22. November 2011 02:17
by Rene Pallesen
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On the weekend we went tot he beach. Initially Aiden was a bit scared of the waves (although he loves the sand and the water)...but after a while he didn't mind the waves splashing around his little legs (I found the water cold but he didn't mind).
As usual he threw a tandrum when we pulled him out of the water.
Afterwards we spend some time in the sand and I was teaching him how to build really cool sand castles and he was teaching me how to demolish them.
2. April 2019 20:10
by Rene Pallesen
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The Osaka aquarium is massive and very impressive. The centre piece is the massive tank in the middle with two large whale sharks and which is also full of other sharks such as hammerheads.
2. April 2019 20:10
by Rene Pallesen
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Tontonburi is know as the chefs/kitchen area. Here you can buy everything needed for a japanese restaurant.
It is also full of actual restaurants and other oddities such as more exotic places. It has what is known as Osaka's best Ramen restaurant (the one with the long counter in the photos below) - and Yes, the Ramen was very good.
Here it is also possible to eat specialties such as the Puffa fish.
It was also one of the few places where I saw real Samurai swords for sale.
2. April 2019 20:10
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Below the Osaka tower is a restaurant area with lots of yummi food.
The area was once a very modern part of Osaka, and worth a visit during the night.
2. April 2019 20:10
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Osaka castle is a beautiful multi story pagoda like castle inside these massive moats and ramparts with several layers of defense.
2. April 2019 18:10
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Aiden is now 16 Months and he is now able to crawl and stand up. He is slowly starting to walk (a few metres at a time) when supported by a walker but he is still not able to walk unsupported. He also likes sitting on this little car we have for him, racing around the lounge room.
He favourite foods are Strawberries, Mango, Durian and Yoghurt.
We did another photo shoot the other day with his favorite teddy called 'Scout'
25. August 2011 03:30
by Rene Pallesen
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The next day was spent exploring the inner city itself. Surprisingly there are not a lot of turists in Zagreb. Most of the places were went to seemed to be mostly locals. It is not loke other capital cities where you see a lot of tour groups etc. Here we sometime had the feeling that we were the only tourists.
The In the morning we explored the horse shoe shaped parks and all their buildings. These parks are have a lot of buildings such as the University and the National Theatre located in them.
This is the National Theatre with the Fountain of Life in front of it.
One of the statues is of St George slaying the dragon.
We also had a look at the Dolac market in the middle of the city.
In the afternoon we also explored some of the churches although some of them were closed for us to visit inside (Maybe because it was Sunday).
This is the St Marks church. The roof tiles show the coat of arms of Croatia and Slovenia. The church also has the Croatian Parliament located next to it so a lot of police and security looking at me suspeciously while setting up my tripod.
We also made it to the big cathedral which apparently is under constant renovation.
We also went to the Stone Gate that contains a status of the Virgin Mary that micraculously escaped being destroyed in a fire. All the locals would come here to light a candle.
In the late afternoon we went to the Strossmayer Promenade. This is a place where the local artists sell and display some of their work and also contains a rather special statue.
Aiden was very facinated by this strange man sitting on a park bench.
...And next day it is time for the long journey back to Australia.