s'up!

hi everybody, this is Ben! This isn't an official post, it's just me saying hi. This is a catch up on the trip so far, mostly stuff we didn't blog about. First off, a couple of days ago it was Raphaels' birthday, so we went to the this HUGE park, called the Schönbrunn which was the Kaiser Franz Josefs' summer home. And the zoo we went to (inside Schönbrunn) is only a tenth of the whole area (by the way, Raphael is my little cousin)!! The zoo is the worlds' oldest zoo, with some of the coolest things. Theres this tropical attraction were you walk through a path and can look around at these cool birds and plants. At one point there's an elevator that led up to a second floor were you get bird's eye view of the place. they even had fruit bats... they are GIGANTIC!! there half as long as milo! (my dog) And half as wide. Then on the first floor, dad and I had a scare. We were walking and we saw these harmless heavy plastic flaps (like the ones you use to keep heat in a place)just hangin their so we decide to open them an see what was inside. And we were careless enough not read the sign that had a bat pointing at the flaps. So dad walks in and a very freaky looking bat shoots out of nowhere an brushes his head. I spaz out and look like the picture next to this. So I calm as we take a gander into the bat flaps as I pull my shirt over My neck muttering: protect the neck, protect the neck. once were in I see that tiny bats can fly free throughout the cave. Soooo... dad and I run as fast as we can through agreeing not to go back.

See ya'

Ben

Pics:

1. Ben posting from Cafe Phil, while Lucas takes his violin lesson in the apartment.

2. Ben showing us his "bat freak out" face...