This is a post about Mano our beloved dog whom we recently had to put down due to tongue cancer at the age of 15.

He had a happy life full of love, adventures and travels.

I am forever grateful fo my friend Katy who gave me this little bundle of joy.

Mano was originally from Cyprus.

I don’t know much about his childhood but I can imagine he was adorable.

He had a Greek passport thanks to my friend -his previous owner- who lived and worked in Cyprus at the time when she found him.

After my friend stopped working there they moved to Spain.

Mano became a cosmopolitan dog.

After a year or so, they moved to Hungary and that is when our paths crossed.

He was seriously one of my biggest gifts in life.

We used to take my son to school together and he used to wait in front of the school for me. Then, if I had time we went for a walk along the Danube and he would run in the water. Sometimes he would have his ears inflammated when the water went too deep. Poor thing, he then, would shake his cute little head like crazy, trying to get the water out.

One time I remember, I even had to take him to the vet, who had to clean his ears and when I went back to pick him up, he was still waking up from his sleep and was acting a bit drunk going in zig zag 🥰

I am grateful beyond measures for the countless wonderful memories.

Looking back now, I realized, we hardly spent any time apart. We were, like, glued together.

When we moved to Portugal, we decided we will travel by car to share even more adventures.

I am forever grateful for my dear friends who have always been so kind and shared their homes with us whenever we were passing by.

We have always spent amazing times together.

From now on, it will be a little bit different without our furryest family member. It will still be nice and we will have many great adventures with our less furry but cute kitten.

But together with Mano it was just extra special.

He loved to travel. He was very easy-going.

Loved the water so much, whenever he would smell it, or spot it, he became super excited and made very funny sounds. When he was outside and we were in the water he wanted to save us badly.

He loved snow as well. My favorite was; when we were outside in the garden having some fun; building a snowman together with the kiddos and throwing snowballs to him, and he would fetch them. Then afterwards when we went inside the house he was just standing at the hall like a statue, waiting patiently for the snow to melt from his fur.

Then his crazy mania of getting into poo… aiaiai. Caused me some headache. And then, of course, I would gave him a bath and with his “Im in trouble” face he would just apologize to me. I melted, every time.

And he was so so patient whenever I gave him a bath. Afterwards usually I would cut his fur a bit and rubbed him with a towel and he was just waiting patiently for the bathroom door to open so that he can go outside and shake the remaining of the water off himself.

Simply adorable.

Another thing he loved was bubbles. Oh my… whenever that bubble blowing thing appeared and he heard its noise he was there in a second and was full of excitement to catch the bubbles. Never got tired of it … only when he became slow and old. These past few months he gradually lost interest in all the things he used to love. He just lost his power his curiosity. He was already fighting with tongue cancer, even when we didn’t know it yet.

First, he started to have little grey spots on his eyes. Then he gradually lost his hearing, so we had to have him on the leash all times otherwise he would wander off. Once, not too long ago, I lost him in the park. I was in front of him and he didn’t see me and didn´t hear me and he just ran the other way. I was shouting but no use. He disappeared in the bushes. So I had to find him and catch him so that he doesn’t run off again.

The only place where he could be without a leash was the beach nearby. Because we never got out of his sight, and he would follow in our footsteps.

I miss those beautiful mornings with him on the beach.

I miss him from everywhere.