Daisy's big Travel Day

Today was Daisy's big Travel Day...at least from my point of view (Middle-European Standard Time). When I got up this morning the first thing I did was to check on the progress of Daisy's flight. At that time she was halfway across the Atlantic, a little east of Greenland. I still had to go out and run some errands to get everything ready for Daisy's arrival. Since that was not going to happen till the evening, there was no rush. By the time I left to run errands, Daisy's flight was just entering the airspace over Ireland. 
I had planed to check 2 stores for Doggy supplies: Dehner and Fressnapf. First up was Fressnapf since they had a very good selection according to their website. I had to get dog food, food bowls, snacks and a doggy bed. Well I found everything I was looking for at Fressnapf. I even got a second 10 foot training leash, that I intend to use for hiking with Daisy. All in all I spent about 150 bucks. I probably could have saved a couple of bucks by getting some of the supplies at Dehner or by buying a no-name items. Considering the gas I use just for the driving back and forth, the savings wouldn't have been that substantial...and I really didn't want to go for no-name dog food and I even managed to find the brand Daisy was eating back in the States. So I was quite OK with the amount I spent. As soon as I got back home I checked on Daisy's flight and got the confirmation, that she had landed in Frankfurt/Germany. 
I knew she was going to have a 5 1/2 hour layover so there was enough time to completely set up Daisy's "new" place. I tried to figure out the flight number of Daisy's connecting flight to Vienna, but wasn't quite that successful with that. There were 2 Lufthansa flights, that she could take to Vienna. So I emailed Kenny, but he wasn't sure about the exact flight number either. So I sent an email to my PetRelocation specialist. 30 minutes later I got the flight number also the confirmation, that Daisy was on that flight. About 1 hour later she landed in Viennna/Austria. I knew she had go be picked up by the Austrian partner company of PetRelocation, called Animals First. They have go clear passport control with her and then they need to get clearance from to Austrian Veterinarian Authorities in order to proceed an further. How long that was going to take was anyone's guess at that moment. 
That gave me time to hang out with my friend Sandra at the local Inn/Pub, as she was going to leave the next day on her vacation to Turkey. Around 9 pm I walked over to my parents again to wait for Daisy's arrival. 
When I set up Daisy's Travel Plans about 4 month ago, PetRelocation estimated that Daisy would be delivered by 10 or 10.30 pm. At 9 pm I mailed my PetRelocation specialist to confirm that the original delivery time was still the right one. 10 minutes later the door bell rang and the guys from Animals First were there to deliver Daisy. I went outside and as soon as Daisy saw me she went nuts. She was totally excited, jumping up on me, giving tons of doggy kisses and was absolutely excited to see me. I chatted with the guys of Animals First for a little while and got also some advice to get a EU-Pet Passport if I intend to travel with Daisy within the EU. 
After that Daisy met my parents and she definitely remembered my mom, as she had spent some time with her back in April. Daisy wasn't too sure what to make of my Dad. That has nothing really to do with my dad, has more to do with the fact, that Daisy has a way harder time getting used to guys. With guys it takes her always way longer to warm up to them than with women. Then she had time to eat and drink, since she hadn't eaten all day long...and boy that dog was certainly hungry!
After that my friend Sandra and her husband came over to meet Daisy and Sandra thought that Daisy would be bigger than she actually is. Daisy was fine with Sandra and with her husband Walter, she showed the exact same reaction as with my dad. Several people from the local Inn/Pub wanted to meet Daisy as well and  I was willing to give it a try. First she met the innkeepers Dalmatian...and after a few tense moments they pretty much ignored each other. As the evening went on the slowly warmed up to each other. They're not BFF's but they did socialize with each other. Of course several of the women paid close wanted to pet Daisy and she let it happen and of course with petting come goodies...and she definitely loved those. It really didn't take Daisy long to get used go the place, mostly because I was just 1 or 2 feet away. In under one hour she felt so comfy that she actually fell asleep under the table.
Shortly before midnight Sandra, Walter and I said good bye and I took Daisy for a final walk and then showed her my parents place. As soon as she show the doggy bed she laid down on it and chilled out for the rest of the night. This concludes the big Travel Day of Daisy 'the Globetrotter'.