Odense. Day 5. (17th June 07)

Up and breakfasted, we helped Becky to the gallery with her suitcase before we skipped onto a boat headed to the zoo.
It was a fine morning, and all the animals seemed to want to come out and play. First stop was at the main entrance to get a map of some sort and we wandered round a-while, taking many pictures and just watching the animals do what animals do. Then it rained. Not just a bit, but a deluge! As luck would have it, the first time, we were just at the flamingo shed where their food had been left out. Some chancing ducks had ventured inside first though and were scoffing away nicely as the flamingos daintily approached. Most of the ducks left, but as the pink blob with a thousand legs approached with what seemed like intrepredation due to the duck infiltration, one of the group of food snatchers got a bit spooked and tried to fly off. BANG! straight into a plexiglass window. Unhurt and still needing to get out it tried again. BANG! same thing again. Third time lucky? The duck didn't seem to think so, and tried his best 'I meant that' swagger out the wide open door. All this kerfuffle had sent the flamingos to the safety of a nearby tree. The rain abated for a while and we made a dash for a nearby watering hole. We sat and had some coffee and watched a couple of small boys play in the puddles and skite down the chutes. After another wee storm we went round the places we hadn't seen before, without the annoyance of too many people around due to the previous wetness.
Too many animals to list, but amongst the highlights were the manatees, penguins, monkeys (including the bug-eating one) and the prairie dogs. That duck was funny too...I hope he wasn't too embarrassed...
Off to find the last boat home, as we had stayed longer than expected, but it was a really great and full day. Just as we were making our way to the dock, it happened again, but this time worse! Loads more rain, stair rods and big ones at that, so we were more than just a little bit moist when the captain and his vessel showed up.
We stopped off at our friendly neighbourhood pizza shop to grab some dinner on the way back to the hotel to dry off.
It would be a long day travelling, so early to bed after packing as much as we could.