Luke has been out of school for half term break and Jake had last Monday off work (Presidents Day) so we headed off in the rain to see Banham Zoo. It's about 20 minutes away. StarWars toys are in McDonalds happy meals now so we stopped there on the way for lunch. Food at local pubs is usually pretty blah so I don't complain here when we do burgers at McDonalds!
Banham Zoo isn't huge, but it's got all the normal zoo animals and is really clean and open. Ella loved feeding the sheep until one bit her fingers. She didn't want to have anything to do with feeding any animals after that.
Banham Zoo isn't huge, but it's got all the normal zoo animals and is really clean and open. Ella loved feeding the sheep until one bit her fingers. She didn't want to have anything to do with feeding any animals after that.
I heard some familiar squawking when we walked into the zoo, and my guess at where it was coming from was right. They had tons of sun conures. Made me think of my cute Petey! I hope he's still alive and happy out there!
They had a really fun giraffe area. You can get close to them.
Thought this picture of Luke was funny...
Greedy monkeys... a zookeeper had some bananas for them and they were going crazy. One monkey bit another one and his hand was bleeding everywhere. So gross. You can see blood on the fence from it. Jake got some pretty nasty pictures of the monkey injury... don't think I want those in the blog book though :)
Luke checking out some weird birds...
Waving goodbye to some of the animals... Oh, and random English tidbit... See that soda El is packing around? Orange Fanta is everywhere here. It doesn't taste anything like orange soda in the states but it's pretty tasty!
They had a fun park for the kids. I think we'll be making more visits in the future!
After being outside so long we were freezing, so we warmed up in the little zoo cafe. Their hot chocolate was awesome. English people really know how to do hot chocolate!
That was pretty much our day at the zoo.
4 comments:
It's pretty sad when McD's is the best fast food around. That's how it is here. And they have Fanta everywhere here too. Love the spider pic.
Orange Fanta must be really big in Europe because it was all over Spain :) I have to agree it is pretty yummy!
I love catching up on your blog, Erin!
First things first, your hair is darling! Look at you with the DARK!?! I love it!!!
Secondly, that awful monkey and it's fangs are giving me nightmares. I'm glad you didn't include Jake's gross pictures too. GAG me.
Third, I love that you went on an overnighter to London! COOL! And, when you talked about bringing your nephew, I was like, "Really? You'd leave your kids with a babysitter but then take your nephew around town?" and, then I see that Tube picture and starting laughing so hard! NOW it makes sense.
Too funny!!
Great posts! I love that you guys are doing fun stuff right and left!
GOOD WORK, girl!
Jeremy LOVES orange Fanta in Europe. He doesn't like it at all in the states but buys it everywhere we go when we are traveling in Europe. Drink an extra can for him.
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