You know, I am beginning to appreciate that new technology, although it enables me to write a blog and share my thoughts and opinions with the world, does have its drawbacks too.
So I was all ready to greet Gail with the sad face, the droopy tail and the tales of hardship when she returned from her holiday in all those
unpronounceable places. The sort of looks which, one hopes, will make her think I had suffered greatly in her absence and thus guarantee extra treats and cuddles until the guilt wears off.
Imagine my horror then when Gail bounced in last night waving her smartphone and saying "Hey Bertie, looks like you had a fine old time with Yvonne and Neil while I was away on my bicycle tour. Wasn't it nice of Yvonne to text me pictures of you enjoying a family get-together last Saturday night?"
And then Gail not only had the temerity to show me some pictures of
her holiday, but also to claim there was no room in her panniers to bring home a doggy bag.
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| Post ride refreshment near Bileca, Bosnia-Herzegovina |
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| Meal at Hotel Diamant, Bileca |
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| Mountain track impassable on bicycles, Montenegro |
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| Ice creams at Danilovgrad, Montenegro |
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| Hotel Kosta's, Podgorica, Montenegro (aka Fawlty Towers) |
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| Power cut in Shkodër, Albania |
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| Coastal landscape, Montenegro |
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| Waiting for dinner at Hotel Splendido, Kotor, Montenegro |
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| Traditional Bosnian meat feast! (In Dubrovnik) |
And I'm now wondering, did they ever actually get onto their bicycles?
Friends, I shall be catching up with you all when Gail has finished washing all her smelly clothes etc...
Pickshures of food and no food for you? Dat are WRONG!
ReplyDeleteWell, Bertie, you have every right to sulk as much as you like - not even so much as a doggy bag. That has got to be worth oodles of treats and hugs for ever !
ReplyDeleteAt least you had the lovely Neil and Yvonne to look after you - our peeps are saying a funny a word we don't know. You are a very clever boy - do you know what k-e-n-n-e-l-s is? We'd ask Bob and Sophie but they are still high on getting out of prison !
Glad Gail is back home safely - the dining room at the hotel Splendido has got to be just perfect.
Petite-Chose and Inca
Welcome home Gail. Hotel Splendido looked appropriately named!
ReplyDeleteyour howl-i-day was better, I bet... but ok your Gail had ice cream... that's an argument, right? I'm glad she is back and you two are together... even when the sad face and hanging tail welcome part didn't work :O)
ReplyDeleteCrikey Bertie ....... I'm surprised Gail could fit through the door. All that food!!!!! I'm finding it hard to get past that Bosnian MEAT feast. OMD ... how good does that look? AND she had icecream??????? Now that's splendido, aye??
ReplyDeleteWelcome back Bertie. We share your pain. Our boarding kennel has taken to posting photos online. They even have an all day video feed from the paddle pools! What's a dog to do?
ReplyDeletegood thing they were riding those bikes to burn off all those calories from those yummy foods
ReplyDeleteOMD, the NERVE of her! Assuming that just because you managed to put on a happy face for a few pictures means that you weren't DESOLATE at being abandoned!!
ReplyDeleteGood Grief Bertie... Technology CAN be Trecherous...
ReplyDeleteWe think that Other than the Fine Food and super Scenery... and the I SCREAM... YOU had a MUCH BETTER TIME than Gail did.
MOL MOL MOL BERTIE...YVONNE AND NEIL PUT A DAMPER ON YOUR EFFORTS TO BE PITIFUL!! THAT IS HILARIOUS. MY GOODNESS THEY WERE GREAT KEEPERS OF BERTIE.
ReplyDeleteGAIL WHAT GORGEOUS VISTAS AT Hotel Splendido. Truly breathtaking. We will see you on the other side of the BAR. We are hitting the road early tomorrow with the Flats
Hugs cecilia and madi
Now that looks like the kind of bicycle trip anyone would love with the fine food cuisine, the views and the comfort. WOW!
ReplyDeleteSweet William The Scot
Oh my dawg!! Those traders! Sending Gail all those photoshopped happy pictures when you were really sad and not eating BOL
ReplyDeleteLily & Edward
.. That's right we still can't pronounce one
Bertie, I think both you and Gail had wonderful vacations. But she might at least have brought back one of those ice cream cones for you. How forgetful of her.
ReplyDeleteHari om
ReplyDeleteFur crying out loud Bertie lad, is nothing to be kept confidential these days?! As for Gail, all dressed up fur Fawlty Towers and other wild places, well it begs the question whether bikes were needed at all?!! Hugs and wags from abu dhabi airport, YAM-aunty xxx
We think she just ATE her way through the Balkans, while your 'carers' were setting up false photos! I mean a traditional MEAT dish and nothing for the starving dog back home. Maybe you should set up a 'Go Fund Me' for larger panniers! The Fawlty Towers of hotels. BOL!
ReplyDeleteOh buddy, the Internet gives and it takes away. But it looks like your parents had a wonderful time
ReplyDeleteWe have to agree...technology is a double edged sword for sure!!
ReplyDeleteSmileys!
Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo
Bertie - you were born to be a party animal !
ReplyDeleteHi hi hi! Ojo here! Oh no, busted having fun!
ReplyDeleteWait, let me get this straight! She went to all those pretty places and didn't take you, you didn't get any of the meat feast and now you don't get pity treats?
ReplyDeleteBertie, Bertie...
Are you kidding me???? Not ONE doggy bag?? Especially from that MEAT. PLATE? Geesh Bertie This is bad We have to think about this
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