Andy and Kenny showing off their zoo tickets
今朝に起きたら周りの建物の屋根は瓦の上に雪が付いていました。昨日は暖かかったのにと思った。昨日の暖かさで午後は子供達を連れて篠ノ井の茶臼山動物園に行ってきました。レッサーパンダで有名だそうです。レッサー達は確かに可愛かったけれど、もっと感動的は入り口の近くのライオンとタイガーでした。近くで見ると、大きくて驚きました。
そして、キリンとシマウマが同じ場所にいまして、４～５ｍのキリンと比較したらシマウマがちびに見えた。一番よかったのはオランウータンでした。えさを食べているのを見えた、本当に近くで見れました。美咲ちゃんが怖がっていて、泣き出した！
This morning we woke up to a touch of snow on the roof tiles of the neighboring houses. But yesterday was actually rather warm. We took advantage of the sunny weather and I took our kids to the Chausuyama Zoo in Nagano City which is famous for its Lesser Pandas. The Lessers sure were cute, but we were more impressed by the lions and the tiger near the entrance. They sure are huge in real life. And the giraffes and zebras were in the same spot. The 4~5 meter tall giraffes made the zebras look like pygmies. We had the most fun at the Urangutan exhibit. He was eating lunch when we saw him, and he would come right up to the window, face to face with our Misaki. She was so scared she started crying!
茶臼山動物園のHPはこちらClick here for Chausuyama Zoo's website.
