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Dog jaunt: A walk along Paris’s Promenade Plantée
Before New York’s High Line, there was Paris’s Promenade Plantée (also known as the “Coulée Verte”). This elevated park, built on an abandoned railway viaduct, runs from just behind the Place de la...
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Dog jaunt: A walk around Vancouver’s Granville Island and False Creek
I arrived in Vancouver too late to go to the Saturday sessions of the travel bloggers’ conference I’d driven north for, so I dropped off our gear and Chloe and I headed out on foot. We were staying in...
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Reader’s report: Tips from a trip to the Bahamas
Amanda, a loyal Dog Jaunt reader, spends part of every year in the Bahamas. This year, for the first time, she and her husband took Wrigley, their 18 month-old Chihuahua/Jack Russell mix with them....
View ArticleWhen in Rome: Gelato for dogs, and where to find it
In this week’s Chloe’s Clicks, I included a link to a Washington Post story and video about canine gelato (no eggs, milk or sugar) that’s being sold in Rome (currently experiencing temps in the low...
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Five European castles: Which are dog-friendly?
Scrolling through the BBC’s recent travel articles, my eye was caught by a Lonely Planet guest post entitled “Five European castles to stay in.” The list included a frothy Loire Valley château, a sober...
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Reader’s report: Scoop law sign from Amsterdam, and living with a pet in the...
Reader Melissa kindly sent me this shot from, I think, Amsterdam (you’ll see why I think that in a moment): “Niet op de stoep” means, I now know, “not on the sidewalk” in Dutch. You see similar...
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Reader’s report: Welcome sign from Lucca, and a useful resource for dog...
This post was triggered by one of the many great signs reader Gail sent to me from Lucca, Italy while she and her husband and Puccini, their Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, were living there this...
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Photo Friday: Chloe at the Parc des Buttes Chaumont
I’d been looking forward to visiting the Parc des Buttes Chaumont, in Paris’ 19th arrondissement, because it’s one of the few parks in the city that welcomes dogs — and by that I mean that dogs are...
View ArticlePet policies of the Loire Valley châteaux; map of dog-friendly châteaux
This post was inspired by a chat with reader Jenna, who gave me breakfast just before she and Tara, her French Bulldog, left Paris for the Loire Valley. A tremendous researcher, she had created a...
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Pet policies of the castles, gardens and palaces along Castle Road...
Just over a month ago, I posted a list of all the châteaux in the Loire Valley and provided what information I could gather about their pet policies. But what if you’re headed to Germany or the Czech...
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Irish Landmark Trust: Dog-friendly vacation rentals with history and charm
Can you tell that I’m already making plans for our next vacation? Back in 2009 I pointed you towards Landmark Trust and National Trust vacation rental properties in the U.K. (and elsewhere, including,...
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Photo Friday: Chloe taking the waters at Royal Tunbridge Wells
We ended our recent vacation in Paris with a trip to England. Our main goal was to cross the Chunnel in both directions with a pet dog, so we earmarked only a week for the jaunt — not long enough,...
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Dog jaunt: Another piece of Vancouver B.C.’s seawall, then back by bus
I finally fell in love with Vancouver, B.C. in 2011, when Chloe and I came to town on our own for a travel bloggers’ conference. A born introvert, I skipped the beginning of the conference for a ferry...
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Vancouver, B.C. public transit with a pet: Sightseeing by bus, SkyTrain, and...
My grandfather, an otherwise elegant man, was a devoted fan of sightseeing buses. He acknowledged their faults, but insisted that there is no better way to get an overview of a new city, its history,...
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Dog jaunt: Stroll up Paris’s Île aux Cygnes
This was the last long walk we took before we left Paris last fall, and it was a perfect way to say good-bye to the city. The Île aux Cygnes (“Isle of the Swans” — nope, we didn’t see a single one) is...
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Reader’s report: Sabine and Zadig’s favorite dog-friendly French châteaux
Sabine not only reads Dog Jaunt, bless her, but she also writes a delightful dog travel blog of her own, called Zadigloves and featuring Zadig, her young Westie. We’ve corresponded for years (Sabine...
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