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

[Jacqui-S]

Looks really beautiful.
Apart from the toilets. Bizarre.

The rooms are big and plenty of beds there, I wonder if it has been used as a hostel at one point.
Nah......not sure that would explain it.
Locks on the outside??

 

[M.F.]

I once stayed with someone who was building a yacht. He needed a big place so he bought a disused nightclub—yacht was on the dance floor and his lodgings were upstairs on the mezzanine level. I had the use of six toilet cubicles with the ladies sign on the door. It was very creepy. I feel for you all by yourself!

But I’m loving your posts. Haven’t been here awhile so have a lot of catch-up reading to do!

 

[Xena Dog Princess]

Oh Emily, I'm sorry but that bathroom is *killing* me with laughter! No wonder he didn't include photos of it on the listing! We're a camping family so I'm not easily deterred by bathrooms, but yeah, it's peculiar (wouldn't put me off tho!). At least mum/dad/kids can all do their toilette at the same time but in privacy

Those photos are beautiful, I've got my fingers crossed for you for a lovely petit séjour! The laundry nooks are very quaint.

Have you ever travelled to Eastern France, specifically Haute Savoie (Annecy, Chamonix etc). It is spectacularly beautiful if you love mountains and lakes and cows wearing bells. I think you would like it (nek minit you tell me that you're familiar with the area and you had a horrible time lol).

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

yacht was on the dance floor and his lodgings were upstairs on the mezzanine level.

How did he get the yacht out once it was done?

It was very creepy. I feel for you all by yourself!

I'm thinking of using the WC and sink upstairs and not tackling the actual shower until the morning. So brave!

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

No wonder he didn't include photos of it on the listing

Precisely my thought.

You are right that if you WANTED to get ready all at the same time with everyone else in the house, you certainly could.

if you love mountains and lakes and cows wearing bells.

I've been to Chamonix once a very long time ago and it was pretty. I'm not much of a lake and mountain person to be honest.

You may have noticed that I always head towards salt water when liberated from Germany.

 

[Xena Dog Princess]

I'm not much of a lake and mountain person to be honest.

Spot the Californian

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Spot the Californian

EX. ACT .LY. As Popeye says, "I yam what I yam what I yam."

Gotta have the smell of the ocean to be in my happy place. And I'm afraid of trees, though no one seems to believe me.

 

[Stacia]

@Emily_Babbelhund I used to be afraid of trees! I was petrified of walking home past some trees when I was young and used to run as fast as I could to get away from them. I now love trees.

 

[HAH]

My sister has a house in France that used to be a restaurant, and the bathroom is a row of cubicle toilets opposite a row of cubicle showers. It’s quite creepy, don’t like going in there at night - would rather go outside...

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

I used to be afraid of trees!

Well, at least I'm not the only one, even if you are cured now. I like individual trees, but grouped together as a wood or forest, I really get uncomfortable. Makes me feel claustrophobic and anxious. I think I'm the only dog person in the universe who feels this way because it seems everyone always wants to go walking in forests. I just kind of grit my teeth and get on with it, but give me a big open space any day.

I'm going to beat this proverbial horse to death tonight, but once I started to think about the creepy doors in the bathroom, now everything is creeping me out. It's funny because I stay new places by myself all the time and rarely get the heebee jeebies, but tonight I do. Spiders and too many doors. Honestly, it's a perfectly lovely place, my head is just doing me in. I'm REALLY glad I've got Carbon to keep me company!

 

[Stacia]

You are creeping me out now as I imagine you in that bathroom! Thank goodness for Carbon.

 

[Granca]

Is all well this morning? No frights in the night, I hope?!

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Is all well this morning? No frights in the night, I hope?!

I survived! No axe murderers or anything of the sort.

My wifi died and usually I use Netflix and the like to stem my insomnia, but I was so darn tired last night that I slept right through to 6am. I sincerely hope that the big toad that was near the door when I let Carbon out last night is gone and the kitchen spiders are still in full force this morning, but otherwise all good.

Not sure about the shower this morning, though. I may have to be a little more desperate for that.

I'm really curious about the coast, so as soon as the sun comes up, Carbon and I will toddle off in the Tardis in search of a sea breeze.

 

[Granca]

Phew! Kitchen spiders don’t sound, good, though. I’d be avoiding the kitchen too...

 

[Emily]

Not sure about the shower this morning, though. I may have to be a little more desperate for that

Baby wipes, deodorant and dry shampoo - they can keep you going for days

 

[kateincornwall]

Lovely photos , bringing back memories ! We used to visit Vannes often , the market was fabulous with one stall selling nothing but garlic , those huge rose bulbs were the best ! Coastline is so pretty too , have a fun day xxx

 

[Stacia]

Baby wipes, deodorant and dry shampoo - they can keep you going for days

Oh that's good to know as only this morning I was thinking what would I do if the immersion heater broke, not hot water to shower with!

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Tourism happened today and photos. Good intentions were had to share said photos.

Then SOMEONE stole his own dinner in an uncompleted state off the counter and was in deep doo doo. Then my friend my Ireland called and we had a visit planning/commiseration confab.

Now it is ten and I've sampled the barn owner's cider and have a desperate need to sleep it off.

Bad travel correspondent, Emily, baaaaaad...

I have, however, made a decision about my next step in the journey. Nausea-inducing overnight pet-friendly cabin ferry from Roscoff to Cork it is! It just made no logical sense to do it otherwise, so I'm putting on my big girl trousers and braving my ferry fear. Plus, what an experience. I even splurged out on an outside berth cabin...even though the whole crossing is night and the 'splurge' was only EUR 10 extra. Living the highlife, I am.

Friends Rose the human and Curly the Cockapoo are waiting for us in Kinsale and will generously provide a bit of a break from the mad dash I've been doing for the past couple weeks. Let's all think very good thoughts and invoke the power of the lambies that Curly and Carbon become best buddies and help wear each other out.

And hopefully Rose will put me to work turning over rooms at her B&B and wear ME out too!

 

[Lab_adore]

hey Emily, I finally found time to have a big catch up and really enjoyed your tales. So scary about the rat poison though!

Good luck with the next leg and I look forward to hearing about your adventures

 

[snowbunny]

Photos from the ferry please! Sleeping off cider is a perfectly acceptable excuse for lack of touristy stuff