Anyway, kids and parents alike were hyped and excited to see what there was on offer at the aquarium.
on the train...Timo and Josephine really enjoying each other's company.
My friend, Mihaela doing the Japanese "peace" thing!
Josephine checking out poor Timo's new haircut. He didn't seem to mind too much though ;-)
Us lot, all arriving at the aquarium
Ines and Evie at the dolphins (they're just 2-3 weeks apart in age)
after the dolphin show we went to watch them a bit.
The tank tunnel. That was very impressive! Everything was visible to all aged children. Wonderful.
We saw everything you can imagine....an assortment of massive manta rays and sting rays. And here, a turtle just "plodding" on....still looking for it's escape route.
The "wolf fish"....a deep sea fish that just arbs out with it's mouth wide open and this wierd transparent net thing in it's mouth getting sucked in and blown out as it breathed. Interesting!
some squishies!
the tropical fish.
Theeere goes Nemo's buddy, Dori. Do you see her with her dark blue spot on her yellow scales?
Lovely coral
The salamander fish. From Mexico or South America, I think?
Josephine's nose pressed against the windows. The glass was really thick and at times Mihaela and I felt truly ill. It did give us a sea-sick like feeling.
Little Evie sticking her head through one of those picture frames
And Josephine
Fascinated by the sharks. And the eyes were moving. This shark was resting at the bottom of the tank. But after a while he swam away from us. We watched his gills going in and out as he pressed the water out again.
Jaws. The "Black Tipped Reef" shark
The aquarium also had some "hands on" tanks where the children could let the little fish come and sucker off any parasites growing there. The tiny fish just swarm your hand and take cute little nibbles. Almost tickles. Josephine's last words tonight were that she wants to go back and visit those little fish.
After a 3 hour, but full day there, we left and went by train towards Jiyugaoka (near home) and sat down to some yummy pizza and pasta. Was a nice way to end off the day. Everyone enjoyed themselves thoroughly.
