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V-Grrrl decided to stay close to home this Easter and visit Africa and Australia, among others...With the children off from school for more than a week, it seems almost criminal not to be traveling to some unexplored corner of Europe, but with a one month trip to America set for this summer and some pressing matters for my husband to attend to at work, a spring holiday wasn’t meant to be.
And while we can’t make a wished for trip to Slovenia or Ireland quite yet, we have been enjoying the fabulous weather in Belgium and visiting some places closer to home. Plackendael has been on our “must see” list for more than a year. A Belgian friend had told me it was a wonderful place to take children. We ventured over toward Antwerp last week and spent a long afternoon at this combination playground and animal park.
With two children under 12, we’ve visited zoos all over the world. My favorite is in Karlsruhe, Germany, a place where the zoo is integrated into a large and beautifully landscaped park full of flowers, winding paths, and green spaces. By comparison, Plackendael seemed far less attractive but no less fun. While there seemed to be an abundance of bare dirt and not enough greenery and flowers this early in the spring, there was a well displayed selection of animals organized by theme, and some nice hands-on activities for the children.
They were thrilled to pull themselves along a rope in a shallow boat in “Africa,” and navigate a challenging obstacle course in “Australia.” The multiple playgrounds inside the park were geared toward kids of all ages, and many of the interpretive signs at the exhibits included English as well as Flemish and French. There was a free map of the park available in Flemish but if you desired a French or English version, it cost 3 euros.
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