A bit of culture

I thought it was about time Marisca experienced some culture - more than she gets from the TV we watch during feeding anyway - so on Friday we headed over to Milton Keynes to enjoy some of the International Festival.

First of all we set off on a rickshaw ride - we shared the rickshaw with another Mum and her six month old daughter. Before the ride we played a game of chance to determine what story we listened to on the ride: we ended up listening to a story about a mother letting her daughter go as she got older. Apt, don't you think?

After that we watched a mix of BMX stunts, parkour and street dancing. It was - um - odd. Excuse the photo quality, they were all taken on my mobile...

Then we had a ride on the Magical Managerie - a rather incredible carousel with lots of mechanical animals. We went on the flying fish, but here's a picture of the bull instead:

Finally, we went inside this:

which was a large inflatable structure. The walls were made of plastic, with thinner translucent strips which let in light. Different parts of the structure were different colours, and the whole thing was amazingly beautiful: the pictures here do not do it justice.

We wandered round and sat back enjoying the atmosphere: here we are having a rest and enjoying the colours!

All good fun, and a bit out of the ordinary. One lady told me I was very brave to be out and about with a three month old! I don't think so - I plan to fill my maternity leave with days like this...