Summing ourselves up in a few lines isn’t exactly easy, but here goes…
We were two burned‑out former corporate types who met at the start of Covid. Boris was chasing a dream and had just bought a restaurant in central Bratislava. I was between jobs, fresh back from an ashram in India, wondering what came next. We’d both traveled plenty, each in our own way — Boris the adventurer, with diving and extreme skiing; me more quietly, with yoga. Covid clipped our wings, but we didn’t give up. During Covid, thanks to Boris, I discovered Slovakia’s mountains, and the moment we could travel abroad again, we packed our bags.
Our first big trip took us to Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, and Brazil — and that’s where our love affair with South America began. It’s still going…
And where does IBO, our fox terrier, fit into all this? I’d always wanted a dog and had my heart set on a Hungarian Vizsla. Boris’s family, on the other hand, has had fox terriers for generations. During Covid, we often looked after Dashi, his mom’s dog, who hiked plenty of Slovak mountain trails with us. Little by little — helped by the home‑office way of life — I realized it was the perfect time for a dog of our own. And so IBO arrived (almost a Vizsla, but 100% foxie at heart). When I went to see the puppies, he climbed all over me and simply wouldn’t stop — decision made… With his unmistakably “foxy” personality, he completes us beautifully, and we wouldn’t trade him for anything. He’s our partner in life and on the road. 🐾
He’s been traveling with us almost everywhere since he was little. We only left him at home when we flew. The separation was always hard — endless questions about how he was, what he might be doing, whether he missed us… So we drew a line. Our travels took a clear turn: he’d come with us everywhere, including on planes. And it turned out to be one of the best decisions 🙂.
