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Zoltan 2017

Countries visited: .fr, .and, .es, .pt, .de, .ch, .at, .hu, .sk, .li, .cz, .lu, .it, .si, .hr, .ba

As the New Year begins Zoa is taking it easy

My Seat

It seems no matter what he thinks, he is just too big to be the sidekick in the adjacent seat.

One

Two

Three

Four

Still, so funny when he falls asleep and bits fall off the seat.

Sunning himself:

Sunning

And early in the morning dashing around with a stick:

Stick for play

And he gets too friendly with a neighbour:

Just Too Much

And another friend

Friend Fiona

And then there is the beach at Praia Dos Salgados Albufeira.

Beach 1

Beach 2 Beach 3

And, the week begins with a huge "get up and attem" push.

6-FEB And we start another week, this time at Baixihna Beach

One

View of Viamora Marina

Stick Water

Water - oh dear

Sunshine dog.

Sunshine dog

Back in Spain the rain has gone so it's time for breakfast

Where's yours?

And the sun is back

Sunshine Doggie

It is sometimes thirsty work in Spain.

Bucket Dog

Bone time.

Bone

A friend while I am away for a few hours.

Good Friend

Then back to Switzerland to walk with other dogs beside the Limmat

Limmat

Get pampered by me:

Lap1 Lap 2

Lap 3

before the collar comes off and ...... into the shower.

Post Shower

In Stäfa

And into Austria we go and Zoa finds some fun.

Play!

And here the video.

We go on to the Vienna region where Zoa has the use of a garden which seems to make him very happy.

In the Garden

More Garden

A friend?

oa

Zoa and me

And, because the cherry tree is offering, Zoa accepts the gifts it has to offer here.

Hungary

On Lake Balaton

Balaton

And in Budapest.

Budapest

then on to

Slovakia,

Austria

and southern

Germany

before spending time in the Swiss Alps, where Zoa gets his first encounter with an electric fence. Ouch!

Churwalden

Back to

Germany

and beside the Elbe in Dresden

Hello

In a field close by there are sheep - and an electric fence - The Second Ouch!

Water

and in Wittenberge

Early Morning ride

Further down river at Stover Strand.

Paddle 1

Paddle 2

After the Elbe we head towards Paderborn and on to the Rhine river, then the Moselle before going into

France

and arriving at a friend's country place where Zoa makes a new friend.

Freinds

And he discovers the dragonflies in the pond. There is also a cat around here somewhere.

one two

three

Switzerland

Italy

Croatia

On the way down the coast road:

Coast

In Zadar - Sun Greeting

Zadar

Campsite by the sea

Bosnia

The Kravica Falls

Bored I am

Croatia

A fun boat ride to Dubrovnik

Fish?

Maybe not

Italy

The first morning back on a beach

View of Taranto

And on another beach in S. Italy, he just loves it.

Stock time

Then,it's on to Sicily... The Taomina Bay

NAxos

The mouth of the river flowing down from Etna

Etna River Mouth

And then we go down South to Punto Braccetto and some friends visit for a trip to Noto.

Zoa and Joe

Happy

Me, him and the church

Local Beach

And he amires water - from a distance mostly.

The Med

And at the same location, Zoa meets a playmate.
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