Switzerland: Tropiquarium

So despite the forecast for sun, it was still a drizzly cool day. Seeking indoor activities, we headed to the tropiquarium - a cross of zoo and aquarium. Got to see penguin feeding, very creepy and very still crocodiles floating in a pond (there was a glass cross section so you can see their eyes above water and their entire bodies below water - hate to come across one of these!), basilisks (small ones, not Harry Potter sized), skinks and gerbils.

In the zoo portion, we saw a pen of guinea pigs! There was even a small family of 4 babies following the mom! We actually saw a good number of baby birds too. Zach is really into pigs so we had to pause at the warthogs pen. Those things are massive! The bears in the zoo were very active. They would stand up and walk around a lot. Maybe because they needed to keep warm? Anyway, we got to see them fed - they eat so fast!

Little Ms. Ariane, my youngest niece, suddenly became very very fussy while watching the bears so we took one car home early. The older kids stayed behind with Viv. It was actually kind of funny since she's such a mellow baby. We had no idea what caused all the crying. (She fell asleep on the way home after she finished fussing.)

Later that night, we watched the whole of Dumbo. (We always turn in early, like around 9:30pm or 10pm. So sad. But at least we were keeping with the kids schedule so they don't wake us up in the morning - we're awake when they awake.)