Category Archives: Ducky’s Travels

Posts about Ducky’s various world wide adventures.

Ducky landed in Copenhagen

As Ducky prepared to leave Europe and come back to the midwest, we had to stop overnight in Copenhagen, Denmark. Ducky was excited to see another European capital, home to the Little Mermaid, and many more famous books. While Ducky … Continue reading

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Ducky’s Faroese Adventure

Ducky explored 8 of the 18 islands while visiting the Faroe Islands. It was ideal duck weather most days, some sunshine, a little rain, and even snow all in the same morning. Ducky was warmly greeted in every village, and … Continue reading

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Sam F.’s Ducky goes to Europe!

Kat gave me to her friend Christina, who brought me to Europe! This is the 3rd continent I have visited – I’m a very lucky duck! My first stop – Milan, Italy! After seeing the Duomo, Christina brought me to … Continue reading

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The Great Wall of China

For my last day in China, Kat took me as close as she could get me to what you hoped I could see, Sam F.: The Great Wall of China First, Bashira and other friends at Kat’s said goodbye. The … Continue reading

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Rice for Riceville

Sunday, Nov. 10 was super cool for me, since I’m from Riceville!We went to a different district of Xiamen called Jimei and saw rice! Plus I got to ride the subway! Kat is curious: Why is Riceville called Riceville? Since … Continue reading

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Staying the Night in the Country (sort of) – Xiamen

During the week, Kat taught out in Xiang’an a couple times. Then, on November 9th, Kat helped organize an activity running around parts of the Xiang’an district of Xiamen. She had to prepare this on the 8th, so we stayed … Continue reading

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Ducky adventures in Seattle, WA

Ducky has arrived and thrilled in Seattle, WA. Turns out it rains a lot in Seattle but that was perfect for me because I spend a lot of time in water. I went and spent some time at the University … Continue reading

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Weekdays in Xiamen

After the exciting weekend, Kat had to focus on work and couldn’t take me as many places. It was still a very exciting week, since many normal things here are new to me! From November 4 – 8, here are … Continue reading

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Sunny Days in Xiamen

Ni hao, Sam F. & class! I’ve been trying to learn some Chinese while enjoying seeing Xiamen.Ni hao ( 你好 ) is sort of like hello.Xie xie ( 谢谢 ) is thank you.Zai jian ( 再见 ) is good bye … Continue reading

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Ducky left the Arctic for the North Atlantic

After Ducky completed his final days in Tromso and Trondheim Norway, it was off for another flight to the Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands are 18 islands between Iceland and the United Kingdom. There are over 70,000 sheep and only … Continue reading

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