Oceanarium

I suspect that Jon hates it when I drag him onto public transportation in foreign cities.  He doesn't say that he hates it, but he radiates tension whenever I do this to him.  I, on the other hand, can't visit a city without sampling its public transportation. The kids were determined to see Lisbon's Oceanarium, the largest aquarium in Europe, and the only way to get there is on the subway.  We used our viva viagem cards, which are Lisbon's rechargeable public transportation cards. One transfer and twelve stops later, we were in a distant, modern part of Lisbon.

The big draw at the Lisbon Oceanarium is the 2,000 pound ocean sunfish.  Due to my profound ignorance about marine life, I imagined a sunfish to be something like this, only, you know, not a little girl, but a FISH.

Turns out, an ocean sunfish is more like a platter with fins.  How it manages to weigh 2,000 pounds is beyond me, because it doesn't look that big.  They are, apparently, difficult to keep in captivity.

Here he is.

It was dark, and we couldn't use a flash, so the pictures are not great.

Sea Dragon

Sea Otters!

Brigid, Grace, Seamus

Me