Prague Zoo

Today we went to Prague Zoo. I didn't realize just how big it is. We were there for at least 3 hours and we did not see all of the zoo. We could walk to the zoo from our apartment but it would be a bit of a long walk for Sofia so we opted to take public transporation. Taking public transit it is about 30 minutes to get to the zoo from our apartment. The zoo is also right next to Troja Palace which we didn't go into today but will definitely go back to in the summer becuase they are supose to have beautiful formal gardens. Anyway, the Zoo was fantastic. We saw giraffe, leopards, tigers, zebra etc. They had a really awesome Indonesian jungle exhibit. It was so hot and humid in the exhibit that when I tried to take a picture my camera immediatey fogged up. Sofia liked the exhibit but was a little scared of it. I think it was just so different from anything she had ever seen that it made her a little nervous even though she loved seeing everything. We went into another exhibit hall that kind of made me nervouse. I shouldn't say "kind of". I should say it did freak me out. We went into an exhibit that was dark with about 5 glass exhibits. As we are walking in the dark I see something go flying past my head. I thought "what the hell was that?! Maybe it was some bird that got inside." I kept walking and saw more things flying around. I thought, "oh no, those are BATS!!! Please don't land on me!!" I tried to stay as calm as possible since I didn't want to scare the girls but I couldn't get out of there fast enough. Of course, Sofia loves bats so we had to stand at the last exhibit that only had a half-glass wall so that the bats could fly in and out so that Sofia could watch the bats. Even thinking about it now gives me the shivers. I never really thought I was afraid of bats but now I know I don't want to be in a room with a lot of them.

After the Zoo we went over to our friends house so that they could give Sofia her birthday present and we could have a glass (or 2) of wine. We ended up staying there longer than intended and got home a little late but we had a great time today. Hopefulyl we tired the girls out so much that they sleep late in the morning.