Fact & Fee

Today we tackled the Parc Des Oiseaux (Bird Park). Emmanuelle (our hostess who is on vacation and has left us her house) recommended it. It is just about 30 minutes northeast of where we are (by car) and is very family friendly. We took a picnic lunch and saw that lots of French families did the same as we were waiting in line to buy our tickets. The park was fabulous! There were lots and lots and lots of birds in beautiful displays and settings.

The first thing we visited was the nursery where we saw lots of baby birds, including baby flamingos who couldn’t even stand on two feet, much less one! The highlight of the day was a “birds in flight” show. It was really spectacular…the opening scene was three pelicans flying into the arena from the lake – really cool! The temperature, however, was HOT. It was 36 degrees Celsius which is about 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Basically, it was HOT. Luckily, there is no humidity, but it is still tough to deal with 95 degrees! We enjoyed the park and when we came home, enjoyed cool showers! It was another great day in France.

We did think about our comrades in Mt. Pleasant attending Fact & Fee day at MPA. We hope everyone got the teacher she or he wanted and that everyone is excited about the first day of school tomorrow. The Walls will be thinking about everyone at MPA, Moultrie and Wando High School (word up Canham!).


The maze at Parc des Oiseaux...


A duck showing his colors...


The pelicans flying in at the beginning of the show...


The pelicans preparing to land during their big entrance!