Hamster Dancin' Around the World

I'm a very happy bunny! Looks like Penny will be joining me on a trip to India in August.

That sounds like a fab trip Barry. looking forward to the sights and sounds of the subcontinent.

I'm wondering if any of the Oz A2kers could pick up Penny from you.
I wont see you until we are due to fly out although I'd love to see Penny again and take some pics around London. Margo and Dlowan are possibles.

Vauge dates and locations
DP, August. England, Scotland, Sweden, Germany
Margo, Sept. Scotland.
Dlowan. England, Scotland, Germany and France in September. Oct. United States.

Hi DP (and Mumpad),if Penny arrives in London (depending on the Dartmore blond ) and if Sozlet sayes it's ok,I will hand her over to you on Saturday August 21st.PM me with your final UK details.

I was wondering where Penny had vanished to, Barry!

So she's enjoying your spring for the time being?

I'll probably drop in on the Dartmoor blonde (won't she be surprised!) as I'm heading that way and further south, about last week of September.

In London, or nearby, from 24 September, visiting friends. Where's G these days?

Yay - and she will be ready with the kettle on, a cuppa tea and a Devonshire Cream Tea:P


Planning on being in London for the Penny handover to the Pads too! Let's see who else we can get there... you hoooooo POMcTag!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FQ may be able to pop down too.

Penny will be visiting London in June (fingers crossed) and will stay with Bazza and the Fredster until she is whisked away on a plane to India to hopefully meet up with MaMaVerby, hubby and Baby H-Boy - she's getting very excited about her upcoming travels.

I suggest Penny stay in London or back to Izzie after the subcontinent. We do dont hit London until the day before we fly home.
If Penny stays in England Margo can maybe take her some places in September.
Looking forward to meeting the bubbly Izzie

These latest plans sound excellent. Penny gets bored if she is not traveling.

Thanks for asking! Sozlet says that's fine.

India sounds wonderful!

Hi Barry! I liked spending time with you, too. Hi Izzie! You've been a wonderful hostess; and I really enjoyed those pictures you made of me. I look very good in them, thanks!

Just one correction: You're way too friendly with this Thomas dude. I mean, it's been almost a year now since Dasha sent me home from Cambodia, and since Dasha's friend Kris foolishly entrusted me to the "caring" (cough, cough) hands of Thomas. But did he ever post pictures??? That's right -- he didn't.

And I helped him so much from the very beginning! See? Here's me reading his GPS, because he wouldn't find his way home from Boston without it.



And did he show me New York? Kinda. But, he took me to a graveyard. Sure, the sculptures were very artsy. But who wants to send home New York pictures from a grave yard? Certainly, not me. Anyway, the picture is made so here goes ....



As my friend ehBeth would say, pretty morbid, eh?

Speaking of ehBeth -- Thomas took me with him when he visited her later that year. But again, he was too lazy to take any pictures, so I had to do it myself. For example, here's a portrait I made of my friend Cleo. She says hi to Sozlet, who has met her too I think. Can you see how happy she was to see me again?



... and here's Cleo's boyfriend Bailey, pretending not to care about me.



Anyway, on the way back from Toronto to New Jersey, we stopped by the Niagara Falls. More about that later. For now, I'll leave you with my obligatory mug shot.



More later. For now, I have adventures in England to attend to!

One thing you may not know about Niagara Falls is that there's a really cool bridge there, connecting Canada with the USA. Here's me explaining the history of the bridge to Thomas



Here's a shot of that bridge from underneath ...



... and another one ...



... and the falls, as seen through the bridge...



... a procession of tourists to the ferry ...



... and to conclude the Niagara falls part, another mugshot of yours truly.

Penny,Re forwarding plans.dadpad and margo have met you before so,hows about hanging out in Greenwich until someone books you a ticket?

It's a pity I'm not stopping on my way through to Scotland - well - a couple of hours between flights is all.

Perhaps you could post her to my friends - then she could see some of Scotland - I'm going to look for the Loch Ness monster! And the Jacobite railway (Harry Potter train!)

Annette Kelly is a personal friend of Dadpad's that would like to host Penny in Australia. Maybe Penny could friend her on facebook and have a chat.

margo,monster hunting sounds fun .I'm sure Penny would enjoy that!

Penny arrived Chez Moi on Saturday but as I am working,she had to find her own way around my home....

Meeting The Fredster....


Getting to know the locals....


Oops! I told her not to go up there....


Seeing as tonight is my last night at work before we jet off,I'm gonna take Penny with me to meet some of the guys.More pics to follow.
Laters.

Fredster looks wonderfully bored. ("Yes. There is a large hamster right next to me. What exactly do you expect me to do about it? I'd really rather nap, 'K?") He has a great face.

Thanks for the photos! Good to see Penny.

The best part of traveling around the world is meeting people from other cultures.

Still working on getting Penny to Scotland.

Nice looking cat you got there Barry, but I would say he's trying real hard to look patient.