Finding Penguins

Literally found the penguins today.
Late start to the day today. My room comes with breakfast, it’s amazing how much extra time going down to breakfast takes.

There no direct public transport to the Atlantic Sea Park but it was apparently a 10 - 15 minute stroll from the bus stop. They didn’t mention the blood great hill on the way. Suffice to say it took me a bit longer to get there but it was worth it when I did get there. As the name of the aquarium suggests it’s full of sea life local to Norway. Some were familiar names to me such as place and cod, others like the Atlantic wolffish I’d never heard of.

Outside there are Humboldt penguins which although native to South America are here as part of an endangered species preservation program.
There are 4 rescue otters there, all around a year old. Thye were fun to watch, like puppies they way they tumble around.
There are 10 harbour seals in the bay. They came from aquariums across Europe although at least one has been born there.
They had feedings and talks for the penguins, otters and seals. All very interesting and entertaining to watch.
I was at the aquarium until it closed. It was a other lovely day. The official temperature got to 22 but it felt much warmer than that. I found a shuttle bus transporting people back to the cruise ships and I was able to catch that rather than walk back to the bus stop. I picked up some cold meat and cheeks from the supermarket and came back to the hotel.Leggi altro