Traveling The World with my humans

September 29, 2019 - First ride with a dog wagon Yesterday we met Marianne for the first time. She gave us a very warm welcome and in the evening the humans had Cheese Fondue outside at the campfire. Let me tell you a little bit about the two people we will stay with for a while. Wolf, this is not his official name, is a dog trainer along other professions. Marianne has different professions too. Both of them are very kind people and very friendly. All the dogs here are Huskies. There are different kinds of Huskies: Siberian Husky, Alaskan Malamute, Alaskan Husky and others. Originally indigenous peoples kept Huskies. Husky is a general name for a sled-type of dog. They are very energetic and athletic. There are different kinds of sleds for dog sleds. Here on the farm the dogs pull side by side in pairs. “There are leader dogs, point dogs, swing dogs, and wheel dogs. The lead dog is crucial, so mushers take particular care of these dogs”. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_s

Shortly after 4 am we arrived in Jörn, where we disembarked the train and waited for our taxi. There were several taxis to different locations. Two other people were going to Arvidsjaur, so we shared the ride. My humans were very tired; they hadn’t slept for almost 48 hours. Me on the other hand, I had some good naps during our travels and I wasn’t that tired. Of course 4 am in the morning is not my time to get up and I felt I could easily take another nap. We did not have to wait long when Wolf arrived to pick us up. It was dark and we couldn’t see much of the landscape, to be honest, we didn’t see anything, it was pitch black. The house where Wolf and Marianne lived was very nice and we were greeted by Alaska, Stella and Malek. These are the dogs that live in the house. Alaska is 12 years old and she is the queen of the house. My humans had an early breakfast and all humans went back to bed to catch some more sleep. We were supposed to stay in a camper but it wasn’t entirely ready

Yesterday my humans packed suitcases and cleaned the small house after removing all our stuff. They told me we would leave to Swedish Lapland the next day. Swedish Lapland, what does that mean now, what are we supposed to do there? We stayed for the night at my master’s mom’s house. She was in the hospital because she wasn’t feeling too good since after the flea market. Today we went up very early again. Looks like this becomes a habit I will not get used to. We took the train from Frankfurt am Main main station to Rostock, via Hamburg. The train left Frankfurt main station at 5:50 am. My humans had reserved seats on the train to Hamburg. The train wasn’t very crowded and I had enough space to sleep quite comfortable. Shortly before we passed Kassel there was an announcement that the train would have to make a detour from Kassel to Hannover as the entire area between Kassel and Eutze was closed to train traffic because the police was looking for a suspect that had probably killed

September 26, 2019 - Good morning Sweden When I woke up we were almost there - in Trelleborg, Sweden. My humans had a restless night; they couldn’t sleep which is totally understandable, as they are not used to sleep on the floor. While most of the other passengers went to their cars my humans and I waited until the ferry docked at the ferry terminal and we could de-board. Maybe I need to explain to you what a ferry is because you might be as clueless as I am. A ferry is a ship that brings cars, trucks and busses as well as their passengers from one ferry terminal across the sea to another ferry terminal. We did not have a vehicle but that did not matter. It was still dark outside when we arrived in Trelleborg, well it was 4:30 am, no wonder it was still dark. The next leg of our travels would be from Trelleborg Central Station to Malmö Central Station. After being dropped off at the ferry terminal in Trelleborg it was a two minutes walk to get to Central Station but it took my h

It’s official, in three days we will leave to Swedish Lapland. SWEDISH LAPLAND???? OMG, it’s cold there. Are my humans nuts? On a second thought, I love snow. You might ask yourself what we are doing in Swedish Lapland, well here is the reason: My humans saw a post in a Facebook Group called “Wohnen gegen Hand und Hilfe” or translated Residence for Hand and Help (https://www.facebook.com/groups/935969523116423/). Somebody offered to live in Swedish Lapland for helping on a Husky and Fly Fishing Farm. They offer dog sleigh trips in the winter. For about two months my humans have been in contact with the people of that farm and now finally they fixed the date and my mistress purchased all the tickets. The trip takes about 48 hours by train and ferry. As this is a Husky Farm there will be plenty of dogs I can play with. Maybe I can even try to be part of a dog sleigh team? Ah no, I don’t think that’s a good idea; I am a senior after all. But I will play in the snow and enjoy. What if

My humans got the offer to stay in a small house for a while and in return they would clean out the house. The person that lived in the house before recently passed away and everything but the furniture had to be removed. There are lots of clothes, books and other stuff in the house. So now my humans separate clothes, garbage and things that can be sold at the flea market. They have been busy for a couple of days and when they managed to clean out one room we moved in. It is not finished yet but the remains are mainly books that need to go into the paper trash and some personal belongings that remain in the house for now. The house has a small garden and I can go outside whenever I like to, well at least during the day when the weather is nice. While my humans sleep on an air mattress for now I have the couch to sleep on all by myself. So far it seems this is just temporary because my humans have plans. I’ll keep you posted.

Today was a warm and sunny day, and my humans decided to go to Frankfurt again and do some sightseeing. The historic center of Frankfurt existed from the beginning of Frankfurt and was first mentioned in 794. In WWII a lot of the old buildings were destroyed and only a few rebuild. Just recently the historic center of Frankfurt was reconstructed and my humans wanted to see the finished project. They were very impressed of the finished project. There were little shops everywhere. The butcher shop smelled very good but I got nothing. My humans walked around for a while and then found a place where you can see parts of the original wall that was built around the center of Frankfurt in the beginning. The city is called Frankfurt because the Franconians (in German „Franken“) crossed the river Main using the ford (in German „Furt“). The first settlement was build right there. Now there is the Dome of Frankfurt as well as the historic city. Legends name Karl the Great as the founder of Frank