28 April 2011

El Oceanográfico en Valencia

Did you know that in Spanish (Spain Spanish anyway) that Valencia isn't pronounced Va-LEN-see-ya?  It is pronounced Va-LEN-thia.  When we got here, I had to get use to the use of the "th" sound in some instances of using the "c" or a "z," which sounds similar to a lisp.  Ha!

Anyway, Thursday was rainy!  Bleck!  We knew we could get some rain on our trip and my thought was to visit the Oceanografico, which is an aquarium, the largest one in Europe and keep out of the rain. 
We drove into Valencia and had quite a trek from the parking garage to get to it.  Grr!  And then we learned that a good portion of walking around the aquarium was outside.  Take a look at this lovely, frizzy hair I was sporting for the day!  Yuck!  Ha!
The aquarium was nice, but I was expecting more.  So I was a tad disappointed.  The weather didn't help though!

This penguin would follow every move that Reegan made.  The whole room was cracking up.  It was so funny and too cute!

 This tunnel was really cool for the kids.  It showed what it was like for sea life that live in the "splash zone" and simulated crashing waves.
It was a bit of a crazy day.  Things don't always go as planned, but we made the most of it.

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