but i do see nearly 4000 animals – or so it says on the blurb! I am planning to add photos, but apparently we took 1300 – 
must get it down to 1/10 – aargh! anyway, we planned to get up bright and early, but didn’t. but decided we would go to the zoo anyway.
we went to zooparc de beauval. we would all recommend it over and over again. honestly, fabulous. most of the walking is shaded, most of the animals have plenty of room and an interesting environment, and it has all been thought out really well. the humbold penguins and the gorillas stole my heart a bit, and i have never seen a manatee before. we spent 7 very happy hours there, pretty much seeing everything. loved the bird display, though bb grumpy as wanted the sealions. the african savannah was impressive… fabulous day. the only negative is that picnics aren’t allowed, tho you prob could hide away somewhere! girls had crepes and we had galettes.
i plan to tack onto here a number of photos, so you can see why we were soooo happy…