This building is called "Oak House" and was once an inn. It's located right outside the main entrance to the park and a beautiful mix of yellow brick, timber, and thatched roof. There are many other beautiful buildings on the estate all dating from the mid to late 1800s.
We had plenty of time to admire the impressive Maglemer Gate as we waited for the park to open. I couldn't believe how many cars were there ahead of us at opening time. By the time we left I'm sure that there were thousands of cars in the park.
This is about what the rhinos seemed to think of us. They stayed quite a ways away from all the cars and pretty much just showed us their rears most of the time!
This trip through the "Savanna" was one of my favorites. We were instructed to keep in our cars, but were still able to see many types of animals mingling as they would in nature.
It was slow going through the park, but even more so when various critters decided to cause traffic jams. Pay back for breathing in exhaust all day no doubt!
We lined up right along with everyone else to enter the Tiger Forest. To be honest, it was a bit of a let down. There were about half a dozen Siberian Tigers in the enclosure, most of which were napping. The most excitement was when this one walked right up to Jared's window.
Max smiling while we put out our picnic lunch.
Ruby loved the ponies. This one that was laying down was just her speed. You may be wondering why Ruby is wearing her swimming suit bottoms--well, let's just say, Mommy dropped the ball and forgot to bring extra clothes that day! Murphy's law strikes again!
That evening we went out to eat at a really great place, Cafe Laika, which really made me feel like we were "on bay-caa-shun!" as my dear Hubby likes to say! Afterwards we took a drive to a teensy tiny island just north of Møn where they had some bird sanctuaries. Ruby and I took this trail down to a lookout while Jared stayed in the car with snoozing Maxwell. Along the way we kept hearing two cows bellowing--I mean, they really sounded upset! Ruby latched on to their cause and for the rest of the evening was highly concerned about those cows that must be stuck in the mud somewhere.
So how did we manage this wonderful mini vacation on a couple hundred bucks you ask? By staying in a "mini-hut" at a campground! It was really great--kind of like a permanent tent really--with an itsy bitsy "kitchenette", tiny storage area and table/booth come family bed. It worked great and for two nights we only paid about a hundred bucks!
I suppose it wouldn't be the trip for everyone, but what we craved was getting out of the city and time together without all the "to-do" lists of life--and this was just what the doctor ordered.
Hope you all like the new "look" of my blog by the way. I expect I'll be tinkering with it a bit more as the weeks go by. Blogger has made a lot of new updates, so I'm anxious to get up to speed with a few of them. Ta-ta for now!
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