The Dublin Zoo

The one place in Ireland that the kids decided they really wanted to visit was the Dublin Zoo.  The rest of us were skeptical, since it seemed that perhaps zoos are much alike throughout the world.  We decided that since we were planning to do some things that the kids might be less interested in (like the Guiness Brewery) that we should humor them.

It turned out to be a very enjoyable visit to the zoo.  The weather was perfect and we got to see the animals before the crowds turned up on Sunday afternoon.  As we were leaving there was a queue waiting to enter that went all the way out to the street and around the corner.

River carried the camera and took an enormous number of pictures.  I’ve winnowed them down somewhat and posted a few of them here.

I think these birds were just passing through, but the photographs are amazing:

All the primates were interesting to watch and we could have spent even more time observing them if we hadn’t wanted to see other things as well.  This young orang-utan jumped up on it’s sleeping mother and started a wrestling match.

A robin, european-style.

Apparently, Sage makes this face for other people, too.  I thought maybe I was the only one?