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New Year, New Me

Dear reader, A very happy 2015 from my heart to yours. I hope you had a splendid last evening of 2014 with lots of good food, drink and fireworks. Sadly, I got to experience none of those joys since the authorities stuck me into bed at 9:30pm. (So what

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Correction

Ahem, I hear that someone has been bad-mouthing me on my own blog. And while I don't want to name names, your cuddling privileges have been revoked for the next hour Catering. Hmph. Now, with that out of the way: happy Christmas everyone! I hope the man in

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Pink Flamingos on the Tree

Somebody cough Small Paw cough has been neglecting their duties as official blogger for this family so it’s time the authorities stepped in and did something about that. I do apologize for the lack of posting but it’s true that Small Paw has been quite busy what with

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A Little Holiday Cheer

It's not even Thanksgiving yet but the holiday season is in full swing here in New York with Christmas songs playing in the shops, red/green themed cookies on sale at the drug store and decorations going up faster than you can say 'ho ho ho'

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Some Snapshots From My Week

Hello dear reader, I'm sure you are anxious to hear how I fare and I am only to happy to report that things are excellent here in NYC. There are so many playgrounds in this city that I'm quite sure that even me, with a diligent

Brazil

Brazil!

Dear reader, You will never believe where I spent last week: In BRAZIL! A very good friend of the authorities got married and we spent the week getting her ready for the big day. (Not that she needed much help. Everything seemed to be quite under control when we got

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Like a Postcard

Dear reader, The authorities planned a weekend in the countryside for me, what a nice surprise! We went to visit a high school friend of Catering's who lives in a very nice house with a wonderfully fluffy dog and her two kids and a husband. I want a

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Not a Bad Town at All

Dear reader, So, NEW YORK! The Big Apple! (I actually don't understand why they call it that. The apples in Japan where far bigger than those sold here. Another one of those non-sensical adult things, like nap time.) But ignoring the strange nickname, here are some of the

At Sea

The Queen Mary 2 Is the Cat's Pajamas

Ahoy dear reader! You'll be surprised to hear that the authorities have finally started to follow my lead and are taking things a bit slower. In fact, they took my motto, "life's a journey, not a destination", to the extreme: we went to New

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A Dream Come True

We arrived in New York a couple of days ago in the most fancy of ways: by boat. After crossing the Atlantic for 7 days and no company but the occasional pod of dolphins and far away container ship, the lights seemed even brighter than usual when we finally saw

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Loving London

Hello dear reader, here I am again, your intrepid reporter. London is a wonderful city but I believe I might have mentioned that before. There's just so much to do! But this time we ventured further afield as well to exotic towns like Oxford, Henley and Reading. Let

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Whirlwind Train Travels

Hello dear reader, I'm writing to you from the heart of the empire, the city of all cities: London! Where it is grey and cold and rainy. Bleugh! But never mind that, I'm sure it'll clear up soon enough. Much more important, let me

Germany

Travels in Germany

I see the catering lady already stole my story about the wedding party so I have to work fast and get in here before she starts writing about our Germany travels too! Where did we leave off? Isny, that's right… A wonderful place with lots and lots of

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Partying With the Germans

It's not just a meeting of cultures when Germans and Venezuelans get together, it's also a melding of party people. Epic. As Small Paw mentioned in her earlier missive, we went to Germany to help our friends Micha and Sam celebrate their wedding and celebrate we

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From Buenos Días to Grüß Gott

Hello dear reader, You are never going to guess where I am: GERMANY! That wonderful country that gave me a passport, sight unseen, is even prettier than I had imagined. There are cows everywhere. And mountains. And people riding bicycles. Uncle Luis even picked one up on the hood of

Spain

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Remember the paddle boarding? Of course you do. Now we've introduced Small Paw to the fun and she took to it like a fish to water. We made it all to the way to the dinosaur rock on the other side of our bay; me swimming and Fa

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Finally, Pictorial Evidence

After some not so subtle pressure from a certain small person attached to this household, we finally took some pictures of our afternoon swim yesterday. Behold the Small Paw of the sea: For those of you how know the place, we swam to the beach and back where Small Paw

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Fun in the Sun

Hello dear reader, the days are just drifting by in a haze of sea, sun and ice cream. It's wonderful. The authorities are not well organized at all when it comes to taking pictures of my latest exploits so unfortunately I can't show you just how

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Lovely Mallorca

¡Hola, dear reader! We finally made it to my summer home on the beautiful island of Mallorca and I can't tell you how happy I am to be back. There's water to play in everywhere, the food is yummy (I'm finally getting my fair

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London Calling

Actually it was all of south England that called - Cornwall as well - but that title is catchier, don't you think? Oh dear reader, England is a marvelous country. Such wonderful weather! And the food!!! I've never eaten so many blueberries in my life. It&

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Hello from the Other Side

We made it back to Spain, dear reader, and I have to admit that I miss my rice balls already. And all the "Kawai!!" screaming around me. But it couldn't have gone on forever I suppose. Don't want it to go to my head.

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Big in Japan

Tokyo is a riot dear reader, a RIOT! The catering woman read a book about a family who came to visit Tokyo for a month and apparently there's something about being in this city that makes adults feel like babies? I don't understand it but she

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Zipping Around Japan

Dear reader, These last two weeks went by in a blur: so much happened! It was absolutely marvelous. New places to explore every day, different bath tubs to enjoy at night, once even a giant one called an onsen. It was a bit hot but I shared it with the

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Rail Pass Travels

We've left Kyoto and are now traveling around the country for the next 2 weeks on the Shinkansen bullet train. Our stops will be: Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima, Okayama, Naoshima, Osaka, Shizuoka, Hakone and finally Tokyo where we'll spend a few more weeks before heading back to

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Around the Neighbourhood

The area where we stayed in Kyoto, the northern part of Higashiyama, is chockfull of temples, museums, little corner restaurants and traditional houses. (There's also a giant eyesore called the Westin Miyaki hotel but that was out of our view so we just ignored it.) There was always