I like little adventures… trips that get me out of the house, but allow me to tuck myself into my own bed at the end of the day. I’m also a full time graduate student and have a three-year-old and seven-month-old at home. I’m with the kids one or two days a week, and usually we stay close to the house–there are a lot of chores that need to get done. Today, however, as I was driving my son home from pre-school, we started talking about fish and frogs. We discussed having fish as pets and putting together a home aquarium. I briefly entertained the thought of heading over to a pet store and picking up a small aquarium and a couple of fish. But then I remembered all the work involved in setting up a tank, including the several day wait to make sure that the water was properly primed for inhabitants. A much better plan entered my mind– a visit to the New England Aquarium.
As a Swampscott resident, it was easy for us to zip down to the Wonderland stop on the Blue line of the MBTA. The train ride was fast, and in no time we were standing at the Information Desk renewing our family membership.
I could not believe how quiet the aquarium was at 3:30pm on a Tuesday afternoon. It was incredibly nice! We usually visit on the weekend, and it’s so crowded you can barely see the penguins, no less find a quiet spot to observe all the big fish in the large tank. But today there we no problems! We explored until closing time at 5pm. Then, a stop at The Panera across from Rowe’s Wharf, train ride home, and we were home by 6:30pm.
My son loved the adventure, the baby just soaked it all in, and I wasn’t completly exhausted. Perfect!
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