Princeton Happenings

Penguins on vacation?

I recently took a trip to the New England Aquarium in Boston with my family.  We were on vacation and it was a rainy day so we figured it would be a nice indoor activity to do.  I loved the aquarium as a child and have been since as an adult.  It was a good trip overall and I loved showing my kids all the different fish and other animals like the sea lions.  My son loved the sea lions the most and everytime we’d leave where they were he’d point and want to go back to see them.  Since it was his first visit my husband went back 4 times to show him them.  I do wish I had checked out their website though before we went because I didn’t know that they were reconstructing the penguin habitat and were working on the main giant tank where all the fish swim around.  They had little signs up which were cute that said that the penguins were on vacation and that we could see the baby penguins over by the sea lion exhibit.  The baby penguins were cute but I definitely want to go back when they finish the reconstruction of the penguin habitat.  It just wasn’t the same to me without them, even though my kids didn’t mind I want them to get the whole experience as I did when I was younger.  I am hoping the penguins come back from vacation soon so we can take another trip to the aquarium!