Last weekend I met up with waltman and we headed down to Camden to go to Adventure Aquarium. Unfortunately it’s winter, so the ferry isn’t running, but the trip over the bridge and through a bit of Camden was not a big problem.
First stop at the aquarium was to head out to see the seals and penguins!
But the weather was too cold for their African penguins, so they were off exhibit, how disappointing!
The seals were up for doing their show though, showing a bunch of different behaviors as kids volunteered to help out the woman presenting. It was fun, but I was glad to get out of the cold and back into the aquarium after it was over.
One of the most interesting things this aquarium is that they have hippos, and an African porcupine in their West African River Experience. What fun! We got to watch the porcupine being fed (it’s favorite food is bananas) and then the hippos enjoying a meal (snack?) too.
Also great? We got to touch a shark! And some other animals in their touch exhibits, I was able to pet a Moon Jellyfish and a Fresh Water Sting Ray.
I was also very impressed by their shark exhibit. Not only did they have one of those tubes you could walk through and see sharks (video below), their viewing windows were huge and varied which made for lots of great shark viewing.
The rest of the aquarium was really nice too, lots of great exhibits, interesting fish and things. I am very impressed, and a bit sad that I’d never made it over the river to see the aquarium before.
After the aquarium we walked outside and I was able to take some pictures of Philly. I am going to miss it!
Then it was off to dinner! We ended up eating at The Abbaye in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia, which I’d never been to but waltman recommended. My dinner started with a Yards ESA (extra special ale), a great Philly beer! Then was on to dinner, which was one of the most amazing cheese steaks I’ve ever had – chunks of steak marinated in Chimay, with Gruyere cheese, grilled tomatoes, onions, and roasted garlic aioli. I am going to have dreams about this cheese steak. The frites were also really great, some of the best I’ve ever had. In all, I was very impressed with dinner there.
Sunday, Feb 7th, 2010 at 6:09
Looks good…. that cheese steak sounds fantastic, is it like any of the cheese steaks you can see on google image search, because if it is, I think I will be having a go at making one, as I don’t think you can get one over here..
….bye bye waistline….. ;)
Oh, can I nab that picture of Philly from Camden as it would make a great desktop wallpaper?
Sunday, Feb 7th, 2010 at 14:40
There is a photo of said cheesesteak here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/halene/533025942/
You’re welcome to that photo of Philly, I’ll email you the full res version in a couple minutes :)
Sunday, Feb 7th, 2010 at 18:54
Thanks Pleia for the photo.
That cheese steak looks so yummy, not to mention the blueberry pie….
I have to hand it to you, you certainly have an eye for both landscapes and food…