Pushing our Luck ?

After many rainy weeks, we've experienced a scorching

hot day today - a far too sudden change in the weather which leaves one

feeling somewhat like a deflated balloon.

We decided to take a stroll along the Rhine river and perhaps we could

enjoy a little cool breeze while we're at it. No such luck !!!

Strangely enough we hardly saw a living soul sitting along the river's

edge, normally the river banks are jam packed with people trying to

catch a Summer tan.

I still can't believe how the entire area could be so deserted, even the

guy who sells ice-cream on the grassy path alongside the river was nowhere

to be seen.

Poor ol' Fuji was so busy drooling away, and I doubt very much if she

enjoyed the walk at all.

We headed in another direction and came across a park, the large trees looked

very tempting, so we walked in despite the warning signs NO DOGS ALLOWED!

It was indeed very cool and pleasant and I wasn't sorry that we behaved

as bold as brass and marched right in.

All along the way I had this niggling worry that at any moment we would

be stopped in our tracks by a local policeman who was going to issue us with

a juicy fine for bringing a canine into the park

Instead of a "copper", we spotted this giant of a man watching us from behind

the trees.

He didn't complain, and he didn't fine us for breaking the rules - in fact

I doubt if he minded at all.