We arrived here in the afternoon today. But where is here, you ask? Well, basically because of local airports and a lack of flights at decent times (we weren't prepared to get up at some unsightly hour just to get on a one hour plane journey!), we couldn't get one today, so we're spending an extra day in France and leaving tomorrow evening. Therefore we're currently in the mountains, somewhere near Grenoble, and the scenery is beautiful:
Literally feels like the Von Trapp family will walk up to us at any moment!
The hotel we're staying in is only a small one, and is quite eccentric; feauturing some wondrously floral tablecloths and blankets, together with fabulous translation mistakes on some signs such as "please to use", "please notch this box", and "so we will be pleasant for the other people" - oh the joys of google translate!! It's all very sweet though.
Anyway, if you follow my twitter, (@thevhappyblogr) you may have noticed that I hinted earlier about a story feauturing certain dogs. Well, this morning my mum woke me up to tell me that the male dog had returned, but without little Athena (back track if you've forgotten: she's the one who spent the day with us), which was slightly worrying... Three of the family , including me, spent the early morning (meh) calling out her name; desperately hoping that she wasn't injured and/or hadn't run into the hunters in the woods, who seemed to spend the whole of last night shooting, and so a stray dog may have appeared to them as any other animal...
Eventually, we called up Athena's owner, who spoke to his neighbour (the owner of the male dog) to tell them that he was here. The male dog's owner came right away, and told us his dog's name was Jules - and Jules was so happy to see him it was adorable. But just as importantly, he told us that Athena had only just found her way home, after three days lost in the woods. So they're both safe, and there couldn't have been a better ending to the trip.
Thanks for reading,
The (very) happy blogger 🐶🐕
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