BUNNY COOPER GOES TO SCOTLAND

Bunny Cooper went to Braemar Castle with his friend Coco The Fashionista, they sat on a canon-that's a very old weapon which fires canonballs.

Inside the castle

In the dining room, set for dinner

Bunny C and Coco had their photo taken with another friend inside Braemar Castle

Flying up to Edinburgh in Scotland, Bunny Cooper and his friend Coco (the Fashionista) were excited to go and visit Braemar Castle. The castle has been the home of the Farquharson Clan since the 18th century. Do you know what a clan is friends? 

"Scottish Clans were originally families, relatives, allies and neighbours who came together for protection against mutual enemies.  The word clan comes from the Gaelic word for children and was first used to describe these groupings around geographical areas probably during the 13th century".

You can find out more about the castle and the clans here: 

http://www.braemarcastle.co.uk/visit/clan-farquharson

This is the local butchers shop in Braemar

Here they are at Kindrochit Castle, which was built in the 14th century when Robert II was king of Scotland-that means it is very old indeed.

This is a likeness of a brooch which was found in the ruins of the castle in the 1920's and has inscribed (written) on it "I am in place of a friend". We don't know who the brooch belonged to or what the words mean. It is currently in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

Our pals have enjoyed their trip to Braemar

Time to move on

Bunny C has travelled on to Balmoral, which is the Scottish home of the royal family (Queen Elizabeth II) it looks like something out of a fairy tale doesn't it?

This is someone wearing the traditional Scots kilt, each pattern is called a tartan and each tartan belongs to a clan of Scotland (remember I said a clan is a large family)? 

The small bag worn around the waist is called a sporran, I guess they keep all their everyday items in there like tissues, bus tickets or spare change.

Some flowers in the gardens of Balmoral

A very old carriage

Bunny Cooper and Coco were quite tired from walking around and decided to stop and have some tea and scones

Yummy scones in Balmoral

Still taking photos Bunny?

The pals travelled on to Scone, and visited Scone  Castle, Scotland. I wonder if that is where the word Scone ( which you can have with jam and cream -see it in the photo above?

There are peacocks strutting around, one of them was this lovely white colour.

There were lots of pretty flowers in the grounds of the castle. 

Scotland was exciting, I wonder where the pals are going to go next?  Perhaps you should keep checking back here for their next adventure which will be at the end of this month, it's to a very nice island near Greece, can you guess where this is??

Don't forget, you can leave a comment for the pals, they love to hear from you!!

ROME AT LAST

Rome was so exciting with the markets, this is a 'living statue' doesn't he look like a real statue?

The street artists have such talent

Leather goods are abundant but quite expensive.

Even the carousel was in Rome

Bunny Cooper spent a long time looking for this statue, he was told that if a coin was put in this pigs mouth Bunny would be lucky.

BEAUTIFUL FLORENCE, ITALY

Bunny Cooper really likes the doors in Florence, the have carved faces and flowers etc 

There are some colourful goods being sold in the market place

The Pontevechio bridge in Florence has many shops for tourists

Can you see the bird flying along?

Bunny Cooper had to be carried up about a thousand steps to get to the top but the view was wonderful and worth the climb.

The sunset at the top of the square, it was a lovely trip, now we must leave to get the train to Rome next

BUNNY COOPER IN GENOA

Bunny Cooper made friends with this very sad looking lion in Genoa.

Inside a church in Genoa

Another very nice interior 

The view from the top of the vernacular railway

BUNNY COOPER IN TURIN, ITALY

Here is Bunny Cooper after his train journey, he is at the station in Turin-can you see the train behind him? It is a very fast train, and a nice red colour too.

Egyptian Museum-Turin

Do you know what these are?

Did you guess? These are called hieroglyphics and they are a language that was used for writing in ancient Egypt (when the pyramids were built). Bunny Cooper could not read them, though he did think that he recognised some of the shapes, like the bird.

Egyptian Statue

These are statues of special people who lived in Egypt many, many years ago. 

What does this look like? Well, it's a cat. the Egyptians liked cats very much and when their favourite cat died they were prepared in a special way and wrapped up really nice with lots of decorations before they were buried. It was called a 'mummy', 

Bunny Cooper thought that was really funny as it did not look like any mummy he knew.

Bunny Cooper was really tired and went to sleep in the museum.

Bunny Cooper Goes on Eurostar

Bunny Cooper has been all the way to Paris, France on a special train called Eurostar. He was so excited because he has never been to France in all his life.

Soon arriving in Paris, Gare du Nord station, do you remember what that means? Yes, it means North Station in French.

When Bunny Cooper looked out of the window he was surprised to see the land was all white, it was snowing in France and Bunny Cooper was really happy to see the snow.

Then it was a short trip to the next station where he caught the train to Turin, Italy. He was quite tired then so had a little nap.

Next stop-Turin......how exciting for Bunny Cooper travelling all that way. I wonder what he will find in Turin and what places he will visit there...

BUNNY COOPER GOES TO TOWN

Hello, this is Bunny Cooper.

Bunny Cooper lives in Oxfordshire, England. That is a very long way from the USA, right across the Atlantic ocean, which by the way friends is very, very wet! 

He wears a red hat and a white scarf, he is not too short-about 17" tall and that's a good size for him.

Bunny Cooper has the travelling bug, that means he can't stay in one place for very long and always wants to travel around. 

Recently Bunny Cooper went on a trip to Covent Garden , that's in London town, he went on the tube (also called the underground). 

 

Covent Garden used to be called Convent Garden, it was a vegetable garden where the monks (they were Christian people who wore long brown dress type things and were very holy), this was in about 1550 (that's the year by the way-it's a long time ago and if you want to know how long you might need to do the maths-take 1550 away from 2018).

There are lots of exciting happenings going on in Covent Garden. There is a market which sells all sorts of things like military uniforms and medals, handmade soaps, jewelry, sweets and lots of street artists who put on little shows. Bunny Cooper saw a huge Christmas tree and quickly jumped up to sit in it and have his photo taken, see;

Can you see me?

Time to go, back on the tube and see the dentist!

Bunny Cooper has a appointment at the dentist, he always takes good care of his teeth and brushes them each night before he goes to bed, then of course when he gets up in the morning he brushes them again to get rid of any of the nasty germs, he eats lots of carrots to keep his teeth nice and sharp like a bunny should have. 

He was such a good boy that the dentist gave him a special sticker too.

Bunny Cooper is a very educated rabbit; he knows lots and lots of things and mostly can answer any question that you ask. If you want him to help you with your homework or are just a bit puzzled about something and wanted to know the answer, then send him a comment and he will be sure to help you. 

Where is Bunny Cooper going next? I can let you into a little secret friends, he is going on Eurostar, that's a train that goes all the way from London to France and guess how it does that? Did you guess correctly? Yes-it goes underneath the big channel which is called the English Channel, it's between England and France. It goes through something called the Channel Tunnel, the journey takes two hours and fifteen minutes,  then Bunny Cooper will arrive in Paris at a station called Gare du Nord. Now that is a French railway station, the name Gare du Nord means Northern Station in the French language, when Bunny Cooper crosses the Channel he will have to use the French language and he has been practicing very hard. 

Will you follow Bunny Cooper on his adventures friends? He will be going much further through France by train, then on to Italy. They have a different language there as well, it's called Italian. He will be studying hard to learn some words in that language too as he thinks that if he goes to another country he should be able to speak to people in their own language-do you agree with him?
His journey starts on 6th February, that's a Tuesday and in just 10 days time, isn't that exciting?