Then we went back into the main building and into the the new aquarium area with many
different kinds of fish, crabs and other sea life.
One tank had the water spinning around to similate a current. It was really strange to see all the fish swimming but not moving
because of the current. There was also an open topped fish tank, which you can see below, where you could dip your hands in and pet the fish!
Next we visited the sealarium where there was a huge seal tank.
This area also housed some minx.
We then went up some stairs where we could see the top of the seal tank and we watched them being fed. (right)
This seal (below) was really cute, he kept smacking the water with his flipper to let the man feeding them know that he wanted some fish too!
Before leaving, we went into the little gift shop to buy some souvenirs.
We went back to the car to have a bit more to eat. We drove a short way and took some photos of these statues near the beach with
Celia and Julian posing in front.
We then drove to the town area as we planned to visit the Vand Tårn (Water Tower - left).
We parked and walked to the tower, but found out when we got there that it closed at 4.00 and it was already 4.30!
We had also planned to visit the nearby Esbjerg Museum, but realised that it would probably be closed as well, so that was a bit disappointing.
Instead, we took a little walk through the shopping precinct Kongensgade (likely translation Kingstreet).
We bought some more souvenirs, and Mathilde found a cup with her name on!
We stopped to have an icecream, before heading back to the carpark.
We drove back to Bork Havn and Celia treated everyone to a meal at the Pearl Harbour restaurant, which was across the road from
the supermarket. The food was very nice but the restaurant had insects everywhere probably because of the heat, so that wasn't so nice.
That evening we spotted a hare in our garden! He turned out to be a regular visitor to our garden that week.
Later in the evening there was a bit of a storm, so we stayed inside. The
weather affected the reception of the satellite channels (most of which were in
Danish and German anyway) so we watched a bit of a DVD that Mathilde had brought
with her, a concert of Marco Borsato. When Joop was satisfied that he had
killed most of the mosquitoes in the house, we finally went to bed shortly after
12.00. Celia decided to wear a towel over her ears so she wouldn't be
woken up by any remaining mosquitoes, and we all had a better night's sleep,
though it was still very hot.
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