sunday, june 13th, 2010.

I slept well and in the morning, E. took me to these cliffs and there was a nice scenery there. After breakfast, we headed out to this smaller city called Kerava to meet yet another bunch of new people. It was a nice place - though they had these stairs that I had the courage to go up, but coming down was another story...

There was a small girl who I played with, and all the other humans played with me, too. I also demolished another ball. What can you say? I like me a ball.



E. had made me a toy out of an old t-shirt, and she brought it with her, so I got to play with that and didn't get bored. We took a stroll in the garden before heading out in the car again. This time a place called "Turku" was mentioned and I felt a bit alarmed. Wasn't that the place where they speak Swedish???



When we got to Turku, we met this lady and a dude (who also smelled of coffee and farts, hmmm...) and they had a tiny baby that mostly ate and slept and pooped. They took a lot of pictures of the baby, and I got into one of the pictures as well. I wanted to wash the baby's head, but the baby had just had a shower, so this was not necessary.



The other auntie and the French dude were telling everyone how nice a dog I am, and I took in all the compliments. What can I say? If you're good, you're good.

When in Turku, E. took me for a walk in a forest, and there too were a lot of cliffs and exciting new smells. Finally we headed out of Turku and I slept almost all the way back to Tampere in the other auntie's lap. I was so tired I snored loudly.

Back in Puisto I went for a walk and felt happy to be back in a place surrounded by familiar smells. My hood! Now I will go to sleep and dream of my Dad.

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saturday, june 12th, 2010.

After an exciting night, I made E. wake up around 8 AM. She did not wake up very easily, I kept staring at her for a while and when I was able to whine loud enough she woke up and took me outside. I felt soooo relieved! And I saw a rabbit! Yay!

Then it was off to a new place. We walked across this large bridge and I must admit I pulled on the leash quite a bit, since I kind of hoped we were going to meet my Daddy. I didn't find him, though - instead, we found this really nice lady and spent some time at her apartment listening to Shear which I guess was some new up and coming band of some sorts.

After that, we got picked up by this guy in a hat and he drove us to see these two little boys and a lady. Their place was fun until I started chewing off pieces out of this plastic ball and they all took it away from me, so I wouldn't choke on the pieces. I was a bit upset and proceeded to sulk under a chair and make pitiful noises. When they still didn't give the ball back to me, I decided I had sulked enough and went to sit with them on the couch.

Later I went for a walk with E. in Herttoniemi and spent some time on my own, when the humans went out to meet some people in a place where dogs weren't allowed. At night, I slept mostly next to E. and the other auntie, and I did not stir hardly at all! I guess it was because the place did not seem so new and scary anymore and I had gotten to know the new people better as well.

friday, june 11th, 2010.

I was napping when E. brought me a new smokey bone to chew and said something about going to our nation's capital. I can't say I paid much attention to her, since she seems to be talking, like, all the time, and she doesn't have anything real to say most of the time anyway, but it all dawned on me, when she packed a bunch of bags and took me outside in front of our building where a car was waiting. It was another auntie that looked like E. (and kind of smelled like her, too - farts and coffee) and some French dude.

And off we went! The trip seemed to drag on forever, but I am such a good boy I mainly just slept. Though at some point I got a bit scared when we stopped, and the French dude and the other auntie stepped out of the car and disappeared for a while. They came back with human treats and even though I made a half-hearted attempt at begging they did not give me any chocolate. Which was kind of a bummer, except I know it's not good for me.



Eventually we ended up at this place called Herttoniemi, and I met another dude who also smelled of farts and coffee. After supper I went to sleep but did not sleep very well, because I only pooped during my morning walk and I guess all my eating caught up with me at night. :/ And it was a new place, anyway, and I was a bit nervous.