Photo by Sean Kirkham

Our personality of the week is none other than Nemo, a Hungarian-born French Bulldog puppy. You can often find Nemo strolling along the Danube or catching forty winks in Millenaris Park. His owner, Csaba Faludi, assures us that he has a bright future: “He’s a lady’s man. We can’t walk more then five minutes before someone comes up to us and comments on how adorable he is.”

Budapest is a very dog-friendly city. Some critics find fault with dog owner’s blasé attitudes concerning cleaning up after their dogs. Indeed, Lát-Kép, a Budapest beautification association, has even produced a movie—which can be found on youtube—promoting canine feces-free streets.

For those easily influence by the cuteness of Nemo, the puppy of your dreams can be found (for a hefty price) through europuppy.com, an online pet store with head offices located in Budapest. Also of note: the non-profit organization rex.hu is a non-kill shelter providing adoption services for Budapest’s abandoned or stray dogs.

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Visitors to Paris looking for fine foie gras need not go farther than the purple facade of an inventive bakery in the 15th arrondissement. This bakery’s foie gras, tasty with an earthy subtlety, is meant for canine—not human—tastebuds.

Confused? Don’t be. Mon Bon Chien, the shop behind said fois gras, is the first bakery in France catering to man’s best friend.

Mon Bon Chien’s American chef and owner Harriet Sternstein serves up biscotti, peanut butter, bacon, and foie gras biscuits for the demanding Parisian clientele filling her shop with barks each day. Harriet’s biscuits run from €.60 to €1 and she even offers doggie birthday cakes for a measly €10.

Best of all, we can confirm that the biscuits are quite tasty. Mon Bon Chien’s may not be the best foie gras in town, but at €.60 it is definitely the cheapest.

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