Happy Birthday Kid!

Megan’s 6th birthday! We kicked off the day with one of her favorite breakfasts, french toast. Then headed out for the long walk to Kleve Zoo, about 2km from our campground. Enroute we were able to view the Roman Ampitheater, the center gardens and old land house.

It is a fairly small zoo – mostly German and Hungarian farming animals, but they also had 3 seals, a mini-panda, camels, and even a wallaby. Lots of goats – which were very interested in the boxes of food the girls had and made no apologies for head butting each other out of the way to get a tasty morsel.

We ended the day with cake before dinner at a traditional sidewalk café. The wind picked up just as we tried to light candles on Megan's piece of cake - but with cupped hands, we managed to keep a few lit for her to blow out. We seemed to be the main attraction for the other guests that day. I was surprised no one stopped and offered to take a picture of the family – people just kind of gawked. And we were being quiet, I promise. This is the first time I can remember Megan turning down sweets- she almost finished her cake and hot chocolate but finally had to admit it got the best of her and she couldn't eat anymore!