Cinéaqua

Today we went to Cinéaqua. It is an aquarium located at Trocadéro right next to the Eiffel Tower. Who knew there were sharks swimming around next to the Eiffel Tower?! Well, now you know. It's an OK aquarium. Not really worth the price they were asking. Especially since I grew up close to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and I was seriously spoiled with that. We should have gone to the National Aquarium Baltimore when we lived there. Oh well. Maybe next time.
Timmy really liked it. I actually ended up buying a year pass. I figured it would be a good place to go when it's really hot. And Timmy can walk around. (As long as it's not his nap time like it was today.)
We weren't supposed to use our flash, so this is a little dark.
It boasts a shark tunnel. It wasn't that great and the boys were really looking forward to seeing lots and lots of big sharks. There were some. We'll have to find out when they feed the sharks and then go back.


There is a touch pool where you can touch fish. It's a really low tank so I had visions of boys falling in. Timmy would have if I didn't have a really good grip around his waist. He mostly splashed and got wet. He even managed to get one of his feet in the pool. There was no way I was letting go of him. He screamed a lot when I put him back in his stroller. It took some coaching to get Thomas to calmly put his hand in the water. After a while they got the hang of it. I really don't know why there is a giant T-Rex head here.

Aye Aye Cap'n!

They do have activities for kids. There are a couple theaters with shows about oceans and pirates. Apparently next month they are showing Ice Age 3. There are puppet shows on the weekends, and every afternoon kids can paint on the wall. With supervision of course. There were stencils of various marine life the kids could trace and paint. Matt made a shark...with lasers of course. Thomas did a colorful seahorse.
They also had a green screen where kids could have a background and be on TV. The boys liked this. Sorry if the picture is weird. The TV screen was up really high and I had to hold the camera up high to get it. The boys are being "chased by a dinosaur"