We have been pretty busy, but are getting to relax for a day or two, so I am going to do a couple updates now. A week ago today we went to Apenhuel in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Apenhuel literally translates to ape haven. About fifty years ago in this part of the world it was apparently pretty common for people to have pet monkeys of all sorts. A group of people decided to create a place to take their monkeys to play, which eventually turned in to a permanent place for them all to live. This is in the middle of a national park and is now the only ape "zoo" in the world with free-roaming monkeys that interact with the visiting humans. There are now hundreds of kinds of apes, not all of which are free-roaming of course, as well as lots of birds. We actually walked by several peacocks, ducks, parrots, and an emu. So, there were bonobos, gorillas, lemurs, and about 50 others which I cannot remember, including one of the smallest monkeys in the world.
We went with our neighbors, Besart (from Albania), Nenad (Serbia) and Diana (Canada), as well as Taulant (Kosovo) and Josephine (China), who we have been hanging out a lot with and are always a good time. We had a great time, snacked all day, and made it home late Sunday evening, in time to rest up for our day off on Monday. Monday we, maybe a little homesick, went to see a good ole American movie, The Tree of Life. Both us us were notably disappointed afterwards. Back to work on Tuesday and on to a new post about Sara's mom and Lloyd's visit.
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