Scandinavia

The next day we got up late, we were a bit tired from the exhausting travelling of the previous day. After breakfast we left around half past ten. Legoland was only a 15-minute drive away. A short walk from the parking brought us to the Park-entrance, from where we first toured Miniland. Miniland is what Legoland started out with, before it became a large amusement park. In Miniland you can see a lot of famous buildings and locations from Europe, all built from Legoblocks. From all of the Nordic countries you can see buildings, of course from Denmark, but also from Norway, Sweden and Finland. There also are buildings from Germany and the Netherlands. From the latter one of course the famous Amsterdam canals, but also windmills and cows. Next to these there is also a part with some buildings and structures from all over the world among which for instance the Acropolis (Greece), Abu Simbel (Egypt), Capitol (USA), Wat Pra Kheo (Thailand) and the statue of Liberty (USA). After visiting Miniland, which is really very nice, we saw some other parts of the park. Ciska rode several of the attractions, such as:

• Lego Safari, with a small car on safari through a forest with all kinds of animals. All built from Legoblocks of course.
• Goldmine, with a small train through an old goldmine in which the gold diggers were still at work.
• Legocopters, a kind of helicopters that go up and down.
• Miniboats, with a small boat you sail along a number of world famous buildings (see above).
• Walked the adventure trail, in which Ciska tested her skills in walking on beams and ropes and such kind of things.
• Jungle Rally. A kind a dodgems (bumping cars).
• Jungle Racers, they look like those Everglades boats, a lot of splashing anyway.
• Pirate boats. With a boat through pirate land and a cave with partying pirates with their treasures and jewelleries. This we could do with the three of us, we did it even twice as it was really fun.
• Explore land. A small mini amusement part for the little ones. Ciska was already to big for this.
• Eagles nest. A very large playing castle.

In between rides we had something to eat and drink, which is really quite expensive here. But the rides are all for free. Also the waiting time for any of the rides was not that long, from only a few minutes to at most 20 minutes.
Around 6 'o clock we had dinner in the dragon castle. Afterwards we went on a few more rides before we walked towards the exit. But before we left we stopped at the Lego shop and bought some Lego for Ciska. Here you can buy Lego by the gram. You take a plastic bag and fill it up with as many building blocks you need and then you pay for each gram of Lego in the bag. But be warned, buying Lego here is not cheaper than at home, I would say it is even more expensive. But you can buy blocks here in colours and shapes that you can't buy in an ordinary toyshop.