Mainau Island

Our last stop, last weekend, was Mainua Island. It is a little island on Lake Constance. This lake is on the borders of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The water was so blue and clear. We were amazed at how easily we could spot the fish in the lake, even Josh could see the fish. That is how clear it was. This island was full of great activities, mostly for children. Yay! We were excited to have fun things for them to do. The first stop was the petting zoo. We got to go in the goat's pen. Josh loved petting and getting close to the goats. Zack liked it, until they got a little aggressive towards another little kid. She had food so the goats ran towards her. This frightened Zack. But after they laid down again. He was all over petting them. We also go to see bunnies, chickens, and donkeys. Zack's favorite part was the pony ride. He was so excited to ride a horse. In the slide show, look for the picture of his face while he was riding. Priceless!

The island is also called "The Flower Island." It lives up to this name. There are so many gorgeous flowers all over! They had flowers made out of flowers. It was pretty incredible. The main flower garden is amazing. It has a little stream going through the middle and stair on both sides with flowers blooming everywhere you look. I wanted to get a good family picture here so badly, but of course Josh was asleep when we got here. But it was fun to look at.

There was a beautiful pond with lily pads. The whole pond was covered. It was beautiful. The flowers with the lily pads were gorgeous. I think I need some of those back home. :)

There was also a palace on the island. It was a cute little palace. There were palm trees around it. We felt a little like we were in Hawaii. Now we don't have to go there.

The last thing we visited was the butterfly exhibit. It was amazing! There were butterflies everywhere! They had put fruit out that the butterflies would land on. Then we could pick up the fruit and "hold" the butterfly. Both kids liked this. There was also a ton of water in this exhibit. Zack was interested more in the water than the butterflies. He wanted to touch every pond we saw. He liked looking for fish and turtles. But he wasn't too concerned about the butterflies.

There also was a big playground. It was actually a normal wooden playground! There was a wooden train to get in and drive. Zack really liked this. It was fun to have a weekend that he enjoyed, plus it was so beautiful that we enjoyed it too!

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