Mini Break

We had a mini break over the weekend. Terry finished work early Friday and we drove down Southampton in torrential rain. We have to cancelled Indian restaurant in Southampton as we was still stuck in the traffic near Oxford at 6. We arrived Southampton about 8pm and checked in Marwell Zoo Hotel. We didn't expect the hotel will be that good, but it turned out to be a really good one for the price we paid. For £59 we would just hope something like Travel lodge. The hotel has a swimming pool ans situated in the woods outside the zoo. It is a beautiful wooden structure in African jungle style. We had a twin room with two double-bed with very comfy lining. I had a very good night sleep with Daniel next to me. Following morning was very sunny, when we took Daniel through the hotel corridor to hotel restaurant for breakfast, he was very excited to see all the trees and green through the huge glass wall on each side of the corridor. After breakfast we took Daniel swimming in the pool again. He enjoyed half hour swimming session in the pool. Terry even tried to dip him completely into water to test if his diving reflex was still working ( it said baby would lost this reflex after one year old ,that's why some of the baby swimming class only take baby under 1-year old), Daniel cried a little bit but he seemed OK with it. When Terry held Daniel, I did couple length of swimming since Daniel was born, which was very relaxing. (My fitness is definitely need to recover, I used to do 20 length no-stop for my Wednesday lane-swimming session for years pre-pregnancy)...I found that swimming helps Daniel sleep. He dozed off for an hour in hotel bed afterwards...