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<\/a>Click to see a larger version<\/p>\nWe ended up sorting out the following plan. \u00a0We would go to my in-laws and stay in a cottage owned by their friends that live up the road, as this would allow us to get our dogs away from each other if they didn’t like each other… and boy didn’t they! Well, that’s a lie. My in-laws dogs liked ours just fine, it was Bailey that acted like a jerk. \u00a0So, in the end we were glad to have somewhere to separate them, for all of our sanity! \u00a0Don’t feel bad for our dogs, though. \u00a0They had three weeks of not sleeping in their crates at night and they were happy to lay on my mother-in-law’s furry sofa pillows (when she wasn’t winning them over with bits of bread!). \u00a0They hardly suffered, trust me…<\/p>\n
In the weeks before and after that cottage, we’d book ourselves relaxing places to stay. \u00a0It was wonderful! \u00a0Our first cottage was in Limousin, France. \u00a0A two bedroom cottage in a row of three which have been beautifully renovated by a British couple who just started renting them out this year. \u00a0The second, as I mentioned, the one up the road from my in-laws, and the third week brought us back for another visit to\u00a0Rensiwez<\/a>\u00a0(in the Belgian Ardennes)\u00a0where we stayed in one of their newly built cabins. \u00a0Once again, escaping the madness of Rotterdam on New Years Eve!<\/p>\n It was wonderful to see family during the holidays, even though I just realized we didn’t even take any photos! \u00a0Me! Not taking photos… what\u00a0is<\/em> this world coming to? \u00a0Anyway,\u00a0I just can’t believe it has gone by so quickly. \u00a0It seems like the holidays went by in the blink of an eye this year and I’m still trying to come to grips with the fact that it’s 2016 already!<\/p>\n