I was just joking with my sister-in-law that one of the goods things about constantly being 2 weeks behind on your blog, is that by the time you get around to blogging about something, you have forgotten all the negative stuff and everything sounds honky-dory and sunshiney! Well, it also means you run the risk of forgetting awesome stuff. And I did. Thursday, the first day of Easter vacation, since Chris was working from home, the older kids and I went to the movies.
Usually, Chris takes the kids to the theater. It's kind of his "thing" he does; bonding time, you know. But he needed to be at home for a conference call, so he suggested that I take the kids instead, and he would watch the younger two at home. He found a theater in Zurich that was playing "How to train your dragon" in English, and showed me on a map how to get there, and also wrote out the address for our GPS. Poor Noah was disappointed he couldn't go, but the film was rated for kids 6 years and up, and we don't want to teach our kids to lie. Fortunately, Papa found something fun for him and Alexandra to watch at home while we were gone. So, I drive into Zurich, and the friendly helpful GPS takes me right to the theater, after only one slight mix up when she (we have named our GPS lady Susie) tried to get me to drive the wrong way down a one-way street. The only problem was, there is no parking near the theater. It's meant for city folk who walk or take public transportation, I guess.
I continued to drive down the road, hoping I would find a public parking spot or a parking garage sign somewhere. No luck, and now I have made a few turns, and have no idea how to get back to the theater. The good news is I did know where I was, just had no clue where the theater was in relation to my position. And the GPS wasn't helping because as far as Susie knew, I had found the theater and didn't need her help anymore. So I did what I always do in these situations, and called Chris in a total panic. He helped me find my way back to the theater, and find parking just a few streets over. We had to walk a bit fast, and buy our tickets at the refreshment stand rather than the official box office, but we still made it into the theater before the previews started. Whew! And yes, the lady did ask how old all the kids were, so I am glad we didn't risk trying to get Noah in.
The theater was so nice. Apparently, the other screen isn't as big or as nice, but the one we were in had super comfy recliner like chairs to sit in, super wide aisles to walk down, each aisle was significantly higher than the one in front, and the screen was huge. Biggest I have seen in Europe so far. Really, really nice. And for some reason the tickets were cheaper than the advertised price, including the two pairs of 3-D glasses we bought. But she did give us the correct amount of tickets, so not quite sure what happened there. Anyway, we all loved the movie. It was just the right amount of thrilling, but not totally scary. It was funny, and the kids loved the 3-D effects. At one point I saw Sarah trying to catch a snowflake. :)
It was a really fun afternoon, and the kids even enjoyed the walk back to the car. Walking in Zurich is just so fun. So many interesting shops and restaurants to walk past and peek in the windows of, interesting people passing you by, and of course, the gorgeous sunny weather helped make it all perfect. Plus, now they all want a pet dragon. :)