动物园游记

4月19日，来了爱丁堡半年后，我们终于带靖恒到动物园去了。
爱丁堡的动物园其实挺小的，动物也不多，主要是为保护动物而设。不过，园里很多设施和节目，都是为孩童提供的： 里面有许多游乐场，也有教育性节目。但是，靖恒毕竟太小了，不适合看那些节目。他对动物也似乎不怎么感兴趣，反而爱停留在游乐场。那天天气好冷，风也挺大的，到了下午才比较热。
之后，我们坐巴士到靠海的一座购物中心看看。其实对购物没有兴趣，只是想看看港口。但也没什么好看的，在购物中心的‘甲板’上坐了一下就回家了。让人难忘的倒是在甲板上嬉戏的小朋友和大人，乘阳光普照的傍晚开心地跳着舞。


Ocean Terminal:

We finally went to the Edinburgh Zoo on Saturday. It is actually a rather small zoo; the animals are reared more for the purpose of conservation. The zoo is quite child-friendly, with programmes and shows geared towards children and many playgrounds dotting the place. And Ethan did appear to enjoy the playgrounds more than the animals, which he just had a cursory glance most of the time. Maybe he's more interested in mechanics stuff, so we might do better bringing him to the Museum of Flight or something. The wind was very strong and the zoo is situated on a hill, so it was very cold up there and we were not inclined to remain too long at a single spot either.
Later, we took a bus to the Ocean Terminal. It's the name of a shopping complex, but I had wanted to see the harbour. It was disappointing though. We stayed at the deck of the first floor of the shopping complex for awhile, looking at the Royal Britannia (luxurious cruise liner of the Royal family) and the two military ships nearby before heading back. The Royal Britannia was a place of attraction, but we did not want to pay the 10 pounds per person to go in.
The sun was still out and bright when we were there on the deck (at about 5pm?), and there was no wind so it was really quite warm. People were out in the sun drinking and there were children and adults frolicking at the empty spaces, even dancing. How wonderful.