Friday, July 31, 2009

Zoo de la Palmyre

So while Tsiry is with you all getting a little taste of American life, his family has been back here helping us to get to know more about France.

It's taken us a while to get the pictures onto the computer and then finally to post them here, but we did want to share with you what a wonderful time we had last Saturday with the Razafindrabe family at Le Zoo Palmyre. Lala and Ando had told us a few weeks ago that they were planning a "surprise" outing for us, and then scheduled with us the week before to leave on this big mystery trip for a special day together with one another. They took us up the coast to Royan, France, a popular vacation spot which is also home to France's largest zoo.


This Polar bear was something else. We stood by the glass watching him jump up and down in the water for a solid 10 minutes, during which time he barely took any break from his exercise!




Notice above and then below the camera case in Tim's hands. That little monkey was doing his best to find out if there was anything in it!

We enjoyed touring the zoo as well as attending two "spectacles": a parrot show and a sea lion show. (See a few shots from those in the collage above.) We had a wonderful day!!!

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6 comments:

johanna said...

What a fun day. How sweet of Lala and Ando to take you out for the day!

Donna said...

How sweet! So glad they took you away. Glad you're getting to know them better. And the animals are pretty cool! Does God not have an amazing imagination?!!

JennieB said...

WOW!! What a fun day it looks like you had!! And beautiful weather to go with the fun of seeing all those animals!

Dan Bixby said...

Looks like everyone went to a zoo on the same day... except for those of us who had to work!

So much fun.

johanna said...

Dan, We didn't go to the zoo either. Uh...er...I was busy sitting...

Josh and Amy J. said...

Looks like lots of fun and it's beautiful!!!