TAKE OFF DAY!

                OCEANA LUNA IS WONDERING...
" ARE WE REALLY GOING TO PAREE AND ITALIA " ???  AN ADVENTURE WITHOUT A SCRIPT??   MEOW!!! 

IT IS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE IN SPELLO FOR FOUR DAYS. SOOOOOO MANY ADVENTURES ALONG THE WAY!!!!  LET ME START WITH THE DAY BEFORE TAKE OFF......

                SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2013 AND IT IS 11:47PM...AND POURING RAIN AS WE CLOSE UP OUR CAPITOLA HOME AND HEAD OFF TO THE WESTIN HOTEL AT THE AIRPORT. OUR HOME IS SPOTLESS FOR LARRY'S MOM AND WE BLESS IT KNOWING SHE WILL HAVE A FABULOUS TIME IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER AND FALL OUR DREAM HAS BEEN TO LIVE IN SPELLO AND HER'S HAS BEEN TO LIVE IN CAPITOLA BY THE SEA, SO THIS IS REALLY A WIN-WIN EVENT!!


               WE DRIVE THROUGH A HUGE STORM AND 280 HAS LOTS OF TREE BRANCHES ALL OVER THE ROAD. THANKFULLY, OCEANA LUNA IS FAST ASLEEP IN HER ' SLEEPY POD' AND WE FINALLY ARRIVE AT 12:45AM...AND THEY HAVE ONE SANDWICH LEFT FOR TWO STARVING TRAVELERS!!! LARRY IN HIS WISDOM BROUGHT SOME BEERS AND SOME NUTS SO WE CRASHED AT 2:30AM  TOO TIRED TO ACTUAL REALIZE WE WERE, TRULY, TO EMBARK ON AN ADVENTURE WITHOUT A SCRIPT!!!

  TAKE OFF DAY HAS ARRIVED! WE CLIMB INTO THE HOTELS MINI VAN, AS WE HAVE 50 LBS OF CAT FOOD FOR OCEANA LUNA'S SPECIAL DIET, NOT AVAILABLE IN FRANCE OR ITALY, AS WELL AS OUR LUGGAGE AND CARRY ON'S. OCEANA LUNA IS QUIET IN HER SOFT CARRIER AND HER EYES ARE THE SIZE OF BIG EMERALDS AS SHE WITNESSES MORE PEOPLE THAT SHE HAS EVER SEEN IN HER 10 YEARS!!! WE HAVE TO GO TO A SPECIAL LINE TO PAY FOR OUR OVERWEIGHT
PIECES AND THEN TO THE SECURITY...YIKES!!! LARRY HAS OCEANA LUNA IN HIS ARMS, AS SHE IS NOT TO GO THROUGH THE XRAY MACHINE....HE HAS HER LEASH ATTACHED TO HER COLLAR, AND THEY ASK HIM TO REMOVE THE LEASH. ( CAN A BOMB BE IN A LEASH???) WELL,
AS HE IS TRYING TO HOLD ON TO HER, SHE NOW IS VERY NERVOUS AND BEWILDERED, THEY ALSO ASK HIM TO TAKE OFF HIS SOFT COTTON BELT ( HE AVOIDED ANY METAL BELT )...I AM OBSERVING THIS FROM THE OTHER SIDE, AND LOW AND BEHOLD HIS PANTS START TO FALL DOWN!!! WHEN, THANK GOD, THEY LET HIM PASS THROUGH. WHAT A SIGHT TO BEHOLD...OCEANA LUNA FREAKED, BUT LARRY MORE SO!!! AT LAST, HE GETS HIS SHOES BACK ON AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SEE A LITTLE CAT'S HEAD EMERGING FROM THE CARRIER!!! POOR OCEANA LUNA GETS ' STUFFED ' BACK IN AND WE MAKE IT ON TO THE PLANE. WHEW!!!
THIS AMAZING LITTLE CREATURE DOES NOT MAKE A PEEP FOR THE NEST 14 HOURS!!!!!!!!
UNDER LARRY'S SEAT, SHE CAN SEE US AND DECIDES THIS WHOLE EVENT REQUIRES HER TO ESCAPE WITH A LONGGGGG SLEEP...WE CELEBRATE THE UNIMAGINABLE LAST TWO DAYS WITH A FEW GIN AND TONICS, A TASTY AIR FRANCE DINNER AND AT LAST, SOME GOOD SLEEP!  WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO PARIS!!!

AFTER ALL THE WEEKS GETTING DOCUMENTATION THAT THE LUGGAGE FULL OF CAT FOOD IS NEEDED , WE WALK THROUGH TO GET OUR LUGGAGE AND OUT THE DOOR WITH NO ONE STOPPING US????!!!! IT IS A SUNNY DAY AND WE FIND THE TAXI STAND AND A VAN TO TAKE US TO THE HYATT REGENCY. CHECK IN IS QUICK AND THE ROOM LOVELY. WE FINALLY! LET OCEANA LUNA  O-U-T  OF THAT CARRIER AND SHE IS, AS USUAL, CHECKING OUT THE BATHTUB---WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE IN OUR CAPITOLA HOME---OBSERVING ALL THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE SUCH A LONG TRIP WORTHWHILE...FROM A CAT'S POINT OF VIEW!  HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF OUR FIRST DAYS----AN ADVENTURE! WITHOUT A SCRIPT...




 SO MANY CLOTHES EVERYWHERE!!! WHAT WILL SHE CHOOSE???
BEST I STAY QUIET IN THE BOX...AND WATCH!!!!!

 
HERE I AM UNDERNEATH THE SEAT OF AN AIR FRANCE PLANE!!! I WAS NOT SCARED AND AFTER A FEW TREATS AND LARRY
PETTING MY CHEEK, I FELT SAFE AND SLEPT THE WHOLE WAY TO PAREEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF US ARRIVING AT THE SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT! ARE WE EXCITED OR WHAT????!!!!!!