Master Robert and Mistress Fotini have told stories of their meeting of West Highland Terriers in the United States, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Greece and a couple other of destinations but they have never seen Westies in transit at airports. I enjoyed hearing these stories of meeting West Highland Terriers but I am a homebody. I hate car trips but I love hopping in a car when I know I am going on a walk to a park or my absolute favourite place Don Valley Golf Course in Toronto when it closed to golfers. I think a plane trip would cause me a nervous breakdown. I was between 20-22 pounds so under the seat rules for dogs in airplanes was 20 pounds so Master Robert and Mistress Fotini were reluctant to chance me being moved to cargo. I have no regrets except I had heard so many fantastic things about Central Park in New York I would have liked to have had a few walks there. Do they grow strawberries there in Strawberry Field?
I did take trips to the outskirts of Toronto and I loved going to a farm on Weston Road. There were free range chickens running around in a big pen and I loved having a good bark or two but that’s all as the poor chickens really don’t need any stress! I loved walking on the Toronto Islands all the way from Hanlon’s to Ward stopping for a picnic and a nap. I thought Kensington Market was cool with all those strange smells and people. That punk bar was weird and those people with strange haircuts and tattoos and all sorts of body piercings! Interesting to say the least!
But near the end of my life I had a couple trips to Niagara-on-the-Lake. We stayed at the Oban Inn and also Harbour House where a nice bed, fancy bowls and treats awaited me. I even ate at a restaurant The Treadwell lying under a patio table and Master Robert gave me a big piece of chicken and some sweet potato fries. I love sweet potatoes with a passion. I was a bit nervous being left in a hotel room a couple of times but I was a good Westie and Master Robert had said to me absolutely no barking!
I saw the Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, the Botanical Gardens, an historical fort, watched a Canada Day Parade and had walks along the Niagara River. In my last trip there Master Robert and Mistress Fotini took a fancy dog stroller for me when I got a bit too tired to walk. It was like I was a movie star. Tourists from all over the globe come to say hello! Master Robert said a group of Chinese tourists wanted to take me back to China with them! The trip of a lifetime for me except of course my trip from earth to the land beyond upon my death where I am sharing some stories with you missing you terribly.
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