Charlie's perspective

Charlie stayed with my dad while I was in Europe. Here was one of his blog posts:

So what happened today?

On my morning walk my right paw started hurting at the end of the walk, and I started favoring it.   The Keeper tried to look at my right paw but I wouldn't let him look very closely.   It felt like I might have stepped on something that might have bruised it.

The Keeper is not running any more, so I have to maintain a slower walk, even when I might trot a little faster.

I had the regular walks today.   I tried to stalk a rabbit on my late night walk, but the keep messed it up and spooked the rabbit.   It was fun for a little while.

Other than that, things have stuck to the pattern mentioned in my first blog.  The keeper has been taking ridiculous measures to keep me from getting into the food.   DRAT!

I am doing well.   but am looking for an opportunity to sneek some more snacks.

bye for now...
Charlie

Homeward bound

We're in Toronto nearly ready to board a plane for raleigh. I am getting a little punchy, but it has been a great trip with many memories and new friends.

I am not kidding in my previous post, when I said I hope I can still speak english tomorrow. I suspect you will be hearing grazie and merci from me for a few days.

Le Louvré

Ok, so we all know that the Louvre is HUGE, but you don't fully appreciate that until you start walking through it. This used to be the royal palace, and each successive louis added on.
I couldn't navigate this with a map. I cannot imagine living there.
We saw a selected group of artwork, starting with michaelangelo's slave sculptures, moving to the coronation of napolean, and on to the wedding feast at canaan. This painting napolean stole, but it's unclear how one steals a painting that is bigger than my house.
The reason most people see this painting is because it is in the room with the mona lisa. We heard all the different theories of this famous work by da vinci. I only learned on this trip that the mona lisa's eyes appear to follow you. Our guide in italy explained that da vinci was more a scientist, and figuring out these angles is what intrigued him, not necessarily the painting.
Of course, if you believe Dan Brown, these paintings are all concealing the blood line of jesus. We also saw the place where the murder that begins the book takes place. It was hard to imagine without the gates down, as the rooms in the museum are just huge, all open with tall ceilings.
It would take more than 3 weeks to see all the works in the Louvré, and we had only a few hours. We enjoyed the works we saw and now have several thousand reasons to come back.

The picture worth a thousand words

Though my previous post was about that long.
This is mt. Stanserhorn in switzerland.