A couple of weeks after we arrived in Warsaw we went to this wonderful park called Lazienki Park (pronounced wajeankey). We had heard that they had squirrels, cute little birds and peacocks. 
We found out that the squirrels are not like the squirrels in the States. These squirrels are much cuter, red, smaller and not afraid of people at all. The Warsaw squirrels will run right up to you and take a nut right out of your hand. If you hold the nut up high enough they will put one paw on your hand so that they can stand up on their hind legs to reach the nut. It is such an awesome experience.
The birds of Lazienki Park are very similar. They are about the size of a canary but they are mostly black with some blue and some white coloring. If you put bread in your hand and stand near a bush of these birds with your hand open and horizontal to the ground the birds will fly to you hand, land on your fingers and very gently take the food out of your hands. It was an awe inspiring event. 
The pecocks were not so interesting. Actually they were kind of scary. We fed one (they don't hang out in flocks) and it tried to chase us for more food. It wasn't aggresive like geese are but pecocks are huge so the size makes up for the lack of speed. We didn't feed anymore pecocks.
Chris, Shaelyn and I spent about 4 hours walking around the park and feeding the animals. I don't know when I have had so much fun. Of course, Shaelyn was afraid to feed squirrels and birds but she thoroughly enjoyed watching Chris and I feed the animals. She laughed and giggled the entire time.
That sounds like a wonderful place to visit, especially for someone like me who is an animal nut! You have to put that on the list of things to do when I come to visit you all.
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