Winter Vacation - Day 2 (Aquarium)

Yikes I'm so behind, we never finished posting about our winter vacation when Ila and Danny came to visit us! (some day I will finish!) So here's to rewind...Day 2 was spent at the Aquarium. If you can remember, the first time we went Leyna was tiny and only 3 weeks old, so it was great to see her actually start looking at things...what a difference!We decided to buy annual passes since it costs the same as visiting twice, and we're sure to come back again and again, especially with Leyna. Here's some new things we got to see this time around...

...the shark exhibit, which we completely overlooked the first time...

...We got a behind the scenes tour of the gigantic tank. With the vast open surface of the water, we felt even closer to all the animals with them swimming right beneath our feet. The guys made great tour guides for Leyna......the turtle & manatee exhibits...

...went down to admire the nearby shore...while Leyna napped peacefully, we got a moment to ourselves to skip some rocks and check out the water. =)...and just before the sunset, we got to see the dolphin show...

Overall it was another great visit, and especially fun to have friends enjoy it with us.

We finished the night trying a new all you can eat yakiniku at a place that has a reputation for good kalbi. Clearly it's intended for the locals being that the menu is only in Japanese, and you have to actually write out your order on a little notepad! Good thing we had Ila there to help us out with translating the menu and writing our orders! It was oishi! (delicious!)

Next up...last day in Oki until we're off to Tokyo (finally!)