City Family Park & Fákasel Horse Theater
[Photos from 03 August 2016, posted on 02 OCTOBER 2016. There’s a storm outside, so let’s pretend it’s still summer!]
I was just done with painting after finishing the outside of the house, so to give Finnur peace to continue the seemingly endless task of staining wood, I took the kids to the farm-animal/family park in downtown Reykjavik.
While we were there, a reminder popped up for a trip to the Fákasel Horse Park with some of our Icelandic friends from California. Finnur wanted to keep on working, so I took the kids, and we had a grand time! (21 images total)
Emma at the end of riding in a large circle on horse-back at the farm-animal park.
Bjarki pretty happy while navigating the little lake with me on a tiny circular boat.
Emma’s a big fan of that pedal-tractor.
We usually eat the crappy food they offer at the family park, but this time I decided to venture outside the park, to the adjacent botanical garden and the upscale cafe that’s hidden in there.
Oh dear, it was not a good first visit. The lemonades were weird and didn’t taste good at all (got replacements for them all) and the price was among the highest I’ve seen. The cakes were pretty good though…
The big kids went hunting for Pokemons for a bit, and while Emma and I were searching for them, we walked past these one-footedly-sleeping geese.
The drive to the Fákasel horse park took less than an hour.
Waiting for dinner to appear.
After dinner. Waiting for pokemons and the horse theater show to begin.
Guy introducing the show. It’s held in a barn, and they’ve managed to cover the whole far wall with a seamless projector system.
Hey, horses!
They had six riders doing various riding skills.
A girl and her horse. Lovely scene.
Riding fast along a line of fire.
After the show, we got to go backstage.
A rock from the first scene of the show.
Dinner time for the horses!
Emma found a door to the outside. The entrance is where the cars are.
Anna trying to get Emma to feed a horse, but she was very reluctant.
Very nice stables!
Oh look, a kitten!
With that, we drove back home, enjoying the vistas on the way back.
