Had another wonderful day. We woke early and hit up the IHOP near our hotel as preveiously posted. Then took the subway (during rush hour) to the New England Aquarium.
The place is awesome. We walked in just in time for the penguins to be fed.
They have 80 penguins and claim that there are 80 different personalities. I could totally see that. It was fun seeing them come up, one at a time in a very orderly fashion to be weighed and fed. It was really cute. Each one wore a different coloured bracelet. Males on left and females on the right wing (or the other way around). The penguins that have mated wore matching colours. No gay penguins, but they’ve was a sister and brother that mated (I don’t believe they’ve been informed).
In the centre of the build is a giant water tank, with a spiraling stair ramp around it. Awesome views.
Inside the big tank there was another scheduled feeding (there are several throughout the day). Natalie and I agreed that this must be a really cool job to have. All the people here appeared to love their jobs.
We saw all sorts of crazy species, and were even allowed to touch some of them. Some totally totally alien.
I also think I saw an alien egg.
Next we went to The Chart House for lunch. It was rather posh. Check out the food we ate. Natalie ate clam chowder. I had a tuna sandwich. Then we shared their signature lava cake, which we had to pre-order. It was heavenly.
Next up we took a bus tour which was a great overview of the city. Upon I saw the Crane, Poole & Schimdt building:
After that we strolled around. Some some great little artist shops. I got a wicked t-shirt that you’ll have to see in a future post. Then we got bloody soaked. We went for some Boston pizza, in Boston. It was a nice place, but I’m sure I would have enjoyed myself more if I wasn’t so soaked… I hate being damp. Anyways, after that (and a few glasses of wine) we went back to the hotel and dried off. I hope our shoes will be okay by morning!
First thing tomorrow will be a walking tour of the Italian food districted. Yum!
