We drove to Baltimore today to see the Inner Harbor area. Our goal was to see first the Aquarium and then do whatever we had time left for. We got to the Aquarium at a little after 10. Not much of a crowd - it was sunny but cold. We stayed in side until about 2pm. We really enjoyed the exhibits which are not just fish, but include birds, amphibians, reptiles and some movie features. It's very interesting and well done. The Australian exhibit was an indoor aviary - very neat. I'm attaching a few pictures. Of course, I had to capture the lighthouse boat in front of the museum - all part of the lighthouse obsession. 
One special moment occurred when we were sitting down in front of the dolphin tank, watching the underwater scene. The dolphins were getting ready for their show. There were 3 or 4 toddlers in front of the glass and the arrangement was such that their feet were at a level just below the lip of the glass. So two kids were babbling at the dolphins and a big older one clearly spots them and starts to swim over to the glass. The kids, with parental encouragement, keep talking and waving at the dolphin, and he swims up to glass, looks at them carefully, goes vertical with his tail up, and rises to the surface while he slowly spins around. Amazing - clearly a show meant for the kiddies. Very neat.
We got some lunch and then walked up to the Baltimore Catholic Basilica, the first Basilica in America. A very lovely church, just renovated. The stained glass had been removed and replaced with clear glass to make the church look like it did back in the 1800s. Very simple and done in pastel colors - I include some pics also. This church, for those Cat-lickers among the readers, is the source of the Baltimore Cathecism.
We walked back to the inner harbor and got the car. No time for Ft. McHenry or the neat neighborhoods around the area - We will be back.
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