Vacation: Days 3 & 4

MONDAY
We went to Ripley’s Aquarium. It was lots of fun, and William especially liked the sharks & saw fish. His souvenir from the day was a foam pirate sword (that has since driven Zack & me crazy!).

After the aquarium, we had lunch at the River City Café in our hotel, then hit the beach. Later in the afternoon, we walked down to the nearby pier and saw a huge school of sting rays & a couple of sharks. Of course, this is the time when we forget to carry the camera!

We drove to Barefoot Landing for dinner. We had fun walking around the shops afterwards, and William even got a cool pirate tattoo from a pirate (this trip tended to have a pirate theme for some reason!).

TUESDAY
We spent the morning at Alligator Adventures. It was a lot of fun, but it was super hot. William had fun at the reptile show where he got to pet a skink, snake, and caiman. And he came away with a new stuffed animal – a 3 foot alligator (he’s quick to tell you that it’s not a gator because Florida Gators are yucky!)

We’d seen commercials for a European restaurant that included Ukrainian fare so we decided to try it. We all ended up getting German food, and we discovered that we all like schnitzel!

Back to the hotel, and another trip down to the beach. We hit the burger joint at the hotel again since none of us felt like getting out. Then we walked back to the pier, this time with camera in hand – only to have it rain on us once we got out there. So you’ll just have to trust us when we say that we saw some awesome sharks & rays on our trip!