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Credit Katy Rose Palmer.
In the few months that I have been living in Barcelona, I’ve met many foreign residents with hilarious, complex and impressive tales of relocating with their pets.
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I’m not a dog owner myself, but I can see how it would be comforting to bring something familiar—and, above all, loyal—with you when you move to a new city. The lengths people go to in order to get their pets into the country would melt any heart.
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I think it’s fun to pinpoint the way people start to resemble their dogs, or vice versa, whether in their physical appearance or their personality.
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These snaps introduce some such couples in their favourite walking spots around town.
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Photo by Katy Palmer