We have travelled to Perth, Australia to visit Erwin's family. The flights, 3 of them, we're not too bad. Nathanh generally does well when travelling and he did again, except for when we tried to get him to sleep. Thianna did much better than I thought she would. She generally gets bored very quickly and wants to get onto the next thing, so an airplane flight where she has to stay in her seat is long and hard. But she didn't do too badly. I think that it helped that she is able to understand the tv shows now. She attempted to watch about four different kids movies but she got bored of them after a little while and never finished any. On the last flight, Bangkok to Perth, both kiddos slept for most of it which was good as we landed in the morning Perth time.
After we dropped our bags at Erwin's sister's house we went to visit his parents at their nursing home. It was much more hospital-like than I'd imagined. There last one seemed more residential.
At the fish pond at the nursing home.
In the evening we walked to the park with the cousins.
Thianna was instantly comfortable meeting her cousins for the first time.
The next day, Erwin dropped the kids and I at the zoo while he went to see his parents and their house that needs to be cleared and readied for sale.
This kangaroo was especially fond of Nathanh. I am not sure if it was attracted to his jacket or if it just liked that he stayed quite still. All was fine until...
...it tried to give him kisses!
We rented a little wagon to help us get through the day. The kids liked taking turns pulling.
We played in the park at the zoo after lunch.
Measuring themselves against an elephant! Thianna is about 100cm and Nathanh is 105cm.
Our traditional end of the day picture. I think I have a picture of this ape from all of our Perth Zoo trips over the years.
On Thursday morning we took a walk through Kings Park. This is close to where Erwin's sister lives. It is a beautiful area.
As we were walking, trust Nathanh to spot this little creature along the side of the path!
Don't worry, it wasn't poisonous!
The rest of the day we gave the kids phones to play on while Erwin and I filled a giant dumpster at his parent's house. Reinforcements came by later in the day to help with the heavy stuff!
Visiting Mamama at the nursing home.
On Saturday, we ventured North, at least I think it was North, it is hard to tell, I am so used to the mountains in Vancouver always orientating me to which way is North, to a winery for lunch and then a visit to a chocolate factory. The kids are still talking about getting to eat chocolate!
Visiting Mamama and Tata in the morning.
Wine tasting in the afternoon! I guess I was too busy sampling chocolate to take any photos at the chocolate factory!
Stay tuned for Perth week two:)
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