It was Grandma's 75th Birthday this year so all the immediate family gathered in Lesparre (it's a town about 40 miles northwest of Bordeaux in France) where she lives.
One day while we were there we went to a nearby town on the coast - Soulac sur mer, where Uncle Angus and I went paddling! |
I got right into the water and got thoroughly soaked - and had to dry out! My mum is wondering what to do with my wet things! That's Grandma sitting next to her |
And here's all the family except for my Dad who took the photo! From left to right, it's me, Mum, Grandma, Uncle Angus and Aunt Dagmar. |
We also went to the zoo in Bordeaux. There is a hippo here - if you know me you'll know that I love hippos! This is her pool - it's really quite big! I wonder where she is??? |
Aaah! There she is!!! |
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She's really rather beautiful! | |
But with teeth like those, I don't really want to go swimming with her. | |
There were all sorts of animals at the zoo - the giraffes were both curious and very friendly | |
...and this one wanted a good scratch on the nose! | |
The camel seemed to have a bit of a hump on.... | |
And the ostriches were nearly as curious and friendly as the giraffes were! | |
Can I get that camera??? | |
Now - is a zebra a white animal with black stripes or a black animal with white stripes???? | |
And there were lots of big cats - lions and tigers. | |
When we got back, I had to show Uncle Angus all the photos I had taken at the zoo... | |
And I had to look at them too! | |
Here's Grandma's cat - he's called Pepo | |
We also went out to the local tower - it's quite old but we weren't sure why they built it. | |
We also went to Vensac where they dress the village up with models - all sorts of models! We found a photo board and I bullied Uncle Angus into doing it with me! | |
Indians, horses and what else? I've seen something else! | |
I never really liked the idea of Calamari! | |
Mum had to go on a course this summer so Dad took me to Paris again - I got to go to Eurodisney and to go up the Eiffel Tower this time!
The way in.... |
When Mickeys big hand is on the nine and his little hand is on the ten it is a quarter to ten... |
I found some pirates on the pirate ship - they held me by my plait and threatened to cut my throat. |
I found a maze with some "Alice in Wonderland" bits - here I am one of the playing cards.... |
... and here the Red Queen on her throne! "Off with his head!" |
And even a balloon - these hot air balloons were invented in France! |