Yes, I said it... doggie passport. As of yesterday, Chloe is the proud owner of an EU Pet Passport. And no, her picture is not in it but there is a spot for one should you want to attach it. Tomorrow we begin our vacation to Switzerland and Northern Italy. We're driving so this should be interesting. Before we left, we purchased a Gamin, which is one of those navigation devices you use in your car. Since we have owned it we notice that sometimes it gets confused. In areas that we are somewhat familiar with, it's not really a problem. But here it will be different. So we're going to print the google directions and use the Gamin (my question is: why did we get the Gamin if we have to print directions? Who do we trust if there is a difference of opinion?). I'm pretty sure we're just asking for trouble. Let's be honest, when we decided to get our dog a passport, we were asking for trouble. I'll be sure to let you know how things pan out, provided the Gamin doesn't lead us astray and have us turn left in 50 feet, right into a lake.
A vacation will be nice since we are all tired and a little fragile. We aren't used to so much walking and so many stairs. The girls don't like walking, and have decided they hate the metro but will tolerate the bus. It's all just going to take a little getting used to, I think. And even though we're adjusted to the time change now, it stays light until about 10:30 so it's hard to sleep much earlier. Noa had a spill off her scooter yesterday but was quickly attended to by someone who was quicker than me and then a shop keeper came out of his store to ask if we needed antiseptic (maybe the French aren't so bad?). She's fine, just a couple of scraped elbows.
Lili and I picked up their school supplies yesterday to the tune of about $400. There are pens and pencils, colored pens, markers, glue sticks, erasers, rulers, several writing journals, page protectors, hundreds of folders (or what seems like anyways), books, workbooks and even an Oxford dictionary (english only, not a small one either). Everything must be labeled with their full name, down to the last pencil... everything! It will be nice for school to start so the kids can meet some people and get out of each other's face for a bit. Well, I must go pack now... cool in La Suisse, hot in Italia... what to bring?...a bientot!
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