{"id":995,"date":"2012-07-17T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/?p=995"},"modified":"2012-07-17T18:27:43","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T17:27:43","slug":"children-travel-heckery-dekkery-dot-travel-game-postcards-for-children-presents-rufus-big-ruff-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/?p=995","title":{"rendered":"Children . . . Travel? Heckery Dekkery Dot Travel Game Postcards for Children presents Rufus\u2019 Big Ruff Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever gone on a boat ride? Rufus was really excited!\u00a0 He was going on a big six-hour boat ride down the Lahn River, down the Rhine River, and then up the Mosel River and back again! <\/strong><\/p>\n

“BOW WOW”<\/strong>!<\/em>\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

First, though, Rufus had to ride in a car to get to the boat which he planned to board in Bad Ems<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Rufus is very well behaved in the car.\u00a0 He sleeps a lot so he had his travel bed with him,<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>and he had a cozy cushion, too. Furthermore, he took a few play things with him just in case he got a bit rowdy!\u00a0 And, he remembered to wear his seatbelt, too! Do you?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It was a rather long car ride, but Rufus finally arrived in Bad Ems! And, as you can see it was raining!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>He got out of the car, stretched his legs,<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>and then after a few pats on the head from admiring passersby, he headed for the boat.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Uh oh!\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>What could that sign mean?\u00a0 It was in German, and since Rufus was just beginning to understand German, he wasn\u2019t sure that he could believe his eys! Rufus is learning both English and German.\u00a0 He will be a bilingual dog!<\/em>\u00a0 Anyway, since there had been so much rain the past several days, the captain was afraid that the boat might get stuck under the bridges so the boat trip was cancelled due to high water!\u00a0 Rufus had to change his plans.\u00a0 Ruff!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

After lunch at an Italian restaurant where Rufus was very well received, Rufus decided to continue by car to Koblenz<\/em><\/strong>. There, after some personal business and a short stroll to the Deutsches Eck<\/strong><\/em> where the Rhine and the Mosel come together, Rufus climbed to the top of the Monument<\/strong><\/em> <\/em>to Kaiser Wilhelm I <\/strong>(Emperor <\/em>William<\/em>)<\/em> for a look around.<\/p>\n

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\n\"\"<\/a>Afterwards, he settled for a shorter boat ride.\u00a0 One hour on the Rhine and the Mosel was long enough for a small puppy such as Rufus!<\/p>\n

Do you know what country Rufus was visiting?\u00a0 Very Good!\u00a0 He was visiting Germany!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 And, he loved every minute of getting to know more about the world around him because everyone WINS<\/strong> <\/em>when that happens!<\/p>\n

Here are some sites that Rufus saw on his big day!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Spa Hotel in Bad Ems<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Roman well<\/em><\/strong>ness<\/em> well in front of the spa hotel . . .
\nRufus thought it would look very nice in front of his dog house back home!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here is Rufus with some of the people on the boat . . .<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Rufus made new friends very easily with people from all over the world!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Captain<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The funicular<\/a><\/strong><\/em> which crosses over the Rhine River
\nand climbs to Ehrenbreitstein Fortress<\/em><\/strong> . . .
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

The Captain told Rufus that Ehrenbreitstein Fortress<\/em><\/strong> is the second biggest fortress in the world after Gibraltar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Rufus wanted to play with them!
\nNo, Rufus, No!<\/strong>
\nHe really likes cards!\u00a0 They taste so good!
\n\u201cPlease pardon me\u201d, howled Rufus!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Rufus saw a swan swimmig on the Mosel . . .<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>and more swans . . .<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Rufus got so excited when he saw this sign that he started to dance around!
\nThen he remembered that he doesn\u2019t know how to water ski yet!
\nFurthermore, he has no skis and, fortunately, no fleas!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The old city of Koblenz from the boat . . .<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This looked like fun, too!\u00a0 Another time, Rufus!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Back again!\u00a0 Rufus spotted the Deutsches Eck<\/em><\/strong> through the window . . .<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A fitting end – Dinner in a nice restaurant
\nwith some of the visitors from the USA who were traveling with Rufus . . .<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Chillaxin<\/em> back at home!\u00a0 What a Big Ruff Day!
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 NEXT Rufus will visit Th\u00fcringer<\/em><\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>Wald.\u00a0 He\u2019s a travelin\u2019 dog!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Until next time then,<\/p>\n

Rufus<\/strong>
\nYour<\/em> Heckery Dekkery Dog <\/em><\/strong>reporter at large . . . .
\nifuwerehere<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever gone on a boat ride? Rufus was really excited!\u00a0 He was going on a big six-hour boat ride down the Lahn River, down the Rhine River, and then up the Mosel River and back again! “BOW WOW”!\u00a0 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,92,12,16,18,33,34,37,38,40,1],"tags":[49,162,54,55,57,62,63,87,64,67,68,164,165],"class_list":["post-995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-children-2","category-deutsches-eck","category-education","category-family-2","category-fun-2","category-postcards","category-relatives","category-travel-2","category-travel-game","category-travel-postcards","category-uncategorized","tag-children","tag-education","tag-family","tag-fun","tag-grandparents","tag-parents","tag-postcards-2","tag-real-mail-2","tag-real-postcards","tag-snail-mail","tag-travel","tag-travel-game","tag-vacation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2aBmz-g3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=995"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1030,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995\/revisions\/1030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}