California Academy of Sciences

My sister's in-laws are visiting from Toronto. I have been meaning to take Sameeha to California Academy of Sciences to see the frogs. She had told me on numerous occasions after watching a particular episode repeatedly that she loves frogs. So yesterday seemed like a perfect opportunity for her to see the frogs and show aunty and uncle something new. 
This place is amazing. It has an aquarium, a planetarium, a natural history museum, and a rainforest all under one roof. Apparently, it exhibits nearly 40,000 live animals including penguins and an albino alligator! 
We started the tour with the rainforest biosphere. The temperature is warm and humid and tourists walk among the creatures as if part of the system. Sameeha got to see the frogs, but I think she was more excited to see the butterflies. 

Then we moved to the aquarium. This place was amazing (sorry for lack of rich vocabulary)! The coral reef exhibit was my favorite part. At this point, I wasn't feeling well so I followed others. 

We had lunch after watching a 20 minute presentation on pollination and an exhibit on African wildlife. After lunch followed a visit to the planetarium. The show was on life and our cosmic connections to the stars. 


It was a fun day!