The Labraventures of Carbón, Spanish (ex-) foster dog extraordinaire

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Wonderful! I know it’s been really hot over ther - would be happy to take some heat and warmth for an exchange of torrential rain and cold which has been our “summer” so far? Anyone? :|
Darn, sorry it’s been so pants for you so far. If it makes you feel any relief in not being alone, we’ve been alternating between hot and cold, rainy, and grey. I’ve put away ‘for the year’ and then taken back out my winter coat three times! But I do think it’s put away for good now. Maybe. 😆
 

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Weeee! Hola amigos, we are on the Goodbye to Cornwall for This Year tour, which means muchas aventuras seeing our favorite spots before we leave in a leeeetle over a week. ML and I are never happy to leave, but I can appreciate all the good sniffs I am having now, sí?

Yesterday was a muy bonito visit to Auntie Kate (and deleeeecious toast from Uncle Paul!) and then a walk around lovely Looe. Qué bien!

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Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Where next for you Señor Carbòn?
Oooh, it is very exciting, Amiga Jac! Claro, we still have many goodbyes in Cornwall (today was Fowey), but next Tuesday we will have a last visit with Auntie Kate and Best Amigo Reuben (this is triste, sad, NOT exciting) before we take a cruise from Plymouth to Roscoff in Brittany.

THAT is exciting because Brittany is the land of Apples on the Ground. I ate so many my first time there that ML feared for my tummy, but I am a Spanish gentleman who (almost) never loses my deleeeeecious food on the inevitably white carpet.

Pues, four days in a leeeeetle room on a farm in Brittany, then we get in the TARDIS which will magically and instantly (for me, not so much for ML) deliver us to Regensburg. There we will see Nadine (and naughty Maja) to give her the TARDIS keys (and the supply Tesco’s Finest English Breakfast Tea that we are smuggling with us) and then get in the big metal No Wee Tube (aka the airplane) and not so instantly (seriously, no es muy divertido when you cannot wee and must lay on the FLOOR - Pfft!) be delivered to Cookie Man Land (aka San Francisco).

Es mucho, no? I may be getting too old for this. I KNOW that ML is getting too old for this.

Pues, in September we are back in Regensburg where the TARDIS, ML, and your Señor, we all get what the British call MOT’ed. Then we are ready to go into the great unknown (aka somewhere with a beach) until we are allowed back in Cornbeefwall. Full circle!

Are you not un poco sorry you asked? Just thinking about it makes my paws hurt a leeeetle bit. I just know she will make me walk and model 8 hours straight again in Venice. Qué pena!

Would some muy simpática amiga like to adopt me so that I can sit this one out? I may hide in Auntie Kate’s garden and refuse to leave Cornwall!
 
Those photos are amazing! Of course, the harbour photos are gorgeous, that goes without saying. But that one of Looe of the white houses and the road winding down through the centre, wow!!
 
Those photos are amazing! Of course, the harbour photos are gorgeous, that goes without saying. But that one of Looe of the white houses and the road winding down through the centre, wow!!
Oh yes, I keep looking at that photo of the houses too.

I love seeing the different landscapes. Sometimes we forget that what we see as ordinary in our own neighbourhood is actually really beautiful to others around the world.
 

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Those photos are amazing! Of course, the harbour photos are gorgeous, that goes without saying. But that one of Looe of the white houses and the road winding down through the centre, wow!!
Muchas gracias! I personally like the ones with more Señor, but ML likes her scenery shots. We took a new path in Looe that day, going through nettles (ML in her shorts - the yelling was pretty funny) and got to see a whole different view of Looe from up on the hill.

Oh yes, I keep looking at that photo of the houses too.

I love seeing the different landscapes. Sometimes we forget that what we see as ordinary in our own neighbourhood is actually really beautiful to others around the world.
Carbón doesn’t notice houses too much except to wee on them, so I’ll answer. 😉

I love this too, especially from ‘exotic’ places like you in Australia or @M.F. in South Africa. It’s fun to even see everyday things like street signs and how they are different.

It’s one of the positives of travelling like I do that I get to notice differences and geek out about them a bit. I’m fascinated by things like door knockers, drain covers, ‘pick up your dog poo’ signs, etc. 😀
 
I’m fascinated by things like door knockers, drain covers, ‘pick up your dog poo’ signs, etc. 😀
Challenge accepted! Be ready for random photos 😂

One thing I noticed when we moved to Perth is the use of orange/red in a lot of pavers and street markings. This is due to the use of bore water for reticulation. The water is so rich in minerals that it stains everything a rusty colour.
 

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Oh amigos, my ML is sad: only two more swims and sunsets in Cornwall. For me, I do not want to leave, but I may enjoy the rest as this past week she has been taking me for two hour morning swims and then evening swims at sunset and many other adventures like seeing wonderful @HAH and amigo Kipper yesterday. All of this has made this Spanish gentleman a leeeeetle tired, so resting my paws in the TARDIS for a few days may not be so terrible, no?


Muy guapo amigo Kipper ❤
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Evening swimmy swims
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Morning swimmy swims
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Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Yesterday was another swimmy morning, then a muy importante siesta for me while ML packed, and THEN I went to a birthday party for Amiga Sarah and my Labrador amigo Pedro.

It was Sarah’s birthday, not Pedro’s, but we dogs partied harder than anyone! I have never been to a human party, but I was encantado, enchanted! So many people! So much food! I went from person to person for pets and a nibble until it was my bedtime and collapsed on the sofa out of pure felicidad, happiness.

Qué lástima that my ML is not a party person: I must work to convince her to change her ways!

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