There isn’t much good about a MERS outbreak, but there is a silver lining to public panic – with hundreds of schools closed and people staying home, we basically had Children’s Grand Park, the zoo, and the children’s museum all to ourselves. We basically shared all of it with a couple expat families, a group from a girl’s school, and a handful of Korean citizens.
We had to be home by 3ish to go to the bank with Carly, so we headed down early, arriving at CGP a quarter to 9. We spent the first hour and a half in the zoo. Besides the zoo workers, we were the only people at times. We were the first people in the children’s zoo, and the otters were excited to see us. August walked around, and got nice and close to the otters and meerkats, as well as the goats and horses.
We also saw the apes, and when we walked up to the chimpanzee it was holding on to the fence and swaying back and forth. August started to sway in the carrier. The chimpanzee then started to play with us, running back and forth in the cage and wanting us to follow.
We also went by the big cats and saw the water birds, then headed over to see the deer and other herbivores.
From there we headed to the children’s museum. Usually, the first floor is packed with school groups. Today, we literally saw two other expat families while playing in the children’s museum. That was it.
We went up to the lunch room at 11:30 and ate (all alone). We left around noon and August fell right asleep. I went and got a drink at Peace Coffee and sat outside for awhile until it started to drizzle, then moves inside. August woke up after about 50 minutes so we left, but he fell back asleep. I found a bench under a tree and did some more reading until close to 2 and then headed home.
August woke up after a few stops on the subway. We made it home and relaxed for awhile, then went and met Carly at the bank. We transferred money to our US account and got our internet banking straightened out. It took quite awhile, and Carly kept August occupied in the bank.
Came home and August stuck closely to his mama for the evening. A lot more playing with fruit and nursing.
Zoo:
Meerkat:
Children’s museum:
Teamwork:
Soft:
Finishing his piece of art:
Cuddling:
Chalk:
Music room:
Lunch:
Upset that we are out of fruit snack (and signing ‘more’):
Home. Playing with mama:
