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(Warning: non-business post coming! Yes, I know, we are not on Facebook.)
5 years ago, I went to Venice with my family, our dog and a chicken.
Yes, a chicken 🐣.
You see, we had several chickens and one of them was sitting on eggs. A couple of days before the eggs were going to hatch, the event that all chickenkeepers know and dread happened: the fox came and killed them all.
I knew the eggs were supposed to hatch soon, so I put them in an incubator and out came this little chick, Goldie.
The problem was that we were about to go on holiday to Venice and what were we supposed to do with this parentless chick?
So, we decided that the only solution was to take Goldie with us.
It was beginning of July 2020 - I think you all remember that time #covid19, and #Venice was deserted. It was one of the most memorable holidays ever, not only because we got to enjoy Venice without the cruise ships clogging the harbour and throngs of tourists in the narrow streets, but also because Goldie enjoyed Venice with us.
I thought I'd post this because it's holiday season and 𝗜'𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀. (𝗔𝗺 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻?)
(In case you're wondering, Goldie had to go home and live a chicken life with our new chickens. Whenever I went to feed them, she used to pull my clothes and stare at me like she was asking, "Hello? Why am I here with these chickens??"
Unfortunately, the fox eventually came for Goldie a few years later, but I think we can say she lived her #bestlife until then.)
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4 months ago
This made me laugh out loud Catherine!! How lovely! A story in reverse, I once accidentally brought back a lizard from Thailand in my case to Amsterdam. It was, sadly, deceased upon arrival. Not as amazing as your story but thought I would throw this into the ring!