Zoo

Last Saturday I took my last solo trip. The zoo. This may seem silly to count it as a trip, but

#1 The Prague zoo is huge!

#2 Have you ever been to a zoo alone? It's quite the experience. It was...different.

I spent the morning with the Miller's. We ate cinnamon rolls, talked, and played floor-ball (the greatest game ever) and then I made my way to the zoo. Prague Zoo is probably the happiest zoo I've ever been to. It was lively and such a contrast from the day to day Czech atmosphere. The city just seems so cold and everyone feels so unfriendly. But the zoo...wow! Everyone was smiling, kids were running around, grown men were making animal sounds, it was so happy! This is when I realized why boys are so talented in the sound effects department. I think that they are partly born with some gene that automatically allows them/forces them to make strange sounds when interacting with anything in life. The other part, however, is a special training that older men pass on to younger men. I can't tell you how many men I saw growling near the lions, or yelping near the seals. I suppose some people never grow out of some things.

My trip to the zoo felt like closure to my long journey. It was my last solo trip with God as my only companion and what a wonderful place to spend it-amongst all His creatures that he made for my enjoyment.