A Whale of a Time

After a huge day yesterday, and couple big ones ahead, a moderate sleep in until 830 today. The boys are holding up fairly well, Zander with mild conjunctivitis and Ryland a mild version of what Axel had, but overall OK.
First up breakfast nearby, we found a nice spot for toast, french toast and boiled eggs.
Feeding the kids has been a little challenging at times. We're been gathering snacks, treats and fillers from Family Marts and Lawsons. The kids are happy with regulation meats, fried chicken, sausages etc at restaurants. Theyre fairly happy to try new things sometimes but rarely enjoy it. Theres been too many pancakes and chicken nuggets consumed. Rylands really giving the chopsticks a go!
Todays main destination would be the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, about 30minutes away by metro.
Again, the sun was beating down at 34c. Its not really the sun that burns, it hasnt much so far, but suffocates you with humidity.
The aquarium area was nice, with a giant ferris wheel and waterfront mall.
We secured tickets for a 1245 entry and in we went. What a fantastic attraction for us all. A huge complex, you catch a giant escalator to level 8 then slowly wind your way down around a giant central tank (with plenty of side exhibits). Ryland and Axel picked up a stamp passport each and had a lot of fun finding stamps throughout the place. Inside the huge central tank, hundreds of fish, rays, sharks, crabs, an octopus, turtles and most impressive a few huge whale sharks.. definitely the biggest fish ive seen in a tank.
We shared a giant 8 inch 'eel' themed hotdog to keep hunger at bay and spent around 3 hours here, also enjoying penguins, dolphins, coati and seals.
Zander loved the aquarium as much as any of us, on the edge of his seat, laughing, pointing and screeching with excitement.
After that, a return to the hotel to get some prepacking done (two nights in Osaka remain), and a bit of rest before dinner and tomorrow's big day to Universal Studios.
We had dinner out at a Teppanyaki restaurant, cooking up beef, pork, corn, peppers, mushroom, sausages and sweet potato. The boys enjoyed it, but like most things, made it a little more challenging.
Ryland is looking a little flat and tired. Lets hope he carries on as he has.Leer más