Hi everydog!!

Hope you’re having some really nice weather where you are. It’s in the upper 70’s here in Germany which the humans find to be quite pleasant…but without A/C I have to say it’s a bit warm. At least the mornings are still nice and cool, though. And we get lots of shade in our courtyard. My humans also keep me cool with ice cubes and homemade ice cream treats…and all the water I can handle from the old pump outside. But that water is super cold so I have to pace myself!

Saint Lover asked us to share a bit more about our trip to Italy. It was really fun so I’ll be happy to tell you more since we didn’t get around to doing it before! We usually go to Locarno, Switzerland, over Easter and my humans crawl around on a bunch of bi rocks. But apparently they don’t like doing this in the snow and cold weather so they wanted to go someplace as warm as possible. So they opted for Italy which always has great food and doesn’t take that long to travel to.

Our trip down wasn’t all that fun in my opinion. We left on Thursday at 5pm and traffic was terrible. We just drove and drove for what seemed like an eternity. I did get to do a lot of napping, but a dog can only deal with that so long! We had some snow our first night out and also along the way a bit.


For some reason, the humans even thought it would be ok for me to drive a bit! I had a great time but I think some people around us were a bit concerned! πŸ˜‰


On Friday afternoon, we finally we arrived at the beach in Lignano. Since it was off season, we were pretty much alone out there. I got to chase some driftwood on the beach, and I have to say running on that stuff is harder than you think!


In Lignano, we stayed at a campground called Camping Sabbiadoro which was only a couple blocks from the beach…and from a pizza place where the humans ate that smelled heavenly! (Human note: The camping place allow dogs and it was open outside the usual vacation time-frame, which we discovered was not always the case throughout Italy. Overall it was a pretty nice place and we’d probably go back there. The bathroom walls aren’t completely closed off, though, so in the winter or cooler times of the year it can make showering a brisk if not unpleasant task. And even though hubbers forget his ID at their reception, they mailed it back to us when they realized we weren’t coming back for it!)

After one night there, we were back on the road toward Punta Sabbioni. On the main road passing through Jesolo on our way there, we found the Cantina de Jesolo, a wine cooperative where you can buy locally grown and produced wine. In those big vats are wine and you can bring in your own containers which they pump full of wine. They actually use a gas hose construction to fill them. (Human note: Learn a bit more about it here. They sell mostly merlot, reisling & tocai there. The last is a wonderfully tasty white wine that goes down dangerously easy. It’s basically a table wine in Italy and only costs 2.50 Euros a bottle.)


In Punta Sabbioni, we stayed at an RV parking lot called Parking d. Alighieri which we discovered on our last journey to Italy. (Human note: It is one of the few places that allows dogs in this area, it’s fairly cheap and they have no minimum number of nights during high season which is what brought us there the first time. But the owners are vigilant against noise makers at night so if you tend to get a bit loud after 11pm, this is not a good place to visit. Or maybe they just really dislike people under the age of 30.) This was the home on wheels we rented during the vacation while we were staying there. Outside of the parking lot are lots of farm roads to walk around on which the humans thankfully let me check out. But I did meet some rather obnoxious dogs along the way who I think said a few insulting things about my weight…but my Italian isn’t so good so maybe it was really a compliment! πŸ˜‰


Next to the parking lot is another reason the humans like this place, Al Bacaro. It’s a quite good restaurant which they adore. I got to go along with them last year and lay on the patio next to them while they ate. But since it was cooler outside this year, they ate inside and I had to sleep off our visit to Venice in the air conditioned RV.


Speaking of Venice, this was all the girls on the trip posing for the camera. Poor dad was real outnumbered on this trip!


And then we finally arrived. Venice always means LOTS and LOTS of walking…and when we come home I am so glad to just lay on the floor and not move for the next few hours!


But you know it has to be a great city when they have dog watering holes around the city! πŸ˜‰

It was a pretty nice trip overall and I’m always totally spent after walking around in Venice for a few hours. Not only does the walking wear me out but all the human contact and petting – you just have no idea how exhausting that can be! By the time we were ready to go home, I didn’t even care if people stopped to talk to me…I was just ready to collapse!!

Enjoy the photos…maybe I can talk the humans into including me in more of them next ti

me! πŸ˜‰

Newfie kisses to all!!!
Ayla