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Deep Sea World and Sims 2 Uni…
An Atlantic seal in the Seal Sanctuary at Deep Sea World.
Today’s expedition involved a trip to Deep Sea World in North Queensferry. One of the highlights was driving over the Forth Road Bridge, which is such a stunning piece of architechture. The views across the water (enjoyed while trying to drive also!) to the land on either side of the Firth of Forth are breathtaking, even on a cloudy day. Scotland has wild, rugged beauty that is so easy to fall in love with.
After seeing the different reefs, wee fishes, pirhanas, tiger sharks, and even a ‘Finding Nemo’ clown fish (they really are the cutest things ever!) we headed home. The museum was actually pretty cool, I was pretty impressed, although there were quite a few screaming children, for which I have very low tolerance!
The rest of the day was spent playing Sims2 University. I don’t think that its really a good idea for a 12 year old boy to help his Sims students to have as much ‘woo-hoo’ as possible, but I’m sure that trying be a moral icon is fairly low down on Mr EA Games’ agenda! Anyway, I am all Sims-ed out. If I never hear that tune again it’ll be too soon!
Add comment July 13, 2006
Day-trips ahoy!
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Today William (the 12 year old boy that I childmind) and I went to the Falkirk Wheel, and seeing as though photos are thus far an unknown entity on my blog, I thought that I would share this photo with you. We had a nice drive down to the Wheel from Edinburgh, especially because I didn’t get lost (well, maybe a little, but not much!) We had some lunch and then boarded the canal boat in the lower canal. The Wheel works by perfectly balancing the weight on either side of it, and therefore only needs the heat of 3 kettles to work each time!! (or so our tour guide said) It is basically a boat lift that connects the Forth and Clyde canal with the Union canal. Its very impressive! The actual boat ride is fairly tame and did not manage to distract William from generally harrassing me, but we had fun all the same! More Scottish Visitor Attractions to follow!
(If you’re interested: www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk. Its set in lovely grounds too, so nice for a summer’s afternoon.)
Add comment July 11, 2006
