Dinosaur Museum and Beijing Zoo (Friday June 17, 2011)

Today was Tyson’s day to choose our destination and he decided on the Dinosaur Museum and the Beijing Zoo. He was so excited about The Dinosaur Museum after spending the last few weeks studying them in school. Sadly it was a bit of a letdown so we did not stay long. There were only a few dinosaurs on display and all of the facts about them were in Chinese. Tyson did a great job pointing out all the dinosaurs he knew, but became frustrated when we could not answer his questions.

Thankfully the zoo, located right across the street, was more English friendly. Tyson’s fell in love with the Giant Panda and is still convinced that we are going to see some wild ones when we go up to the Great Wall. Even though we spent almost 5 hours there, we didn’t even come close to seeing all of the animals.

     .                                                     Tyson with his Panda, China.

                                                    He was so excited to see real Pandas.

                                                                                         Quick potty break. Get what you need!

 I was surprised that Tyson didn’t get more excited about seeing the elephants, but who could blame him when there were giraffes to be fed right next to them. He loved that they ate right out of his hand, even though their tongues were long and slimy.

Before we left we wanted to take a boat ride around the park. Unfortunately the lines were entirely too long so we opted out. Tyson was upset for a minuet but quickly decided that a nice swim in the pool sounded a lot better than standing in that long, hot line. (Swimming really does make everything better.)