Today we had lots of fun! We went to downtown Indianapolis. Indianpolis is the capital city of Indiana, the state where my host family lives. It is about 30 minutes away from where they live. Indianapolis is the 11th largest city in the USA. Here is a cool website that tells more fun facts about this place: Indy Bragging Points. Host Dad works in Indianapolis and today he took the little boy with him to work. Host mom, the little girl and I met them later in the day at the zoo.
My host family really enjoys American football. Indianapolis has a great team, the Indianapolis Colts. The city recently hosted the Superbowl at the Lucas Oil Stadium. My host family says it was an incredible event! I got a picture in front of the stadium. Here is a website that tells all about the team: the Colts.
We visited the Indianapolis Zoo. It was an awesome zoo! We arrived just in time to see the zoo keepers feeding the seals. They did amazing tricks and lots of splashing to get those little fish that the trainer had in her bucket. We also saw a polar bear, a brown bear, lemurs, giraffes, lions, rhinos, elephants and sharks. I think my favorite were the ring-tailed lemurs, because they were the closest to my size!
It is not on my life missions list, but it is quite a feat - today, I rode my first roller coaster! Woo hoo! It was fast and sort of scary, because I was in the dark and couldn't see when the hills, curves and swerves were coming. The zoo has a family coaster. The kids were so excited to ride it. They had never been on it before and the little girl had grown just enough to meet the height requirements to ride. I had to hide in my host Mom's backpack because I cannot meet the height requirements, but I was there. I felt the rush of riding fast and even heard the host Mom scream out loud once. I stayed quiet, but I was a little scared. I'm not sure I want to go again, but maybe some day.
