Courier Richard made a couple of recent trips to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport to collect channel hopping pets and their owners.
Ayla, a dog from Brazil to East Sussex via Paris CDG
Brazilian beauty Ayla is an enchanting Pomeranian, who travelled with her owners Stefania and Rodriguez at the end of January.
The family had a long journey, starting with a four-hour drive to the airport in Brazil for their flight to Paris. Courier Richard met them at CDG airport and brought them via Eurotunnel to the UK, and their new home in East Sussex.
Stefania and Rodriguez (R) with Ayla. A good friend of theirs who lives in Paris popped by to say hello and stayed for the photo!
A closer look at the gorgeous girl herself
Lyra and Zaul, cats from Georgia to the UK via Paris CDG
Valentine’s day saw courier Richard back to Charles de Gaulle airport to meet David and his splendid cats, Lyra and Zaul, off their flight from Tbilisi, Georgia.
David works in the diplomatic service, so gets posted all over the world. He and his family are now in London for a while, and bringing their beloved cats to join them was the final piece of the puzzle. Lyra and Zaul hail originally from Turkey, where David rescued them from the streets; and they’ve become quite seasoned travellers since then.
The flight was somewhat stressful for David, as a cat carrier fastening gave way, so he had to grip the door tightly closed throughout the five-hour flight. You can imagine his relief when he saw the secure, spacious bedroom for Lyra and Zaul in our van. While the cats enjoyed stretching their legs, David took the opportunity to stretch his cramped fingers!
David wrote to say:
“Thank you so much for getting Lyra, Zaul and myself home. The service was outstanding — all your advice, your quick communication, your great website (including easy payment page) made a complicated process as easy it could be. My biggest thanks to Richard for not only getting us home but making it a very enjoyable experience for all 3 of us! I will recommend you to everyone I know.”
Handsome tabby Zaul and stunning black-and-white Lyra
A very relaxed and bonded pair of cats
Lovely group photo with Ayla. Zaul and Lyra are gorgeous. Notice that I am able to like and post a comment? I had to go back to using my older Mac Pro at the office that can’t be upgraded beyond El Capitan. So it seems all the problems I’ve been having with WordPress is incompatibility with new browsers in more recent version of OS X. Everything in WordPress works great on this older machine. It’s fast, responsive, and I can like on comment outside the Reader.
Great to see you back here! It’s such a delicate balancing act getting WordPress to play nicely. We’ve had a horrid time with the reader but things are settling back down now.
Zaul looks so stressed in that last photo. I love how cats can basically just melt.
Like fluid chocolate 😀
Such a harrowing experience for David and his cats! But I am not surprised that you all were able to put him at ease with your wonderful services. Honestly, is there any business in the world that could be more satisfying than safely transporting our fur babies?? I don’t think so.
Good for you all – continued safe travels…
Can’t imagine how he coped with the flight! He was rather relieved to be met at the airport 😀
Awesome!
Thanks Jovina
They’re all gorgeous! I love to see cats looking so relaxed – ours do most of the time! 🙂
But woe to anyone who interrupts their relaxation 😉
oh what a long trip.. for all 3 passengers…. we bet they will like the uk… and maybe ayla loves to watch crufts this year?
Ayla’s going to have lots of wonderful new experiences. Main one for the moment will be a lot of rain 😀
They are all beautiful passengers, Ayla, Lyra and Zaul! 5 hours of holding a cat carrier closed I bet would cramp fingers!
David did incredibly well as a stand in fastener! But, five hours?…
What a wonderful thing for David to rescue those cats. I can imagine the flight being stressful with the cat carrier door not locking though – the van must have been a welcome relief! xx
It must have been a sight for sore eyes (and fingers).
Courier Richard went above and beyond for poor David. That would have been a very stressful experience! We can’t fly with our pets in the passenger part of the plane here – they have to go in with the luggage. I’m so envious of European travel standards.
There are lots of rules about travelling with pets in the cabin and it’s different everywhere you go and on most airlines. Finding out what you can and can’t do can be a bit of a mare!
Phew…that must have been a cramp-full flight, but thank Cat you were there to pick them all up…in full luxury 😀 Pawkisses for a Happy Weekend and travel ahead 🙂 <3
Everyone is relived when we’re there to meet them after long trips!
Those cats are adorable – very good friends and they settled right into their new home! Ayla is adorable and I’m sure she was happy when the journey was over!
Hugs, Pam and Teddy
Lovely seeing them settled so quickly.
I love these cats in the photo, what breed are they ?
Although they’re quite gorgeous we think they’re just moggies.
Mee-yow wow Miss Annie!! That Ayla iss so cute!! Such lovelee furss!! Safe travelss Ayla!
An what a fur raisin flite fore Mistur David….hee did furabuluss tho’. Lyra an Zaul are beeuteefull…they are from Turkey originallee?? Meeyow wo mee Couzin Blackberry livess inn Ankara, Turkey! FORE REEL!
Safe journey to Gerogie Lura an Zaul an Mistur David an furamillee.
***purrss*** an <3 BellaDharma
Ayla is a beauty. Some very travelled pets!
I have to say, AC, lots of your animals travel more than I do— and I travel a lot. 🙂 –Curt
They do indeed but more than you? Find that hard to believe 😀
Toetallee Miss Annie!! Mee meened Lyra….sumone here iss not furry guud typin 😉
😀
Love the cats
They are a gorgeous pair.