Isabelle and Allie had fun watching the lions.


Isabelle's first pony ride.

When I open up my travel guide book and see that the city that we are going to has a zoo, I know that it is a sure bet that we will be there. Rain or shine (lots more rain then sun), we made it to the Tierpark Hagenbeck. Besides the fact we will see some elephants, lions, and penguins, and that the kids will be estatic, zoos are becoming easy. Lunch? Simple ... I have a total kids menu to choose from...a German hot dog and french fries it is. Restless energy? No bikes or cars with no pediastrian regard coming at us. Seeing something unique? We're at a zoo...bored with the monkeys???? Let's go see something else. This zoo was really fun (besides taking cover every 10 minutes when it would down-pour rain), you could buy animal feed or a bag filled with cut-up vegetables (carrots, cucumbers, lettuce) and fruit (apples), and take it with you to feed various animals. They had a huge playground and even horse-carriage rides. This zoo animals were housed in an open enclosure concept.