February 11, 2006
Fish on Friday
Further on the tourism-or-die project, we went to the Aquarium on Friday. Yes, we saw the GIANT squid frozen in a block of ice. (reminded me of how nice grilled baby blue octopuses taste with a glass-of-something-chilled) We ooohed and aahed at the sharks and rays and the eerie light as you wander underneath the fish swimming around you. Jacob found a friend who was just as interested in rubbing his bottom on the glass at the sharks, thus saving Ron and I some potential humiliation.
Along Southbank and the Casino Yarra bank we stumbled upon an Asian market (a very sanitised-corporate-Asian-market mind you, with all nasty-asian-messiness-removed) and were able to indulge in Green Tea smoothies and Kueh Talam amongst other things. There was also a suprise childrens farm thrown in where Jacob got to chase some piglets and cuddle an alarmed-looking-chicken. Jacob then considerately fell asleep allowing us time for one of those cups of coffee where you pretend-he-doesn't-exist before catching the train home. Succesfully touristed all around, must do it again some time.
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