oneiriad

Went with my parents to see the Blue Planet. Which is - well, the aquarium is lovely and interesting and I would have loved to stroll slowly along and enjoy it, but honestly? We really shouldn't have gone during the school holiday. Crowded is - an understatement. Which translates as: we wandered around and saw the aquariums - as best we could, considering the wall of people in front of each of them. We wandered through the shark aquarium tunnel - which had some spectacular views of the surviving hammerhead sharks and rays and some glass floor that was basically impossible to see because there was literally not an inch to spare for people in the bloody tunnel. And then we got the hell out of Dodge, didn't even stick around to watch the piranhas or the sea lions get fed or anything, because there was just too many people...

Anyway, drove along Strandvejen, stopping at a very nice ice cream place at Skodsborg, and then there was barbecue at my parents'. Which was lovely, but I'm still pretty disappointed about the Blue Planet. (Yes, yes - it's my own fault. Never on a school holiday, I know. *sighs*) :-(

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Date: 2013-07-17 09:02 am (UTC)

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kabal42

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Ugh, that sounds horrible. I'm thinking of a visit there sometime in the autumn. Maybe we could make it a group outing?

Date: 2013-07-17 03:33 pm (UTC)

oneiriad

Maybe in the autumn, maybe next year - as long as it's not in a school holiday or teacher-lock-out or similar. Honestly, I think the BP is drowning in its own success, basically - it's a nice bit of architecture, but simple not large enough for the crowds it's drawing, and for some reason, they don't seem to have considered doing like some museums are currently doing and selling tickets for specific times... which reminds me of another group outing idea: Nationalmuseet's Viking exhibit! (Yes, I know, I've mentioned it a million times already... ;-)

Date: 2013-07-17 08:39 pm (UTC)

Definitely not during a school holiday! And I think you're probably right about the success. I've deliberately been postponing going there, because I knew the interest is too large right now. The time slot tickets really would be a good idea for them.
We so need to do the Vikings exhibit! I wanna gooooo!

Date: 2013-07-17 08:53 pm (UTC)

Well, the Viking exhibit is using time slot tickets, so it shouldn't matter whether it's a holiday or not as long as we get tickets online - so, maybe we should figure out who wants to come and then get around to making plans?