Great pics! Em and Josh got reacquainted? Cute about Nathan and Michaela!! And great deal on the 25% off coupons!!
CALGARY ZOO
- By : Cynthia
- Category : Vacations - 2009
Vacations - 2009
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Last year when we were visiting Glacier National Park, I wanted to visit The Calgary Zoo since we were so close. However, we just couldn’t convince the kids it would be worth another 2-3 hours of driving to get there. We decided we would fit it in this year since we were already going to be there to pick up Michaela. This time we decided it would be a nice way to walk around and stretch awhile before hopping back in the car for a long ride home.
Besuch im Zoo von Calgary: Schon lange wollte Cindy den Kindern den Zoo zeigen. Es ist ein riesen Gelaende und definitiv einen Besuch wert.
First things first. Everyone grabbed a map and oriented themselves to the zoo and all of the attractions.
Since it had been seven years since Michaela had been with us, we thought it would be nice to have something to do for a few hours before spending the better part of two days traveling home. It worked out very well. Walking around the zoo gave Nathan a chance to warm up to Michaela – not that it would take him long because he’s quite the people person – and it gave Em and Michaela a chance to get reacquainted as well.
Talking to Nathan will give Michaela a LOT of opportunity to work on her vocabulary – trying to figure out what he’s saying, trying to explain things to him that she’s trying to say, etc. As we were walking around the zoo, he pulled me aside and asked if she was going home with us. I told him yes. And, he said “good because I like her.” He even said he remembered her (LOL). He obviously can’t remember her since he was only a few weeks old when he left, but he’s heard us talk about her and he has seen the pictures so in his mind he remembers her.
Nathan hat sich schnell an mich gewoehnt. Er ist sehr offen und redet viel. Im Zoo hat er Cindy gefragt, ob ich mit ihnen nach Hause fahre. Cindy hat ja gesagt und Nathan hat darauf geantwortet “gut, weil ich sie mag”. Ausserdem ist er der Meinung, dass er sich an mich erinnern kann. Da er aber erst ein paar Woche alt war als ich vor sechs Jahren zurueck geflogen bin, kennt er mich wohl eher von Erzaehlungen und Bildern.
We didn’t stop to see any of the animals shows or lectures, but we managed to get around to every single exhibit in about four hours. I don’t remember what kind of bear is shown above, but he was quite strange looking to us.
Below, the boys spent a lot of time looking at the caribou and of course they asked me to take a ton of pictures of its horns.
more large animal sightings….
some pretty birds….
elephants, of course…..
and flamingoes….
and what’s this????… strange looking thing inside this cage…..
more land animals…
and a Tater Bear entering his cave! I have no time for a creative Tater Bear description, but those who read my Tater Shark description from last winter can use their creative imagination as to the similarities of a Black Bear (or any other type bear your imagination would like to compare) and a Tater Bear.
Nathan hat den Spitznamen Tater. Anfang des Jahres waren sie auf Hawaii. Dort hat Nathan immer so gatan als wenn er ein Hai waere. Also hatte er den Spitnamen Tater Shark. Im Zoo in Calgary konnte man durch ein Tunnelsystem gehen und deshalb sind die naechsten Fotos von Tater Bear; Nathan wie er in die Rolle eines Baeren schluepft.
This Tater Bear is quite active coming and going through the cave and all its tunnels and secret passageways.
This Tater Bear seems quite interested in taking pictures of everyone staring at him!
Isn’t this THE SWEETEST bear you’ve ever seen? “Who me.?”
That’s quite a nice pose for a rambunctious Tater Bear.
And… another land animal… I mean Josh taking a rest on the park bench wishing our texting plan extended into Canada, I’m sure.
And look what we have here. The Tater Bear sharing his pictures with Emily and Michaela. Such a nice Tater Bear.
Emily and Michaela picking right up where they left off seven years ago. We’ve all decided that it seems like she has only been gone on a vacation for a short length of time and that seven years couldn’t possibly have passed since we last saw her.
Wir sind uns alle sicher, dass es nicht sein kann, dass wir uns sechs Jahre lang nicht gesehen haben. Es kommt uns eher so vor als wenn ich ein paar Wochen im Urlaub war und nun zurueck bin.
If you ever find yourself in Calgary, you may want to check out the Calgary Atractions website where you’ll find a variety of discount coupons. I printed coupons for 25% off before we left for Calgary. Every little bit of savings certainly helps the budget!
