We woke up to sunny skies and the sounds of construction. There is a building demolition going on across the street and they start early, or at least it seems early when you are on vacation. We headed to the T (Boston Transit) to head back downtown.
A giant tea pot over the entrance to a Starbucks.
Faneuil Hall.
To get to the New England Aquarium, we had to retrace our steps from yesterday, passing by the Quincy Market.
Angela and Claudia with a penguin buddy outside the aquarium.
Penguins are their big attraction.
There are three types of penguins at the aquarium. Here are the African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus).
This guy was the loudest.
This is a Little Blue penguin (Eudyptula minor).
There are also California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus).
This was the biggest one, having a shake after getting out of the water.
This is the Southern Rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome).
Angela and Claudia trying to touch the Cownose Ray.
In the middle of the building there is a giant ocean tank that is four storeys high. It 26 feet deep, 40 feet wide and holds 200,000 gallons. There were a couple of giant sea turtles swimming around.
They had a couple of divers in the tank feeding the fish.
A sea nettle.
The top of the Giant Ocean Tank.
The sea turtle popping up for some air.
A spiny urchin.
Looking back down at the penguin pool from above.
This sea turtle was having a rest.
A puffer fish.
It was a good aquarium and in the morning it wasn’t that busy. Here are the girls outside, notice what Claudia is carrying. When I agreed, I was thinking of G-ma and G-pa saying buy what they want no matter what your parents think. They were willing to carry it for the rest of the day. Not sure if they put the 50% off sign on it just to make you think you got a deal.
The New England Aquarium.
After lunch at the Beantown Pub, we walked over to the Kings Chapel. Here are the girls sitting in a pew.
The pulpit.
There is also a burying ground next to the church. This one dates back to 1630.
Next it was over to Boston Common. We walked along Beacon St. past the State House.
A statue of John F Kennedy. There was a locked gate between us.
We went by the original outside of the Cheers bar.
There were too many people at the sidewalk level taking photos, so I had Angela take one from below.
A monument in the middle of Boston Common. Look at the guy laying a the foot of it.
A closer view, not sure what was up with that, but eventually he got up and walked away.
