{"id":11552,"date":"2014-07-31T21:02:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T21:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=11552"},"modified":"2014-09-03T23:00:15","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T23:00:15","slug":"france-day-8-tree-climbing-vs-playgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/france-day-8-tree-climbing-vs-playgrounds\/","title":{"rendered":"France Day 8: Tree Climbing vs. Playgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[<em>Written 25 AUGUST 2014. \u00a0I hope.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>While visiting\u00a0a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.family-travel-scoop.com\/things-to-do-in-lyon.html\">website for Things to do with kids in Lyon<\/a>, I saw that there was an &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.france-aventures.com\/fr\/nos-parc-fr\/lyon\">adventure garden<\/a>&#8216; right by the church on the hill, where people can climb in trees, over rope bridges, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, my right heel was still busted, so I figured I had no business climbing in trees. \u00a0Instead, Finnur and I split the kids between us for the afternoon. \u00a0He took the big kids to the adventure garden around lunchtime, while I had Emma and we visited a couple of playgrounds post-nap.<\/p>\n<p>The big kids LOVED\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.france-aventures.com\/\">the adventure garden<\/a> so much that they claimed it was the best thing they did on the entire trip!<\/p>\n<p>Once the tired climbers returned around dinner-time, I attempted to go shopping, but finding a place to eat dinner, and then eating it took up so much time that there was no shopping. \u00a0Boohoo. \u00a0(Previously I&#8217;d squeaked out 45 minutes at one of the H&amp;M stores, while Finnur shopped for groceries, and that was it for clothes shopping until the day we flew back to Iceland!) (21 images total and 1 video)<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B5rxiJBm5t0?list=PLgK2KK11Ot0F02gJDm923oWD311WulYVd\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nShort clips from the adventure garden.<\/center><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11553\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161248.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11553\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11553\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161248.jpg\" alt=\"Bjarki up in a tree.\" width=\"660\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161248.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161248-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bjarki up in a tree.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11554\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161414.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11554\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11554\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161414.jpg\" alt=\"Not for people afraid of heights!\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161414.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161414-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not for people afraid of heights!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11555\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161425.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11555\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11555\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161425.jpg\" alt=\"More climbing.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161425.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161425-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More climbing.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11556\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161556.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11556\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11556\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161556.jpg\" alt=\"Anna crossing a bridge.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161556.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161556-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna crossing a bridge.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11557\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161632.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11557\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11557\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161632.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Anna.\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161632.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161632-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy Anna.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11558\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161731.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11558\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11558\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161731.jpg\" alt=\"Bjarki concentrating.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161731.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161731-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bjarki concentrating.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11559\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161737.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11559\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11559\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161737.jpg\" alt=\"Note that the logs aren't tied together!\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161737.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_161737-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Note that the logs aren&#8217;t tied together!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11560\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_125313.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11560\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_125313.jpg\" alt=\"Meanwhile, I was out playgrounding with Emma.\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_125313.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_125313-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meanwhile, I was out playgrounding with Emma.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11561\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_125004-EFFECTS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11561\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11561\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_125004-EFFECTS.jpg\" alt=\"Google romanticizing the stark reality of playground life. \" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_125004-EFFECTS.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_125004-EFFECTS-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google romanticizing the stark reality of playground life.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11562\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_154808.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11562\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11562\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_154808.jpg\" alt=\"We went to check out the 'other' local playground, which turned out to be a rather sad affair.  But Emma did meet some boys!\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_154808.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_154808-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We went to check out the &#8216;other&#8217; local playground, which turned out to be a rather sad affair. But Emma did meet some boys!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11563\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_155349.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11563\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11563\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_155349.jpg\" alt=\"Kids contemplating their existence.\" width=\"660\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_155349.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_155349-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kids contemplating their existence.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11564\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_160330.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11564\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11564\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_160330.jpg\" alt=\"Emma's getting pretty good at those rocking things.\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_160330.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_160330-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma&#8217;s getting pretty good at those rocking things.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11565\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_162520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11565\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11565\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_162520.jpg\" alt=\"There were hospitals pretty much everywhere around us. \" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_162520.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_162520-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There were hospitals pretty much everywhere around us.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11566\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_162746.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11566\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11566\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_162746.jpg\" alt=\"Cancer hospital.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_162746.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_162746-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cancer hospital.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11567\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_163039.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11567\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11567\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_163039.jpg\" alt=\"Bjarki was utterly flabbergasted by the grass with rails in them.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_163039.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_163039-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bjarki was utterly flabbergasted by the grass with rails&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11568\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_163112.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11568\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11568\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_163112.jpg\" alt=\"Even after he'd seen the train that runs on them.  Why would you put grass there?!?!\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_163112.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_163112-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8230; even after he&#8217;d seen the train that runs on them. Why would you put grass there?!?!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11569\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_172000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11569\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11569\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_172000.jpg\" alt=\"Emma practicing her tippy-toes.\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_172000.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_172000-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma practicing her tippy-toes.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11570\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_172112-MOTION.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11570\" class=\"wp-image-11570\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_172112-MOTION.gif\" alt=\"Meanwhile, Bjarki and Anna were about to leave the climbing park.  They LOVED it!\" width=\"660\" height=\"496\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meanwhile, Bjarki and Anna were about to leave the climbing park. They LOVED it!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11571\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_192602.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11571\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11571\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_192602.jpg\" alt=\"We had to walk quite a ways before we found some restaurants, because the restaurant I wanted to visit was closed.  But we found a restaurant filled square in the end, and the food was edible.\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_192602.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_192602-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We had to walk quite a ways before we found some restaurants, because the restaurant I wanted to visit was closed. But we found a restaurant-filled square in the end, and the food was fine for the most part.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11572\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_192859-MOTION.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11572\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11572\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_192859-MOTION.gif\" alt=\"Finnur: &quot;ur last restaurant meal in Lyon (well, for a while), was just like any other meal we've had in the last year. Quiet. Peaceful. Serene is the word, I believe. &quot;\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finnur: &#8220;Our last restaurant meal in Lyon (well, for a while), was just like any other meal we&#8217;ve had in the last year. Quiet. Peaceful. Serene is the word, I believe. &#8220;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11573\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_200830-MOTION.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11573\" class=\"wp-image-11573\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_20140731_200830-MOTION.gif\" alt=\"Finnur: &quot;Our daughter has devised a three-step plan for world domination.  Step 1: Swallow a spoonful of ice cream. Step 2: Look cute and innocent for about five frames. Step 3: Repeat from step 1. And somehow, miraculously, everyone relaxes at the table, once her plan for world domination is put into effect.&quot;\" width=\"494\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finnur: &#8220;Our daughter has devised a three-step plan for world domination.<br \/> Step 1: Swallow a spoonful of ice cream.<br \/> Step 2: Look cute and innocent for about five frames.<br \/> Step 3: Repeat from step 1.<br \/> And somehow, miraculously, everyone relaxes at the table, once her plan for world domination is put into effect.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[<em>Written 25 AUGUST 2014. \u00a0I hope.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>While visiting\u00a0a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.family-travel-scoop.com\/things-to-do-in-lyon.html\">website for Things to do with kids in Lyon<\/a>, I saw that there was an &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.france-aventures.com\/fr\/nos-parc-fr\/lyon\">adventure garden<\/a>&#8216; right by the church on the hill, where people can climb in trees, over rope bridges, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, my right heel was still busted, so I figured I had no business climbing in trees. \u00a0Instead, Finnur and I split the kids between us for the afternoon. \u00a0He took the big kids to the adventure garden around lunchtime, while I had Emma and we visited a couple of playgrounds post-nap.<\/p>\n<p>The big kids LOVED\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.france-aventures.com\/\">the adventure garden<\/a> so much that they claimed it was the best thing they did on the entire trip!<\/p>\n<p>Once the tired climbers returned around dinner-time, I attempted to go shopping, but finding a place to eat dinner, and then eating it took up so much time that there was no shopping. \u00a0Boohoo. \u00a0(Previously I&#8217;d squeaked out 45 minutes at one of the H&amp;M stores, while Finnur shopped for groceries, and that was it for clothes shopping until the day we flew back to Iceland!) (21 images total and 1 video)<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B5rxiJBm5t0?list=PLgK2KK11Ot0F02gJDm923oWD311WulYVd\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nShort clips from the adventure garden.<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/france-day-8-tree-climbing-vs-playgrounds\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-container col-md-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11552"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11578,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11552\/revisions\/11578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}