Road Trip!

Recently we went on a road trip; decided that we would take the family on one of Randall's business trips... (hey, we like to explore as well!) Funny thing, living on an island, we have to pass through one of the most conservative countries in order to travel to any other country by car. Of course the one day we decide to travel... its raining!

And to give you a "hint" of which conservative country we had to travel through; take a guess by my outer appearance:

Once we got through our 1st border of country #1, we thought we would reward the kids with a yummy, although not so healthy of a breakfast! At this point, we had already been traveling 1.5 hrs as the rain seemed to slow everyone down, possibly helped the border workers to feel "unmotivated" to work quickly at the customs booth, seeing as it was a long, waiting process for us... And we knew we had at least 3+ hrs left to travel before we reached our destination.

Happy Kids = Happy Parents, esp cooped up in a car!

At last we made it! And the wait was well worth it!!! Isn't this view amazing? So peaceful.. although very chilly, we enjoyed every second of this view!

It did help that there was a play area on the cornish for the kids; great set-up: Kids played with Daddy while Mommy enjoyed the view, chilly weather and...

A Nice, Warm, Yummy Starbucks!!!

Another incredible view of the outline of the city!

Hence the towers, I'm sure you can guess where we visited!

Another cool tower in the middle of the city!

Of course, we added a morning of fun for the family! Decided a long time ago, the phrase "All Work, No Play" was not a phrase we were going to live by... And So we Played...

If you could only see how happy our little boy was when he saw the train at the zoo! Micah loves trains... he somehow manages to create anything into a train, makes the noises and all... And to be able to ride on a "train"... made his day!

Brave Daddy! He thought it would be funny to entertain the kids by "feeding" a moose or a deer... you decide.. the interesting thing about this zoo is that we were able to get really close to the animals... maybe a little too close!

Isn't this bear sweet? At least that is what our kids kept saying; "Aww, look at that bear, he's so sweet!" (looks like the coca-cola bear in my opinion!)

Black Ducks? Really? This was a first for us!

During our 4 days, we were able to do much research on the living conditions, school costs for the kids, language options, possible job opportunities in the future, etc... Who knows, maybe we'll move countries in the near future??? But we agreed that the most amusing thing we continued to see in all public places was this:

Notice, its a trashcan with an ash tray on top, with freshly used cigarettes in it, reading "Thank you for not Smoking!"