I don’t think there is anything else for me to do. The move is finished except for the actual travel to Abu Dhabi tomorrow. Every detail has been hashed out and if we forgot anything, it’s too late now. I have an afternoon ahead of me with no suitcases to pack (I got them zipped and NO ONE BETTER TRY TO TAKE ANYTHING OUT), no errands to run, and no car to go anywhere. I’m going to sit and do nothing. Absolute bliss after our schedule the past 2 weeks.
So I should probably write a bit and then I can marathon Gilmore Girls without feeling completely unproductive. I’ve been wanting to write this post about our trip to Budapest’s Zoo Cafe before we leave for AD, but have been too brain dead to do it until now.
When I was researching things to do in Budapest, a friend said a must see place was the Zoo Cafe. She warned me that it’s weird, but that the kids would love it and that would make it worth it. When looking at a map I found that the Zoo Cafe was only about 3 blocks from our apartment so on Thursday morning we set out to have a mid-morning coffee and see some animals.
That was the plan. Camille is pretty stubborn at times and decided that she didn’t want to wear a pair of purple corduroy pants that I had packed for her because they were boy pants. I don’t know where she got the idea that they were boy pants, or why that would even be a problem for her, but she had a bug up her butt that morning and refused to wear them. 99.5% of the time I give her free reign of her clothing choices, but for reasons I can’t remember now, those pants were not negotiable that morning.
It could have been that her other ones were in the wash, or maybe I had a bug up my butt, but we ended up in a face-off over those pants. Somehow, eventually we got them on (I’m pretty sure it involved both Josh and I putting one leg in each side). So as she’s crying on the floor (in her boy pants) I have this thought, and she evidently had the same thought, because I said, “You better not angry pee!” And she yelled, “I already did!”
She thought if she peed in her pants then she wouldn’t have to wear them. Well, we proved her wrong.
Oh, vacations are so much fun!
Yes, we made her wear the angry pee pants. Josh and I quick conferenced and decided she was wearing the pants until she got over wearing the pants and because her daddy is nice, he packed something for her to change into. As we were walking she sniffled, “I’m cold and wet, but it’s my fault because I angry peed.” (She rages, but snaps out of it really quickly.)
In the end it didn’t matter that she was wearing pee soaked pants because the cafe smelled like everyone peed their pants. Cats roaming everywhere, birds and other reptiles on display, and even a small alligator in an aquarium. I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that the Zoo Cafe smells like a zoo.
We had coffee and hot chocolates, but when lizards and baby hedgehogs run and poop all over your table, it kind of takes away the appetite. At least there was hand sanitizer everywhere! We kept giggling how the restaurant health inspectors in the US would flip if they saw this place.
Cats lounging and shedding where people eat
The hedgehog was adorable, but he left droppings with every step . . .
and he was in danger of walking off the edge of the table.
Everyone else was scared of the snake and refused to hold it until mama showed them it was safe.
The cat making friends with the snake?
Caleb got the cockatoo to spread his wings and flap along with him. They had us rolling.
The cat teasing the alligator — quite bold.
In spite of the rough start, we had a great morning. Yes, it was crazy and yes, we loved it.
And yes, Budapest in winter is cold!