Weekend in Cornwall Part 2

Did I mention in part 1 how Ella slept in the car from Port Isaac to Plymouth . Well as a result, day 2 started very early in the girls room at 5:30. Ella's reason for this was that she was well rested from the previous day and was ready to get going. Sarah wasn't convinced.

After a good breakfast we went for a walk around Plymouth harbour. As usual some family members were unhappy about walking. Ben also informed me that he needed to visit the aquarium in Plymouth. When I said to him he had already been to the one in Sydney and also in Hong Kong. He replied with his usual foolproof logic that he needed to go to an aquarium in Europe now.

We saw the steps where the pilgrims had left for America. Unfortunately the Mayflower replica is currently in America as well.

Our next stop was the Eden project, which is an Eco project. In a reclaimed quarry a few domes have been constructed to create a rainforest environment and a Mediterranean one as well.

Each dome is triple glazed and gets very warm. In the rainforest dome there was a cool room for people not coping with the heat. Before entering the domes we were all rugged up for the cold and were wearing thermals. The photo of Ben and Ella is from the top of the dome where it is about 30 degrees. We were all quite sweaty.

There were some giant insects outside that amused the kids as well.

After the dome we drove home to get ready for the next busy week at school.