Amsterdam Zoo

We decided to visit Artis Zoo, the zoo here in Amsterdam. Artis Zoo is the oldest zoo in The Netherlands. It was founded in 1838. It is a really beautiful place with lots of majestic old buildings and over 700 species of animal living there!

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon, so we decided to ride our bikes there. From our house it was about a 15 minute ride.



We relaxed with our pal, Buddha.



As usual, we saw the big kitties. Who wants Go Cat?



Some odd squirrel kinda thing. Probably neurotic.



This is a pretty bird. Striking eye color, huh?



And this guy is also beautiful. He looks like Hedwig from the Harry Potter books!



We saw little monkeys...



and big ones too.



Not sure what he is(Maybe a lima?), but he's cute.



This is his cousin...



suntanning. Very funny.

We were also able to visit the planetarium which is on site at the zoo. It was a really interesting experience, despite all the commentary being in Dutch!

After a good few hours exploring the sights at the zoo we hopped on our bikes and cycled home.