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Kirsten

Exploring the Space Coast, Florida, Winter 2024

A little Winter series – throwing it back to my sister and I’s trip from 2024 where we had ourselves a fun Florida trip! We were there for just over 2 weeks and booked and planned this over a year in advance. It was quite nice to escape the cold of Scotland and arrive to hot weather in Florida in November, it sure did feel strange with both warm weather and Christmas trees at the same time XD The first stop on our trip was the Space Coast – the eastern coastline of Florida close to Orlando. We had the weekend there before heading inland and it was such a great start to our trip.

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Kirsten

Summer snapshots from Schonbrunn Zoo Vienna, August 2026

With fantastic weather on my visit to Vienna in August, I think all of the animals were having a great time! While I only had one day of visiting, I think I made the most in trying to see as much as I could and luckily most of the animals were outside. Highlights definitely included seeing the sea lion baby (tooooo cute and tiny, and so loud in it’s squeaks!), having a good viewing of the giraffes outside, seeing the cheetah cubs much more grown up from my last visit, and also seeing the hippos outside as well, both on land and in the pool.

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Kirsten

Summer with the PANDAS at Schonbrunn Zoo Vienna

I rounded out my 13months in a row of seeing at least one panda a month by going to see the pandas in Vienna again at Schonbrunn Zoo – making my third trip on my annual pass covering a total of 5 days at the zoo. This pair is a definite favourite and it was great to finally experience Summer and warm weather in Vienna as it’s always been cold/Winter on my previous visits – Vienna and the zoo are both beautiful in the sun and I can’t wait to make more Summer visits in the future!

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Kirsten

Summer snapshots from Ouwehands Dierenpark, June + July 2026

With 3 days spent at Ouwehands over June and July, and really some great weather, there was plenty to see and do at the zoo this past Summer season! I don’t think there were any new babies there on this visit from my previous trip in February, but I enjoyed catching up with the previous babies, especially the tiger triplets, they’re so active and playful, and have gotten so big! I didn’t see the new red panda cubs, but I did get plenty of view of mum/dad on both trips, they’re just so cute hanging there in the trees with their paws and tails dangling down^ On my July visit there was a very nice National Geographic exhibition on around the park with a great range of photos, this was a fun addition and I enjoyed coming across the photo boards on my way between animals.

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