We’re just back from a quick and fun getaway to Toledo, where we saw an actual, real-life (real-dead?) mummy, ate some yummy Hungarian food, and swam ourselves silly in air conditioned glory.

The mummy was part of the Egypt exhibit at the Toledo Museum of Art, which was excellent. In addition to an actual mummy, there were lots of relics and artifacts looted recovered from tombs of both royalty and commoners. It’s always striking to see a work of art created 5000 years ago, and made even more so when your 4 year-old careens off the case displaying it. Keeping a close check on him made it all the more challenging to sidestep the rules against photography in the exhibit, but somehow we managed. In addition to that exhibit, the TMA also has a fantastic Family Center, a free art room with all sorts of activities for the kids.

All that painting and crafting worked up an appetite, so we headed to a Toledo landmark, Packo’s. The dogs with sauce were amazing, as expected, but the real surprise was the other stuff: chicken paprikas’ with Hungarian dumplings and warm kraut simmered with tomatoes. Awesome food, well worth the side trip to an industrial part of town.

All of this was but a warm-up for the main event: a trip to Splash Bay just outside Toledo. There was plenty for both of the kids to do, and we really did have a blast swimming, splashing, jumping, sliding, and squirting. Of course, no trip would be complete without finding some candy and ice cream, which we did in style in lovely, Uptown Maumee. The kids even had their own little space in the room, with bunk beds and their own TV. It was, obviously, the “High Roller’s” room.