Another week, another new place. This time it would be Penang for the 7 days preceding Chinese New Year. Paigey knocked it out of the park by finding a restored hotel smack dab in the historic centre. The kids enjoyed the full week in the comfortable surroundings, and the weather continued to be in our favour, with temperatures above 30 degrees and no rain. Laundry, school, history and food were all on the docket.
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I grew up believing the CN Tower was the be-all and end-all in Toronto. We had an entire unit dedicated to the tower in primary school, culminating in a field trip. We learned it was the tallest building, with a radio antenna and restaurant at the top. In my 20s, I was humbled when it took me 40+ minutes to climb the 1,776 steps during a charity event. After visiting Kuala Lumpur, I’m not sure my children will grow up with the same reverence for our Toronto-based tower. KL has towers aplenty, and they actually seem to do something (like function as malls or offices). Wherever we went, there would always be some tower lurking in the background, reminding us we were in KL and a long way from home.
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Each of us picked a destination that the family could not object to. Isabella’s pick was Legoland. When we looked at the map, we noticed there was one across the border from Singapore in Johor, Malaysia. There was a hotel, theme park and water park all under the Lego brand. What better way to start the New Year than two days hunkered down with all things Lego. We also realized that going to Denmark (to the original Legoland) would blow our budget in a couple of days. So off to Johor we went!
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