A Whale of a Good Time

As I mentioned in my previous post, I surprised Dave by taking him to the Nagoya Port Acquarium. He had no idea where we were going and when we finally got there, he still couldn't figure it out. But when he put two and two together, he went from man to boy in about half a second. And his excitement was contagious. It was our first time visiting an acquarium and I've never seen a whale or a dolphin before. It was AWESOME. Even though everything was in Japanese, it was still fascinating. The dolphins were amazingly cute and were total show boats. But seeing the Orca was the coolest thing for me. It was just so huge and it didn't seem real. There are usually shows featuring the whale and dolphins but due to the inadequate information found on the English portion of the official web site, we didn't get to see them perform. But it was still exciting nonetheless.

There were loads and loads of sea life including this ugly bad boy: the spider crab.
He was one ugly MF. I think just his body was about 2 feet long. His legs were super long and I just got shivers the entire time it was in my sight.

We also saw octopi upclose. I've eaten many an octopus on many an ocassion, but I believe this may have been my first time seeing one this big (it wasn't even that big). Again, shiver.


Of course, there were loads of fish, we saw a few beluga whales and I got to see penguins. They were so cute and funny, but since my camera died, I unfortunately don't have any pictures.
But it was an awesome day. After running around the acquarium (we arrived a little late and only had 1.5 hours) we took the subway to Sakae and went to the Outback Steakhouse. I've never been to Outback but it was just what we needed after our eventful day. We had calamari as appetizers (I know, I know, so cruel) and ribs as our main, and it hit the spot. After dinner, we walked around and had ice cream, and for the day, it felt like we weren't even in Japan, which was nice. Sigh. It was a good day.

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I just remebered a funny thing that happened in class the other day. We were playing the "What am I" guessing game, and I was feeding the students clues (I was an airplane). One of the kids asked "can I touch you?" My JTE shook his head and said no. But after a moment, he said "you can touch her on the inside". He looked at me, asking me with his eyes to repeat what he just said. And I did. "Yes kids, you can touch me on the inside." I'm a dirty bastard.