I just finished feeding and putting the boys to bed. It was fairly easy because they were both very tired, from yesterdays travels, and today was a long day. I say it was easy but I had to keep tight discipline and not give any chance for the hysteria that can snowball into an avalanche of hyper-activity. The Mommy went out with my parents to a local restaurant which helped me because it meant there were no distractions. Earlier in the day, my dad had selected a fish on the menu so the chef apparently sourced the supply from the fisherman whose shop is right next door to our apartment.  Today was a long day because we made the 45 minute train journey to Genova to visit the Aquario di Genova with my colleague Carlo, his wife Cinzia  and his little boy Andrea. It was their idea to get together and it was a good one because the aquarium was really very impressive. They had huge tanks with seals, sharks, and dolphins and many smaller tanks with recreations of ecosystems from around the world. This place was huge and The Mommy remarked that, "... This place never ends!" The boys enjoyed themselves immensely, although they were sad because they didn't get to touch any rays in the sparesly populated touch tank. It was so big that it took us almost 4 hours to walk the full circuit. Andrea is almost 3 years old so he was still in a stroller from time to time. We, on the other fin, noted that this trip is the first time we don't have a stroller. Pit is a strong walker and did almost all the walking on his own. What a difference - it was easy with the stairs, easy in the crowds, easy all around.