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I gave Jill a puppy last Christmas; a mix of miniature poodle and miniature schnauzer. A black, fluffy joyful little guy who is now a bit over 1 year old. He is 16 pounds of gentle and sporting small dog with a big dog personality.
His name is Truffle.
As a young puppy and prior to puppy school, Truffle exhibited his unbounded happiness and excitement by getting up on his hind legs and pawing against the legs of the one who was the target of his exuberance. As training continued, he learned to quickly stop his pawing when told, “Truffle off”
The day before departure for Camino Ingles, at the airports, on the airliner, at Frankfurt, Madrid, and Ferrol, Jill was a bundle of excitement which kept growing. I grinned every time I was poked to share the newest “ooh” and “ahhh” moment Jill was experiencing. New to both Europe AND Camino, finally experiencing her dream bucket list wish, it was understandable the level of joy, happiness, and emotion that Jill was going through.
At Ferrol, it suddenly hit me. As Jill shook my shoulder as we stood next to the Camino Ingles monument marker, I smiled and said, “Off Truffle”.
While looking at me with a look of puzzlement, I told here that she reminded me of how Truffle expressed HIS joy as a pup and how we dealt with it. After a moment, Jill started laughing hard and exclaimed, “How true, I am a Truffle”.
So we decided to adopt aa term for unrestrained excitement by either of us: Truffling. It’s become a little endearing joke between the two of us as we continue our Europe road trip since finishing the Ingles. “Hey, Jill/Dave, you’re Truffling”.
I will post more of our Camino Ingles pilgrimage after we get home on the 9th. Right now, as I sit in our AirBnB, after driving into Mittenwald, Germany this afternoon, I am finding it difficult to carve time out of the day in order to do much of any real posting on the Forum.
I will happily give more detail on Camino Ingles when we finally arrive home.
And for those who have driven in Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Lichtenstein, and Germany, any votes on which country has the worst drivers and anarchy rules the road? And yes, I have prior extensive driving experience in Europe before THIS trip.
His name is Truffle.
As a young puppy and prior to puppy school, Truffle exhibited his unbounded happiness and excitement by getting up on his hind legs and pawing against the legs of the one who was the target of his exuberance. As training continued, he learned to quickly stop his pawing when told, “Truffle off”
The day before departure for Camino Ingles, at the airports, on the airliner, at Frankfurt, Madrid, and Ferrol, Jill was a bundle of excitement which kept growing. I grinned every time I was poked to share the newest “ooh” and “ahhh” moment Jill was experiencing. New to both Europe AND Camino, finally experiencing her dream bucket list wish, it was understandable the level of joy, happiness, and emotion that Jill was going through.
At Ferrol, it suddenly hit me. As Jill shook my shoulder as we stood next to the Camino Ingles monument marker, I smiled and said, “Off Truffle”.
While looking at me with a look of puzzlement, I told here that she reminded me of how Truffle expressed HIS joy as a pup and how we dealt with it. After a moment, Jill started laughing hard and exclaimed, “How true, I am a Truffle”.
So we decided to adopt aa term for unrestrained excitement by either of us: Truffling. It’s become a little endearing joke between the two of us as we continue our Europe road trip since finishing the Ingles. “Hey, Jill/Dave, you’re Truffling”.
I will post more of our Camino Ingles pilgrimage after we get home on the 9th. Right now, as I sit in our AirBnB, after driving into Mittenwald, Germany this afternoon, I am finding it difficult to carve time out of the day in order to do much of any real posting on the Forum.
I will happily give more detail on Camino Ingles when we finally arrive home.
And for those who have driven in Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Lichtenstein, and Germany, any votes on which country has the worst drivers and anarchy rules the road? And yes, I have prior extensive driving experience in Europe before THIS trip.