Travels with Charlie: Pit Stop

Charlie at the La Broye rest stop in Switzerland

Back on April 21, Seattle-based friend, Sheryl R., landed in Zurich, Switzerland, for the start of a nearly three-week stay in Europe. We told her, if she could get a flight to Basel or Zurich, we'd pick her up. She managed that and we followed through. Doing so required a road trip from Geneva to Zurich. It was Charlie's first time traveling more than 30 minutes from home in a car since his road trip from the puppy mill in Italy to the animal rescue in Switzerland. Here he is at the rest stop at La Broye, near Estayver-le-Lac, Switzerland.

Chillin' in the grass, dachshund-style!

Photo copyright: Janet M Kincaid, 4/11

Rappe!

Rappe/Rapeseed/Canola : On the A1 Autobahn between Geneva and Zurich, CH

It's a common sight in these parts in the springtime: fields and fields of bright yellow flowers known in German and French as rappe (in English: rapeseed, or canola). After returning from Prague, we had to go to Zurich to pick up a friend at the airport. I snapped these using the Hipstamatic setting on my Apple iPod Touch.

Photo copyright: Janet M Kincaid, 4/11