Brown Bear, Brown Bear

On Saturday, we decided to get of out town for a little while. We debated taking a trip, but instead settled on a 30 minute journey to Veresegyház, the home of a bear park. It was initially set up as a refuge for retired circus bears. It now houses bears and wolves, and has entertainment for the kids such as pony rides and a playground.
The kids were excited to see the bears and feed them! Yes, only in Hungary can you stick your arm through a fence and feed giant bears. Well, actually we just stuck spoons through the fence. The park provides large wooden spoons and sells honey to put on the spoon. Chelsea was ready with her spoon and honey!

Once we loaded up the spoon, we had to wait for a hungry bear. There were lots of people, so the bears were not starving! We noticed that the bears preferred the people who brought other kinds of honey, apples, or even chips.

We have a customer! I wish you could see Chelsea's face. She was squealing with delight that the bear was eating her honey. As soon as he licked it off, she turned around for "more, more, more!"

Mister bear has a long tongue!He is full.

This bear wasn't interested in eating - he was all cozy in a hole.

Baby boy wanted to pet baby bear. I didn't think that was a good idea, so he had to stay in the stroller near the bears.
Pony rides were next on the agenda. Only about $2.50 for a ride - not bad! The Hungarian pony ride man even taught Chelsea some tricks. She was proud of herself for riding without holding on!

Cade enjoyed watching the ponies.

It was a fun adventure on a beautiful day. The kids had a great time and we enjoyed seeing a bit of the Hungarian countryside. Come visit us and we will take you to feed the bears!