Toronto Zoo

Besides strolling around town with P, we took a trip to the Toronto Zoo to see some pandas. Our first measure of order was to try out one of the newest popsicle trends, Banana Pops. While eating the popsicle/ice cream hybrid, the outer peels can be stretched out and pulled down as if a real banana was being peeled. It was quite the entertaining snack but regardless of its merit, its taste didn't live up to the fun.

On our path to see the pandas, we stumbled upon this adorable arctic fox. It happened to be asleep at the time we were visiting so I only managed to snap a photo of it cutely passed out on the ground. We quickly made our way to the pandas only to have one of them waddle around and then settle into a seemingly posed position. He stayed that way for at least 10 minutes while the everyone snapped away at him like paparazzi to a celebrity.

The other panda was not so much prepared. He was passed out over top of a waterfall with his face wedged in between a tree branch and a rock. Talk about the perfect life.

We finished the afternoon with a visit to a tea house for lunch which mostly resulted in me finally having the opportunity to try shaved ice for the first time. Flavor of choice? Why, mango of course!

The Bronx Zoo

If I could describe The Bronx Zoo in one sentence: "Complete waste of time". Not a place I would recommend anyone take their family nor their friends. Granted yes, we also went on a free day, but half of the exhibitions were closed, down for renovations or the animals just weren't there. The few pictures I'll have for this post were literally the only animals that we were able to see while at the zoo. It was another day of tiring feet and aching backs, but this stop did not make up for any of the pain that was gained. At least I can now say that I've been to the Bronx.

One word for this picture. Awwww. It's funnier to think that literally 10 seconds before I shot this photo, these two were full on fighting with each other.

Once I saw these little cute red pandas, my trip was done. They were literally all that I came to see so I was happy. Okay, time to leave. Nope, the rest of the zoo decided to turn into an IKEA style zoo and we just had to walk through the entire place to find the exit back out to civilization.