Heide Park is actually the only overseas theme park I've ever visited! Way back in the summer of 1992 I went on a 3-week exchange student trip to Braunschweig, Germany, and my host family took me to Heide Park. Obviously it was much different back then, and I only remember 1 or 2 big coasters. I also remember the big Mountain-Rafting rapids ride was under construction at the time.
I've got an entire book of photos from that trip and I look back on that trip with really fond memories. Good to hear the park is still around and still thriving!
Random bit of trivia re: Venus fly-traps - they only grow naturally in a 90km area around Wilmington, NC where I live. They're highly endangered and you hear about arrests of poachers quite frequently. I've always been fascinated by them and did many a science project on them since they're such a localized rarity.
Heide Park is actually the only overseas theme park I've ever visited! Way back in the summer of 1992 I went on a 3-week exchange student trip to Braunschweig, Germany, and my host family took me to Heide Park. Obviously it was much different back then, and I only remember 1 or 2 big coasters. I also remember the big Mountain-Rafting rapids ride was under construction at the time.
I've got an entire book of photos from that trip and I look back on that trip with really fond memories. Good to hear the park is still around and still thriving!
Random bit of trivia re: Venus fly-traps - they only grow naturally in a 90km area around Wilmington, NC where I live. They're highly endangered and you hear about arrests of poachers quite frequently. I've always been fascinated by them and did many a science project on them since they're such a localized rarity.