddensea. And there are seals!!! Me just love seals. They look soooo adorable with there big eyes. Just like me, hihi. (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
Me went to Texel! Me went to Texel! Me went to TEXEL! Yes me did early June this year. Me just love to go to the largest Wadden island of the Netherlands. It no mind if it storming or raining… sunny and hot… the island is just beautiful. And this year was extra special because Berry brought her bike! Yay. So… me gonna share some vacation pictures today. Me also visited Ecomare, but me will tell you ALL about that this Monday. So… come back then for LOADS of pictures of cute seals. (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
Me think Vincent van Gogh is a beautiful artist. Me love the colours he used in his paintings and his own, dreamy style of painting. Did you know he was really good in making selfies? Yes me know we do it all the time with the camera on our phones. But when Vincent was alive, you only could make a selfie by painting yourself. Hihi. But artists also painted portraits of their artist friends. And that is exactly why Berry took me on a work thingy to the Van Gogh Museum last February. (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
After weeks of being closed the zoos started to open again thanks to lifted corona rules at the end of May. Me no could WAIT to go to a zoo again. It had been such a looooong time. Luckily the sun was shining and Berry and her dad and me made a timeslot reservation for Safaripark Beekse Bergen. And… we went! It was a BEAUTIFUL day and me was just soooo happy me no could stop smiling. (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
O me COOKNESS! Me still no believe me saw me elephant buddies again last week! Berry and me went by train to The Hague and there they were. We went for cake and coffee to a café and me just had to hold them. Maybe a bit too tight, but it been a while. Me last saw them on our Madurodam trip (remember). That a loooong time ago. So this was AMAZING. Me was so happy, me almost forgot to eat cake. Almost that is, hihi. (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
The second workthingy of the year brought Berry and me to the Mauritshuis in The Hague. It one of me fave museums. They have a great collection and the coolest exhibits! This one was all about George Stubbs. A very famous British artist who was really in to horsies. You could say he was obsessed by horsies. He even made a whole book with anatomical studies of horsies. And paintings. He was the guy to call if you wanted a painting of your prizewinning pony. The best part? To just sit with Berry and look at the huge painting of Whistlejacket… Because, sometimes you just need to sit with your bestie in silence, enjoying something beautiful. (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
