Hiking in the Belgian Ardennes
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(lots of pics.. sorry..)
We spent last week in the Belgian Ardennes. We hiked 6 days to 6 different B&B's. It was a lot of fun, but also quite hard from time to time.. We took 'some' pics and here are the ones with Tillo on it and a couple of the enviroment.
The evening before our first hike.. Tillo is already waiting for a car to pick him up ;)
Cute donkey
The place where we started our walk, Beffe
Dinner!
Beautiful view..
Cows.. we saw lots of them!
At our first B&B.. a nice chair and a bone :)
Hike 1.. BF and Tillo looking at the cows
Tillo hunting in the forrest..
BF + Tillo + view :)
Tillo wonders if we really have to go through the water…..
Now I'm all MUDDY!! :eek:
We have to go this way!
BF
Tillo posing after his leash got stuck in the bushes..
We arrived at B&B #2, a castle farm
Hurry up with that pic, it's cold!
Hike 2.. Tillo demands a pic
Fake goose :D
Time for Tillo's breakfast
..Beef.. ;)
Power nap!
Are you sure this is the right direction?
B&B 3. Tillo could keep an eye on the road from his window.
Hike 3.. Tillo, Bag and I ;)
Lunch break.. it was sooo cold..
B&B 4. Dogs were allowed to walk loose in the house and in the fenced garden. The owners had three dogs as well.
Tillo found a nice chair to sleep on.
Hike 4..
Tillo found water
birds… squirrels..
'Miss' Tillo isn't planning to get his butt dirty…..
We were in a very Catholic region with lots of churches, chappels and crosses.
B&B 5, looking good!
Hike 5.. Tillo paying attention to the water under him
At times I was sooo happy Tillo was leashed… little hunter..
Time and space (and energy?!) for a B500
With BF
We lost the road.. Tillo waiting for us to make a decision..
Lunch break.. Tillo found a 'sunny' spot
With BF
Of course we brought his blanket..
B&B 6
Hike 6, La Roche
l'Ourthe
Crossing water…
Tillo waiting for us..
Tillo got stung by something.. He felt really bad for a while..
We stayed an extra night at the B&B where dogs were allowed to walk loose. The owner made a nice pic of the three of us..
And one of Tillo
And we visited Hotton on our last day in Belgium. There was a dog shop with a lot of chihuahua clothes, special princess beds etc.. including Paris Hilton look a like owners ;) Really fun to see :)
And almost home!
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thank you for the virtual hike. i have a belgian malinois, that's the closest i've come to belgium. (well that and new belgium beers, but they are made here in colorado)
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The "not getting his butt dirty" picture made me LOL. I enjoyed the whole adventure, too. Thanks for sharing.
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great pictures - it looks like it was a fantastic holiday. The scenery looks very like here in Scotland - only not quite so wet.:)
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Thanks for all the kind comments :)
Beautiful pics and beautiful landscape! I just love Europe :D.
After that 6 days Tillo must be a very tired. How long he was sleeping? :D.Yeah, I love Europe too :) Especially the fact that it's easy to bring your dog with you on vacation.
Tillo slept a lot. As soon as we arrived at a B&B he would sleep almost immediately untill the next morning. He would only wake up for his dinner.. and ours ;) :DWhat an amazing holiday. Beautiful photos, looks like you all had fun. Mine, even when younger, would have had to have a rest day every other day!
Well.. after the third day we really needed a day rest too.. Lucky for us the fourth hike was only 5 hours. We did make sure that we had a 20-30 min break for Tillo's breakfast (he ate after a 2 hour walk) and a good hour for our lunch, so Tillo could do a power nap.
The "not getting his butt dirty" picture made me LOL. I enjoyed the whole adventure, too. Thanks for sharing.
Tillo is awful with wet grass etc.. So every morning when we stept out of the B&B he would do nr 1 and nr 2 and look at us like.. ok.. we can go back to bed now.. He really needed to be convinced to walk further ;) After 10 min he would be ok though.
great pictures - it looks like it was a fantastic holiday. The scenery looks very like here in Scotland - only not quite so wet.:)
We were first planning to go to Scotland.. Now we're thinking about going next year, maybe with a camper or something like that.. or we'll have to find some nice dog friendly accomodations. (if you know anything… ;)
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Wonderful pictures, as always - the views are amazing. The picture of the three of you is a really nice one - both your guys are "hunks!" How great it is that you can take hiking trips like that with Tillo.
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Great pics Janneke!!!!
We wanted to go to the Ardennen a few months ago, but we wanted to wait untill Ryan is a bit older!!!
After I saw your pics I really want to go next year!It's beautiful there. But I wouldn't recommend these hikes with a baby… :eek: ;) I already had to carry Tillo at times when he couldn't walk on the path because of all the bushes.. And that's HEAVY ;)
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Looks like you all had a great time, what beautiful scenery. The b+b that let Dogs roam loose sounds realy good.
I love the pic of Tillo sitting on your bf trainer , they are such wimps when it's wet (Basenjis i mean not men ;) ) -
It's beautiful there. But I wouldn't recommend these hikes with a baby… :eek: ;) I already had to carry Tillo at times when he couldn't walk on the path because of all the bushes.. And that's HEAVY ;)
haha Thanks for the tip!
We wanted to rent a little cottage and explore from that point ;)
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We were first planning to go to Scotland.. Now we're thinking about going next year, maybe with a camper or something like that.. or we'll have to find some nice dog friendly accomodations. (if you know anything… ;)
No problem Janneke - just let me know when your coming over and where you want to visit and i will help out - Scotland has lots of dog friendly cottages or B&Bs to stay at - probably easiest to contact me via Facebook. With all the travelling we do to shows i am the king of finding dog friendly accomodation.:D
Scott.
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The "not getting his butt dirty" picture made me LOL.
That is my favourite picture too! :) I love how you guys pick up Tillo a lot. It looks like he totally loves it! Once again, Tillo takes some great pictures. Very nice family photo as well. I'd frame that one and have it on a desk or something.
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That is my favourite picture too! :) I love how you guys pick up Tillo a lot. It looks like he totally loves it! Once again, Tillo takes some great pictures. Very nice family photo as well. I'd frame that one and have it on a desk or something.
Tillo LOVES to be carried around. When he has to go outside for his last pee before we go to bed, I always carry him out of the house. He just refuses to walk by himself :rolleyes: I also have to carry him upstairs.. I ask him "are we going to bed?" and he will run to the stairs and put his front legs as high as possible.. so cute ;)
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Janneke, what a wonderful vacation.. the company (Lovely BF, BFF = Tillo), the scenery and all that happy peaceful, quiet solitude..nice!! Wonderful pictures, I love the one of Tillo sitting on a shoe and lots of the other ones as well.
Thank you so much for sharing, felt like I was home in Sweden, looking at all your pictures.
