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Updated 3/13/2006

Sevilla, city walk, Spain: 3/13/2006

We decided that the best way to see the city, was by horsedrawn carriage. The horse was our city guide! A city garden statue with a Lion on it. It said it was from 1492!

We can't go into a the Theater, but was can stand in front of it! We are so popular over here, we had 2 people pose with us!

ROAD TRIP: Isla Cristina, Spain: 3/12/2006

BEACH: PLAY, RUN, HAVE FUN!

DAY TRIP: Sintra, Portugal: 3/11/2006

See that fort in the background! We walked up to it, well sorta. Ask mom and dad about it.

The Queen's Garden @ Castle of Sintra. This is as close to it as WE could get. Mom and dad went in for us

Lisbon, city center, Portugal photo shoot:3/10/2006

We saw the New President of Portugal go by us. He was inaugerated a few hours earlier, this was his first time back to his new home/palace. His royal horses went right past us. A neat niche we found on our long, long, long, walk to the city center & Castle. We're thinking of becoming Catholic Dogs. The day before this is where the President was sworn in. I'm getting pet by a Stiff man (bronze). Kenzie is thinking about ordering a Portuguese coffee @ Abrasileira cafe, founded in 1905 We would have eaten supper at these stone tables back in the day!

It speaks for itself The damn Peacocks kept checking us out. We'd move, they'd move. We'd walk away, they'd then RUN towards us. Crazy birds. We finally we got away from them. At the Castle of St. George, we made mom and dad walk down many steps just to take this photo for us. We're checking out the view. Does it look like San Francisco? They use to shoot arrows from here! Wow! Ready your quiver, aim, and fire

Lisbon, near our place, Portugal photo shoot:3/8/2006

We went for a walk around where we are staying today. Belem Neighborhood. Its where the president lives. His castle is in the background, the pink palace. Here we are in front of the guards by the Pres. Palace. They don't work nights or weekends as far as we can tell. Kenzie is chilling in the garden near the palace. Do you see the guard in the background? We're at the Imperial Garden in front of the Muesum of Archeology and Marina. One area looks like a cathedral. Padaro Dos Descobrimentos, or homage statue to Christopher Columbus and the explorers VOTE: 1) Do you like us in this pic??? Let mom or dad know. VOTE: 2) Or do you like us in this one better??? Let mom or dad know.

Does this look like we're in San Francisco? The bridge and the cliff side. Torre de Belem: Cool ass looking castle. Of course we didn't go in. Wheep, wheep. Another photo of us in front of the cool castle. We wish we could live there and watch birds fly by our window each morning The largest Pineapple in the world! A patriot wall by the fort next to the castle. It had guards in front of it too that we wanted to see, but mom and dad said no. We did stand for a photo for them instead while the guards were switching sides.

TRAVEL TRIP: 3/5/06 Merida, Spain.

Well mom and dad couldn't get us into the other roman ruins in the city
(since they slept for an hour and a half, so the place closed...).
We had to make them find some place to take a picture of us. We found this great spot.

DAY TRIP: 3/4/06 Madrid, Spain.

Bank of Spain, and Museum of Post Office for the interpretation of the map

THE RAIN IN SPAIN, brings out the umbrellas! There was also another woman who jumped into our picture with us just after this photo, and had her husband take a photo with us. Amazing that we are so damn cute!

3/2/2006

More neat photos of us on our trip with mom and dad

DAY TRIP: 3/1/06: Segovia, Spain.

SNOW! We finally get to play in it! We are in the street, lapping up the local culture, see the Aquaduct behind us. Admiring one of the many beautiful chruches in this city

Aquaduct. A smaller area of the Aquaduct BIG cathedral

BIG CITY OF MADRID: 2/28/006

We become one with the landscape at Retire Park Panseying around

Ethernal Fame monument. The city wall arches

CITY WALK: Velancia, Spain: 2/25/06

Chilling at a city wall: Torres de Quart The big picture with us in front of the 4 city walls.

A wonderful plaza area, with many churches. We saw at least 3 wedding couples getting pics done, and peaked into a church to see another wedding going on. Saturdays must be the wedding nights! We even possed for other peoples photos here too, they must know cute when they see it!

TRAIN STOP: that became an overnighter: Barcelona, Spain: 2/23/06

The Imaginarium, they had doors just our size!
This was in the train station while we were waiting to board our train (the one that didn't let us on, meanies!)
Spain is not a good place for dogs, they charge us too much to ride their trains.

MONACO: on 2/20-22/06

We're riding to Monaco!. Arrival into Monaco, at the Train staion Checking out the view from our wonderful room Nightime in Monaco, in front of the Casino. Another funny Dog sign in French Breakfast in Bed for us, well at least in our room. The view of the city looking from the Princes's Palace hill

Another funny dog sign. Load the cannons, we're under attack! Ok our paws won't allow that to happen... View back towards our hotel room, and yatch harbor. Can anyone hear me barking in the back, please bark back? A old auditorium Does this sign mean no Scotties allowed? I might need to put on another dog costume if so.

OLYMPICS: 2/18/06

While Mom and Dad were at Bobsledding, We decided to go to Speed Skating!
We had a great time. Kenzie wanted to go chase after the skaters of course....

2/17/2006

DAY TRIP: 2/16/06. Venice, Italy & a train ride to Bologna, Italy and back to Milan

Ying/Yang on the train. On the streets of Venice.

We're watching the gondolas go by below. Singing Italian songs as we are on the bridge.

CITY TOUR: on 2/15/06. Duomo Cathedral & Castle Sforzesco (or fortress as mom calls it), and of course shopping for US!

We're in front of the big doors to the Duomo Cathedral, No they won't let us in either... But we got to sniff all around it. Shopping! We're in front of the rich shops. Milan's Glass Living Room as the area is called. A bigger pic of the shopping area Kenzie shopping at Prada

Boone at Louis Vuitton Check out our bling that Mom and Dad bought us. Italian Leather Collars. We are so stylish! Backside of the castle. Royalty becomes us! Just leaving our footprints.

2/14/2006 4:38 PM Italy time (7:38 AM Seattle)

DAY TRIP: 2/13/06 to Genova, Italy & to Torino, Italy

Our first offical train ride, and we're going to Genova, a coastal seaport town in Italy. Here's a picture of us on the many steep steps of Genova. There sure were a lot of them. Here's another shot of us on the steps of Genova. Here's a picture of us at the University of Genova. A shot of us on the 2nd level at the University. Another picture of us on the 2nd level.

Here's a picture of Boone at the waterfront soaking up the sun. We're in front of the only place that wouldn't let us in! So I later pooped in front of it to show them how mad I was that I couldn't see the otters or fishies! A funny "scoop your pet's poop" sign we saw. Thankfully Mom and Dad do pick ours up. Here we are at the Olympic city of Torino. We took our turn in line getting a picture in front of the Olympic rings. Here's a shot of us in front of NBC Olympics set.

That's all for now, check back again later for more!

Boone and Kenzie

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Just got the bags for travel. Testing them out. Cooper getting comfortable thinking he's going too. Here we go in the plane to Europe!

Our first Tram/Train ride from the airport to Milan city central. Settling down in our new apartment for 10 days.