ANYWAY.......... on to a recap of our great weekend. We left early Friday morning on an approximately 4 hour drive to the park. We arrived at the awesome hotel that we had booked for 2 nights (Hotel Am Park) that I was astonished to see just how close it was to the theme park. It was literally right across a narrow street. From our hotel window we watched rollercoasters and park goers. The description on the internet said that the hotel was just a few yards from the park but I really did not expect this. I was delighted. We put our bags in our room, bought 2-day tickets from the reception desk at our hotel and went straight to the park. I was pleasantly surprised at how nice and big the park is. It was set up so that each part of the park was a different European country. When we got there we caught the tail-end of a parade of nations that was pretty cool. It was kinda like Disney's character parade but with each float/entry being a different country. It was a scaled down, and more personal version of the Disney type parade. Kalynn smiled and waved at all of the people. I was also pleasantly surprised at the prices of food at the park. They reflected normal street prices! Not bloated at all. The drinks (Coke products) were the only thing that was price inflated (3 Euro for a 0.5 liter bottle) but I suspect that Coca Cola Co. probably mandated this. (I could be wrong...eh?).
We stayed until the park closed (about 6:30pm... yeah, that early) and walked back to our hotel. The next day we enjoyed complimentary breakfast in the quaint little hotel restaurant and headed to the park at opening time (9:00 am). Kalynn loved most of the rides that spin around so her daddy was obligated to ride those with her (my vertigo prevents me from enjoying most of the rides, which I really hate because I LOVE rollercoasters and spinning rides and such). Kalynn really wanted to ride a 'real' rollercoaster so we found one that she could ride with her dad. It is called Pegasus. I should add that most of the bigger rides require you to be 4 years old (no problem, Kalynn is 4 years and 1 month) AND 100 cm tall (here we have a small problem... she is 99 cm tall.) With creative hair styling and thick bottomed shoes, we just did squeak by the height requirement.
Back to Pegasus, Kalynn's first 'real' rollercoaster ride. She smiled getting on the ride and happily took off. First climb and twist... no problem. Then there was the BIG drop! Just like many other theme parks this ride takes pictures of the riders on the coaster. The camera captured my baby in a moment of what looks like utter terror. Marco says that after that point she was fine again but she will tell you matter of factly that she was indeed scared and does not want to ride that again. (Although she said George wanted to ride it. Yes, her imaginary friend went with us and the cutest thing was watching her with her hand in a fist. I thought it was because she was afraid or nervous about something. She said "I'm holding George's hand"! How cute is that?)We played up until nap time, took a short snooze in the hotel room, and then headed back to the park until closing. The next morning we checked out after breakfast and took a Sunday drive through Strasbourg, France. Kalynn watched the ducks and swans in the Rhine River and the spiders and ants on a nearby tree (the girl loves her bugs). Soon it began to sink in that we were going back home to our normal lives. This started a whining session that would last for nearly all of the trip home. Annoying as it was, it was understandable as we had such a great time. Who would want to go back home so soon?
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