Remember me told ya that when we could go to zoos again me will totally go bananas and go EVERYWHERE me can? Remember? Well, we ARE going to a lot of places lately and it hard to keep up. BUT me really want to tell you about me visit to WILDLANDS again. WILDLANDS is a zoo in Emmen, the Netherlands, and it is very natural. Me love going there. 
Did you know us plushies go on Summer Camp every year? My sweet friend Hope has a camp site called Camp Hoop La Hoo Ray and we all go there have fun by the lake, eat delicious food, sing songs and tell stories by the camp fire, play sports and do Arts & Crafts. Me and lil Bamboo are the Arts & Crafts Camp Counselors and we do lots of fun projects. Me wanted to show you what we did at Camp this year. Maybe it fun for you to try some of these crafts too. 
O boy! Me totally forgot about these two museums me went to on me Summer vacation LAST YEAR. Me thought me was done after part 9 and then Berry said: ‘But we went to Kaap Skil with Frights and to the Juttersmuseum with Bamboo in the Summer!’ Also, she said it with a face palm, because she almost forgot about it too. Hihi. Silly huh that when it not a workthingy you can forget about these things so easily. Well… during our Summer vacation on the island of Texel we went to two museums and had a blast! So prepare for LOTS of fun pictures! (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
ZOOS ARE OPEN! So it ZOO TIME and me visited a lot of zoos lately. So on July 2nd me went to Blijdorp in Rotterdam. It was a nice warm day and we saw so many animals. It was also the first time Berry went to see the bigger sharks (and she no was scared) in an aquarium. Me posed with some sharks too. It was amazing. Wanna see the pictures? Then read along. 
Yippee! Last Sunday me and Bamboo went to the zoo (about that, we will tell you later next month in a Monday At the Zoo story) to meet our dear friends Aapie and Gary! They even brought Baby Yoda. It was sooo nice to explore the zoo with them. Just look at the pictures we took! (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
Me love going out to see some special art. At the beginning of the year Berry got invited for the opening of the International Light Art Festival in Zeist at a castle there called Slot Zeist. So… she grabbed me, her notebook and camera and we went to Zeist to check it out. It was AMAZING. Me love going out in the evening and the light art was soooo pretty! (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
Me went to Texel, me went to Texel! Tee hee! Me went on vacation in the beginning of June and me told you a lot about me vacation last Saturday, but me left out the bestest of best parts: me visited Ecomare! Yes me love to visit this educational and rescue centre, because you can learn so much about the Dutch North- and mostly Waddensea. And there are seals!!! Me just love seals. They look soooo adorable with there big eyes. Just like me, hihi. (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
Me went to Texel! Me went to Texel! Me went to TEXEL! Yes me did early June this year. Me just love to go to the largest Wadden island of the Netherlands. It no mind if it storming or raining… sunny and hot… the island is just beautiful. And this year was extra special because Berry brought her bike! Yay. So… me gonna share some vacation pictures today. Me also visited Ecomare, but me will tell you ALL about that this Monday. So… come back then for LOADS of pictures of cute seals. (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
Me think Vincent van Gogh is a beautiful artist. Me love the colours he used in his paintings and his own, dreamy style of painting. Did you know he was really good in making selfies? Yes me know we do it all the time with the camera on our phones. But when Vincent was alive, you only could make a selfie by painting yourself. Hihi. But artists also painted portraits of their artist friends. And that is exactly why Berry took me on a work thingy to the Van Gogh Museum last February. (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
After weeks of being closed the zoos started to open again thanks to lifted corona rules at the end of May. Me no could WAIT to go to a zoo again. It had been such a looooong time. Luckily the sun was shining and Berry and her dad and me made a timeslot reservation for Safaripark Beekse Bergen. And… we went! It was a BEAUTIFUL day and me was just soooo happy me no could stop smiling. (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
O me COOKNESS! Me still no believe me saw me elephant buddies again last week! Berry and me went by train to The Hague and there they were. We went for cake and coffee to a café and me just had to hold them. Maybe a bit too tight, but it been a while. Me last saw them on our Madurodam trip (remember). That a loooong time ago. So this was AMAZING. Me was so happy, me almost forgot to eat cake. Almost that is, hihi. (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
The second workthingy of the year brought Berry and me to the Mauritshuis in The Hague. It one of me fave museums. They have a great collection and the coolest exhibits! This one was all about George Stubbs. A very famous British artist who was really in to horsies. You could say he was obsessed by horsies. He even made a whole book with anatomical studies of horsies. And paintings. He was the guy to call if you wanted a painting of your prizewinning pony. The best part? To just sit with Berry and look at the huge painting of Whistlejacket… Because, sometimes you just need to sit with your bestie in silence, enjoying something beautiful. (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
You do know me visit DierenPark Amersfoort A LOT because we have a season pass, right? Well… me do. And this year me went to the zoo in February again. It was a little cheating, because Berry also works there, so we are there A LOT anyway hihi. So… after work hours we visited our animal friends on a cold and rainy February 27th afternoon. Just enjoy some of the pictures Berry made. (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
Corona hit the Netherlands in the spring time. Around March 14 the government took some measures to kick this epidemic in the behind. Day trips closed, so no zoos and no museums. Stores closed – but we are not really the shopping type anyhow. But what made me really sad is that the Keukenhof would not open… that is why me posted the blog about Keukenhof with some lovely memories in March. Me was really looking forward to see the spring flowers and play in the colours of nature… So… Berry and me went biking through our neighbourhood to find spring colours and even some animals. (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
In February Berry was asked to visit Caravaggio & Bernini at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam so she could write about it for a magazine. Guess who tagged along… hihi yes. Me, ofcourse. And wow it was amazing. Me love the Rijksmuseum, because it so big and they have real special exhibits. Like this one about two amazing Italian artists. They say without these two artists Rembrandt would never have been such a huge painter!Before the corona rule closed all the day trips – including zoos – me had a zoo adventure at DierenPark Amersfoort. On January 24 2020 we went for a stroll at the zoo. It was winter, but there was no snow. And somehow me totally forgot to take some selfies (silly me). But me sure have some lovely pictures to share of the animals who live at this zoo. 
If you follow me on Instagram than you know me LOVE the Efteling. Me have blogged about it over the years too. In short, Efteling is a Dutch themepark. The theme? FAIRYTALES. There is a fairytale forest where lil Red Riding Hood lives (me love her, she has cookies) and ofcourse the dragon and the wolf and a giant and many more. There are fun rides, roller coasters, dark rides and such. Lucky me got to visit the Efteling A LOT OF TIMES last year. And by a lot me mean 4 times. One time for a workthingy, two times as part of birthday celebrations and one time with Aapie (Fairytale adventures with Aapie in Efteling). So… come with me and enjoy me Efteling Adventures of 2019. Sit tight, it gonna be a magical ride! (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
Yay! Part 10 is the first part of the 2020 At the Museum trips. And it was not even a work thingy. Berry wanted to see the exhibit very much and her dad too. So we hopped on the bike, than the train and went to Assen. It was so much fun. It already started outside the train station of Assen with a HUGE statue of a dog called Mannes. And then we saw the statue of Bartje, a very famous book character in the Netherlands and especially for the province of Drenthe. That was already very cool. The museum was cool too! (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
O boy, the last zoo me want to talk about for the At the Zoo 2019 visits is WILDLANDS in Emmen. It a very large and very natural zoo. The enclosures have a real natural feel and the people of the zoo have used walls and water and such to keep the visitors out of the habitats (hihi). Me love it in Emmen, even when it is a colder day in November. There is just so much to see and to do! Maybe that is why it called an Adventure Zoo right? (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
Corona kept many of our humans apart. But sometimes you just need to see each other. So… with social distancing in mind, Berry and me went to see Aapie and Gary and their humans at the Veluwe. Yes, we went for a picknick. That was very nice. We sat in the sunshine and just cuddled – cuz us plushies could cuddle. Sometimes that is just enough you know. Sitting with each other, enjoying the sunshine and cuddle… (pictures by Berry de Nijs)
