Luna the Parisian Pug

Luna has now lived almost two months of her life in Paris. She even has a European Union Passport and is officially a Parisian pug, or carline as a female pug is called in France. She is very patient for photo shoots in her Parisian outfit complete with beret. 

Luna with Kate's friend Kaylee

View of Tour Eiffel from Champ de Mars

Kate and Luna

Kate and Luna Tour Eiffel view
from Trocadero

Ooh la la!

True Parisian

And Luna is very patient for selfies.

Luna loves to hop in her carrier bag and ride with us on the bus to explore Paris.

Luna leaving the apartment
in her carrier

Riding the 86 bus with
Kelly and Kate

She even entertains us while we wait at the bus stop, content to wait in her carrier. All dogs must be in a bag to ride the bus.

Patiently waiting for the bus home

She loves to get out in the neighborhood and meet other dogs. The Frenchies are her favorites. Yesterday we saw one who looked just like her cousin Penelope.

On the apartment building stairs

Making friends with a Frenchie

Roaming the neighborhood

Dog kisses

Pug to Pug

Penelope's twin in Paris

Rue Cler

Beagle on the rue Cler

Luna loves whipped cream. Whenever she hears the beaters going, she thinks we are making whipped cream for her. I made chocolate chip cookies this week and she tried to reach the beaters up on the counter.

Reaching for the beaters

Chilling in the living room

Luna with her snaggletooth hiding
from us under the dining table so
she doesn't have to go in her crate

Yesterday we took our favorite bus, the 86, over to Odéon at Boulevard Saint Germain for a crêpe at our favorite stand and walked towards the Seine.

Cheese crêpe 

We stopped to listen to the music at the big fountain at Saint Michel.

We walked over the bridge to Île de la Cité to Place Dauphine. Usually, this a quiet little square (actually, it is shaped more like a triangle) at the western tip of Île de la Cité. But it was Easter Monday, a holiday in France, and the place was full of families and groups of people, many of whom were playing boules, pétanque, or bocce ball, whatever you want to call in French or Italian. The chestnut trees were blooming and the weather was perfect!

Chestnut trees in bloom

Luna was happy to pose for us at Place Dauphine.

She makes the cutest little faces. We can't get over that tongue. It is the only color on her face.

We had a beautiful view of the Seine on our way back to the Rive Gauche. Everyone was out on the banks enjoying the sunshine.

Giant chestnut tree

Seine view

We walked past the Museum of the French Legion of Honor, the inspiration for the White House.

Legion of Honor Museum

Luna does not like skateboards. She tries to chase and bark at people on skateboards. The sound must be scary for her. We were able to watch skateboarders down on the quai at a safe distance and she seemed to enjoy that.

The Egyptian obelisk at Place de la Concorde has been covered in scaffolding since we arrived. The scaffolding is finally coming down and we caught a glimpse of the obelisk as we passed the wisteria in bloom by the French State Department.

View toward obelisk at Place de la Concorde

Luna walked most of our way home but was happy to see our apartment. She knows our street very well and right where we live. She's such a smart little Parisian pug!

On our doorstep