Spain - Costa Dorada Day 2

Day 2 of our holiday started at a very respectable time of day as the boys both slept in until gone 8am (probably something to do with the busy Day 1 and a 10 o'clock bed time). On route to the restaurant for breakfast the boys once again had a play on the large brass animals.

Here is your classic Spanish bull fighter in action.

And here is a matador arriving in style.

Breakfast was eventful trying to find something the boys would eat. They did not have their regular cereals, the bread was different, the sausages and bacon were more continental and the boys tend to only eat what they recognise. Brandon slipped into a routine of boiled egg whites, peaches and raisins! Joshua seemed to like mash potato wrapped with a slice of ham (yes for breakfast) followed by a plain yogurt.

Anyway after breakfast we headed over to the water park called Aquapolis which was right next door to our hotel. As part of our holiday package we had unlimited access which was worth every penny. On day 2 we had lots of fun in the park, but I didn't take too many pictures. So there will be more on this in later blog updates.

This was one of the main children's play areas in the water park. Absolutely huge and water projecting from everywhere. You might not appreciate it from this picture but when that big yellow bucket on the top tips, everyone gets absolutely soaked.

Here are the boys playing in another of the water features in the park.

We had not had time to arrange a packed lunch from the hotel, so we bought lunch in the Aqua park. Brandon chose his favourite - chicken and chips! He is a funny picture of him looking at a chip like it is pure gold dust.

One of the best features of the water park was the dolphinarium. They ran two shows daily in a spectacular tank which allowed you to see under the tank as well as on top. I think in total there was 6 dolphins and about 5 sea lions. The boys absolutely loved watching the dolphin shows and must have gone at least 6 or 7 times. Joshua would even try and replicate some of the dolphin moves/dances in the swimming pool.

Here is a close up of some of the dolphins which was taken from the side of the tank.

Joshua getting up close and personal with the dolphins.

Both boys fixated on the dolphins who were more than happy to entertain them both at the side of the glass before the main show started.

Then the show started and the dolphins started going airborne.

After a shower, clean up and dinner the boys had a play in one of the hotel soft play areas before going to the kids mini disco and watching their new hero, Estivee, in action. More on Estivee will be revealed in later blog updates.

Check back tomorrow for a first full beach day and some rather impressive sand castle building (if I do say so myself).