The Aquazoo and Piccoco

Today we started off a lot better.  I have forgot to tell you how great the breakfast is here at the hotel.  The last two mornings we have sat and the greatest assortments for breakfast.  Of course there are the basics scrambled eggs with cheese, sausage links and bacon.  But the great thing is the assortments of fresh breads, cheeses, fruit, yogurt or curd (the d is silent) and fresh squeezed orange juice.  The machine that they use is quite entertaining, Blye loves it just as much as we do.  So after a great breakfast, we wanted to go to the Rhine tower, but there is a lot of walking to do and it was pretty windy and drizzly.  So, Martin, our concierge at the front desk, said that the aquazoo is great and we should take him there.  So off to the U-line again.  We jump on at AM SEESTERN which is literally  and go to Heinrich Heine Alle and then jumped on Erich-Klausner to Nordpark-Aquazoo.  We walked to the building and toured it for 2 hours.  There were alligators, snakes, frogs, lots of fish, and a little tropical forest that you walk through.  After we finished there we went back to Heinrich Heine Alle which is the center of town, where all of those shops were that we couldn't go in ;).  We did go to this mall there called the Shadow Arkadon and ate at this awesome italian place called Piccoco.  You walk in and there were coffee baristas pouring their best in a cup and selling them to the long line of customers that even starbucks would be jealous of.  We sat down and ordered all of us something different Mom had Gnudi with sage flavored butter sauce, Dad had the Pesto Lasagne, I had tortelli with potatoe and bacon, and Gary had Spaghetti with fresh Mozeralla and basil.  Blye of course had the best seat in the house he had all of them.  After we finished we walked down to Konigsalle which is that actual name for the fashion shopping row.  Dad said that it is the place that if you have to ask how much it is you probably can't afford it, shopping.  So after walking around there we went back to a Kofhof store and bought some more chocolate to maybe bring home, we are having a hard time staying out of it.  So we headed back to the hotel.  Mom and I picked out all the local food last night for supper, so tonight it was the boys' turn.  So we left them at Grabbeplatz and they went in search of our next meal adventure.  They found salami, some more meat that we don't know how to say.  It is a matter of pointing and shaking your head yes.  There is a little bit of communication trouble in the small shops, most don't know how to speak english.  But we all seem to fair ok.  More fresh cheese, once again pronunciation is lacking.  The bread was carried over from last night, but they stopped and found a great couple of desserts.  One was like a pie, but not a crumbly crust more like pretzel type of dough with course sugar sprinkled on.  The other was a apple crumple type of pie but with soft roll like dough.  So once again we left the table stuffed and out of weight watcher points ;).  I have to say that the only thing that doesn't make us feel that guilty is we WALK all over.  So we burn it about as fast as we eat it.  So once again another great day in a beautiful country with great people.  Our next chapter awaits by morning.  Love you-