While in Brugge, we took advantage of a canal tour.  As we meandered around the city’s waterways, I had one hand on Chet to keep him from jumping out of the boat, and the other on my camera, snapping photos along the way.

While trying to zoom one-handed to capture a particularly pretty wall and garden, Chet started to stand up by my side.

“Doggie, Mama!  Doggie!”

I saw no doggie.  I saw some swans, sure.  Lots of tourists.  There was even some graffiti of what could have been a horse a few minutes behind us.  But no dogs.  But Chet kept insisting, “Doggie, Mama!  Doggie!”

“No, baby,” I replied while I put down my camera and pushed him back to sitting.  “There’s no doggie.”

Just then the boat turned around and our tour guide pointed out a window and a very popular citizen of Brugge.  A beautiful Lab, luxuriating in a bay window, holding court for all of us.  Ironically, I had snapped a gorgeous picture of her just as I was telling Chet there was no doggie.

Blink and you’ll miss it.  Travel without kids and you might miss even more.

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December 12th, 2008 | by Kayt Sukel 7 comments