Sophie is a little world traveler. She spent the first year of her life flying overseas with us for Stanley’s work and our family events. Outside of our move from NYC to Fort Lauderdale recently, Soph has pretty much hung up her traveling shoes (for now) and is settling into tropical life. But, this trip to Paris in 2010, when she was just five months old (two months after we brought her home), was definitely a highlight and all three of us enjoyed ourselves! I’ve chosen to highlight two pics from the trip for this week’s 52 Snapshots of Life Photo Challenge theme – travel. One I took of Stanley with Sophie in front of the Tuilleries, the famous gardens of Paris. The other Stanley took of us, standing by the Seine, where you can see the Eiffel Tower in the distance.
On that trip, Sophie went everywhere with us – out to restaurants (the French are famous for their love of dogs and include them in many places), sightseeing all over the city and shopping in the fun vintage and consignment shops of Paris. I think that’s where she first developed her love of shopping, bless her little heart. When she wants to go, she pulls me into stores. I have to explain to her that mommy is trying to save money right now, and isn’t do a whole lot of shopping. 🙂 But, she is the best shopping partner a girl can have – eager, patient and full of unconditional love! LOL.
Seriously, what I love about Sophie, among many things, is how game she is to experience life. She may do it cautiously, at first, but she finds the sunny aspect in it all and is quick to smile and charm the pants off of all of us. What a great girl! She also made treks with us to Barcelona and San Sebastian, Spain, for my nephew’s wedding, and back to Paris on another trip. Yep, the old, “When I die, I want to come back as your dog” thing. A truly blessed life. 🙂
52 Snapshots of Life Photo Challenge is fun and you don’t have to be a blogger to do it! Just post a photo each week depicting that week’s theme, and put it up on your social networks with the hashtag #52Snapshots, so we can follow along. If you are a pet blogger, this is a BlogHop, so join in!
What’s your favorite trip you’ve taken with your pet?
