Life: Idiotropic

Father's Day means a nice breakfast and a family activity of dad's choice.  Dad's choice within reason though... a cranky crew doesn't make anyone happy, so golf is out.  So is hours in front of the history channel.  The aquarium?  A win. 

This aquarium is a collection of several different modern looking building - all unique - all beautiful.  They reflect each other and the ponds that connect them all.  It's gorgeous even from the outside.


The dolphin show was different today - not as good actually, less organized, and one trainer had no control over her dolphins.  However, it did enable me to get this shot which isn't bad. 

The beluga whale was especially friendly pausing for a full 3 minutes or more in front of the glass for photo ops. 

And, lucky us, we caught the feeding of the sea lions when the trainers also come out and do small health checkups.  The male "lion" fits his name well with his thick "mane" around his neck.  He opened wide for his check-up, then shook his head and spit went flying.  His trainer grimaced, tipped her head back, and clamped her mouth tight around the training whistle she held there.  Blech.

We ate lunch again here... funny.  It's nice, really, but so different.  No hamburgers at this little cafe.  You can get pasta, rotisserie chicken, calamari, whole grilled cuttlefish, breaded fish, hot dogs, paella, etc...   The calamari aren't fantastic, but just that you can get them... or a whole grilled cuttlefish is pretty fun.  I had paella today and it was as expected per the locale - very bland.

The table across from us sat about 40 teenagers - obviously with a school tour group.  Of the beverages on the table 1 was a water.  ALL the others were Coca Cola in the famous red can... a sea of red cans.