ZooParc de Beauval

We went to a zoo called ZooParc de Beauval. The zoo has 4600 animals and 360 animals are born each year. The zoo is the biggest zoo in France!

We saw some animals that we have seen before and some that we have never seen before like Flamingos, Pandas, Okapi and Sloths.

The Okapi which is a relative of the Giraffe but looks a bit like a zebra

Panada which was very lazy and they are the only giant Pandas in France

Kian and I as Pandas

Some interesting fact about Flamingos are:

• they can run on the water
• they have a s-shaped neck
• they have webbed feet
• they fly in large flocks, sometimes with as many as hundreds of thousands of them
• they eat shrimp, snails and algae
• they build nests that look like mounds of mud
• they sleep standing up on one foot with their head on their back

The Flamingos. Some are bright pink, almost orange; and others are pale pink depending on where they come from 

We also went to a seal and bird show. The birds flew all over the place. There was three keepers that held up food for the birds and they went from one keeper to another. Once they got to the keeper they could eat the food. The birds included Eagles, Falcons, Condors and Buzzards. After the bird show, it was the seals turn. The seals did all sorts of tricks; they were very cute and funny.

One of the birds in the show

Eagle eating at the bird show

The big seal

A seal with the trainer

Kian and I infront of the seal

 We saw lots of baby animals including some baby white tigers which were very cute. 

Baby tigers

We also saw an Owl that looked like Harry Potters owl, Hedwig.

Harry Potters owl!!!!

We had a great day at the zoo. At the end of the day Kian and I got to buy a toy. I bought a Flamingo and Kian bought a Okapis.

Kian and I in-front of the Penguins

Au voir!

I hope you enjoyed this blog post

Love 

Kayla XOXO

Guédelon- A castle in the making

Me in the Stockade

We went to a place called Guédelon. It's a place where people are rebuilding a 13th century castle. First we went to a man that made rope. The man had four pieces of yarn and twisted it to make the rope. 

Rope maker

Then we went to see people that had to break rocks to make bricks to build the castle. It looked like really hard work.

Quarrtmen

Next we went to a hut that they made tiles in. First they got clay and put it into the moulds. Then they dried the tiles and finally put them into the kiln for firing. More than 25,000 tiles will be needed for the roof of the castles great hall.

Tiler

Tiles drying before going into the Kiln

The Kiln

Finally we went to see the castle being built. It was amazing!!! It started being built in 1998 and will not be finished until after 2025. Hopefully I can come back one day to see it finished. To find out more information click here.

Inside the castle

The kitchen

The wall being built

Daddy, Kian and I in front of the castle

Au revoir!  
Thanks for reading my blog I hope you enjoyed it. 
I would love to get any comments back from you.

Kayla
xo

Château de Fontainebleau

The front steps of the chateau 

In Château de Fontainebleau the queens bedroom looked very cool, but all the other rooms looked very cool too.
I liked the babies room the best - it belonged to Alexandre - the king of Rome. He had a very fancy cot. The baby had two rooms. I don't know why!

The queens bedroom

The babies cot

I liked the church and the throne room as well. But not as much as the babies room.

The throne room

The chapel inside the château 

When we went to lunch, it was a bit funny because the place was called Chez Bernard and Bernard is my pa's name.

Out the back there is a big water fountain and gardens.

We went in a carriage with horses pulling it. It did a poo.

After the horse ride we went to a cafe.
Kian and I had a chocolate ice cream and we shared an Orangina.

We saw some baby swans

Me running down the front stairs of the chateau

Au revoir, can't wait to hear any comments from my blog post.

kayla

xo

The buried village under Mont Beuvray

On the 10th May we were driving and we saw a Museum - Bibracte which is an archaeological site. 

The wall of the village with the moat around it

 My favourite part at the museum was seeing a movie about how archaeologists work. After the museum we went on a walk to see old things. The old things that we saw were underground and had been discovered by archaeologists. There was a wall, a house and a basin. The wall, the house and the basin were all over 2000 years old. 

Kian and I near the site of the house

You can see more about Bibracte through this link - Bibracte Archaeological Park.

Hope you enjoyed reading my latest blog.

Au revoir,

Kayla
xo

Escargot...

Hi everybody,

This blog post is about me eating snails.

 At first I felt scared to try them but when I tried them I found out that I loved them!

 Once I had one...then I wanted more. I had them with butter and garlic. 

Kian tried the them but he didn't like them.

yummy in my tummy

Kian didn't really like it, he is just smiling 

thanks for reading my blog post 

au revoir 

Kayla

xoxo

Our last couple of weeks in Provence

Hi everybody!

This blog post is about some of the things we did in our last couple of weeks in Provence.

Daddy, Kian and I playing boules in Pernes-les-Fontaines

CARPENTRAS STRAWBERRY FAIR

I painted 2 strawberries at the fair, and named them for Kian and I.

We bought one of these big baskets of strawberries, and I ate nearly all of them!

PERNES-LES-FONTAINES

Me and Kian, dinner at Gallery café - Pernes-les Fontaines

Me and Kian made a new friend - Batiste - he lived across the road. 

One of our local cafés.

Me and Kian eating ice cream at Cafe de la Place.

We went to a restaurant called Au Fil Du Temps in our village.

Ready for dinner at Au Fil du Temps

Inside Au Fil du Temps

For my entree, I had asparagus with a smoke foam and poached egg. I had rabbit for my main course which I loved. I had strawberries for dessert. Yummy!

AVIGNON

In Avignon there is a palace called Palais des Papes. In Palais des Papes there was lots of paintings. It was made with lots of old bricks. The bricks had turned a bit brown. The popes used to live here in the olden days.

 

Pont d'Avignon - only goes half way across the river!

We have now left Provence, and have arrived in Varzy, Burgundy, but on the way we caught up with Georgia and Emma (Sands) from Fairfield Primary School! We had lunch and a play with them.

Thanks everybody for reading this. I would love to get some comments back from you!

Au revoir!

Kayla

xo