My birthday on the slopes

Hi folks,

I could not have wished for a better birthday present: skiing with my two humans, and my girlfriend Emma. We have crossed into France (La Rosiere) from the beautiful Belvedere summit of La Thuile in Italy. The snow on the French side was soft and heavy but we all hurled down the mountain and had fun. On the Italian side, the snow was crisp and at places icy but I was riding on Joanna’s back and fully enjoyed the fast carving turns, especially on pistes 21 and 18. Best of all these two were empty, just us. Bliss. I have noticed many French ski instructors coming to Italy to have a decent espresso. I had my favourite drink, chocolate and more chocolate. On this note, I leave you with some of the pictures we shot.

Snowy woofles,

Spot the Matterhorn

French Border

Finally some snow!

Finally I had some fun for a few days in my favourite village, La Thuile, in Italy.  Snow, chocolate, good wine.  Thank you snow fairies.

And here are some pictures that speak more than any woofles from my part.

in the bubble

at the restaurant

view of pistes 2 and 3

La Thuile

La Thuile

Eulchen, my wise mentor

Xmas eve at Changi Airport

I love watching the fire

on the road

from the window

cheese made of chocolate

Excellent Mayolet

birthday feast

perching spot

on the road to Aosta

tasting the bubbly

high in the sky

near Melbourne

More snow and ice!

And the winter weather continues!  I heard that a little ice age is coming, and it looks like it today.  I woke up and there was ice on the inside of the windows… forming beautiful crystals.  And my garden is frozen solid, so my trips outside are short and only when necessary.  Just freezing fog today, no snow to play in, or snowballs to chase.

Waiting for my humans to light the coal fire.  I love watching the tongues of the fire, it feels so good.  The warm light glows on my shiny fur and warms my little heart.  When are they going to grill a sausage on it for me?

Snowy Sheffield

Typical winter day in Yorkshire. Been praying for snow for the last few weeks, I think I might have over done it slightly but my slaves assure me that this is perfectly ok and that even more snow would be welcome. Maybe with luck and assistance from the snow faries we might be able to establish the South Yorkshire glacier. A wall of snow and ice a mile high rushing down from the Pennines to sweep Sheffield off the map. A little doggie can dream after all.

My trip to Antwerp

Well, at last, some time to update my weblog.  Starting with my short trip to Antwerp a while ago, in June 2008.  As you can guess I have been taking the pictures!  I travelled with my wise little friend, Eulchen.  We had a great time, eating chocolates and drinking supreme Belgian beer.

The photos you can see here:  Antwerp 08

Things I have to do

I cannot believe how long it has been since my last post! Nothing since December 2008. Well it has been a ‘bastard’ of a year with all sorts going wrong. We had to bring Granny over here as she nearly died where she was far away. Things are getting a bit back to normal now, so with J’s help I will add my comments and pictures for the following places I have been:
Antwerp,  June 08
Australia and New Zealand,  July 08 and July 09
More trips to La Thuile, December 08 and April 09
and a few more adventures I had all over the place.

That’s it for now,

woof woof

More from La Thuile

This is how it was when I left La Thuile in late April 2008!  Hope to find it like that when I go there soon.

Busy times

Have been quite busy since April!  Have been to La Thuile again, visited Antwerp and then was away in Australia and New Zealand!!  So not much time for my little paws typing on the keyboard…  Soon will start updating and add pictures from all the nice places I have visited.

Bye for now

My holiday

First we had to cross the Channel. On that particular day the wind was blowing very strongly. When we arrived in Dover, it was chaotic. We took the Norfolk Line to Dunkirk. The crossing normally takes 2 hours but when we arrived at the port of Dunkirk the captain could not dock the ship due to the high winds!! We then went out at sea while waiting for a tug to come and help; this lasted another two hours… Quite an adventure. It was difficult to stand up straight in the howling wind. We went straight to the first hotel we could find, it was too late (near midnight) to continue our trip. The next day was calmer and travelling through the French motorway system very pleasant. It is so much better than the roads in the UK that most of the time are congested. However, on the way back these same motorways were full of nearly mad drivers on their way to Paris. Have never seen so many cars and most of them loaded with skiing gear. It must have been the return of the hordes after a ski holiday. I believe that the French have a ‘snow week’ when people are supposed to go skiing. We proceeded in our journey, drove through the Mont Blanc tunnel: what an amazing construction and in the evening arrived at La Thuile, Italy.

I had a field day in the kitchen, raided it several times and also enjoyed the good wine. But it is best if I let you browse the pictures from the gallery below. Big thanks to our friend Marta, for suggesting the trip to La Thuile. We must go again soon.

interesting and weird?

A few interesting and weird items:

Well, I did not expect snow in England in April but yes, it happened! Not as nice as when on the mountains but I do like the white stuff. April Snow! and more snow and some more pictures of the beloved white stuff

Well, there is no doubt that humans are strange creatures: mobile phones on planes and more weirdness. What next?

Well, occasionally I like two fingers of Champagne (Krug please) but now am a bit confused by this Champagne village in Switzerland!!! And they also make a Champagne. Will have to check carefully the labels next time we order wine.

Greetings