Chicago

The Windy City. It has been years since I have felt the gusts that sent smells of car fumes and resturaunt aromas rushing to my nostrils. I still remember seeing the sights of  Chicago with my family, all of the wonderul places. One of the most memorable places we went to was the Chicago aquarium. In the entrance to the aquarium was a huge cylindrical tank filled with (relatively) small sharks, green morey eels, countless coral fish and even a sea turtle named penny. Most of the other aquarium tanks were gallery-like display, jam packed with unique and unusual animals. There was jellyfish in a dark, glowing tank- like living pieces of a lava lamp. There was fish from  the Missisippi river, from the Amazon (with poisin dart frogs!), there was a whole expedition on life on the sea shore, where you could acually touch sea stars and sea anenome. The best part, though, was tied between Beluga whales, Dolphins, Penguins, and the Shark Tank. The Shark tank is well... full of sharks and other large fishes. The Beluga whales are beautiful white to ivory colored whales that look like their always smiling. The dolphins are very social, and active- especially when doing tricks! The dolphin shows are amazing. Then penguins are just awesome, especially when you see them hopping around- they're so cute!(not to mention the mild yet hilarious skirmishes they have with each other). But even these four cannot beat the experience I had at the dolphin show one year. No, it did not have to deal with dolphins. Instead, it dealt with(drumroll please)..... a seal! I was called up during a dolphin show to be the first public visitor to shake hands(&flipper) with the seal trained at the Chicago aquarium. It was AMAZING.