Brrrrr... The zoo can be cold

Yesterday morning Little Geek Girl decided that she was a tiger and needed to go see the other tigers at the zoo.  It was also a good opportunity for Zürich Daddy Geek to see the penguin walk.  In the winter, if the temperatures are less than 10 °C, the Zürich Zoo penguins are taken for a stroll through the zoo.  So, we split up, ZDG and LGG went ahead to the zoo and I ran a couple of errands.

Since I had only had dessert for breakfast and lunch, I decided to take the Seilbahn Rigiblick to the top and walk across the Zürichberg to the zoo to bask in the sun and get a little exercise.  It was a sunny, but hazy day.  I met up with ZDG and LGG and we growled at the tigers.  We then visited the new baboon and ibex exhibit and then went to play at bug world.  Note to self:  if there's snow on the ground and you're going to a playground, bring the waterproof mittens.  LGG did a good job of not getting herself cold and wet.  But even though we were dressed in layers, it was cold up there on the top of the Zürichberg.  The high was around 3.5 °C and we decided to head over to the rain forest, which was a very comforting 24 °C.  It was also high humidity and my glasses fogged up immediately and stayed fogged up for quite a while.  But it was nice to defrost and watch for bats and lemurs and other creatures.

Afterwards we headed down to the city to meet a friend and her daughter for coffee and then we went out to dinner.  ZDG leaves for India tonight, so today we visited the pool in the morning.  It was nice to go when it wasn't too crowded and we had the diving pool to ourselves.