What we did on my birthday...

We started the day with a visit to 'Les Machines de l'île' an exhibition and entertainment space located in the Parc des Chantiers, on the site of former shipyards here in Nantes. The 'Machines' include the Great Elephant above),the Carousel of the Marine Worlds and a children's carousel. They intend to increase number of 'Machines' as new creations are made.

We then went and visited the Jules Verne museum which proved a little underwhelming before hopping on the 'Navibus' to take us over the river to Trentemoult a former fishing village on the Loire River, known for colourful housing stock, We did a walk through the lanes to discover a lovely colour palette of homes.   

After our stroll we had a fine lunch at one of the many traditional bistros, creperies and cafes lining the busy Quai Marcel Boissard.

We spent the remainder of the afternoon planning where we should have our evening meal and after searching the review sites came up with the 'Le Lion et L'agneau' which had almost 300 reviews and rated 5 out of 5 on TripAdvisor  We actually visited the place and made a reservation but on the night, although the staff were excellent sadly the food didn't come uo to scratch...which was a real shame but we did not let it spoil what had been a lovely day.

Last photo of us both at 69...

Last night on a bridge over the Loire river here in Nantes.

Visiting Nantes...

First night in Nantes and liking what we have seen so far! Lovely meal last night in beautiful surroundings in the company of a young couple from Grenoble (took the pic.).

Hosting the hirondelles...

 

Last night we were delighted to host most of our hirondelle friends in our courtyard here in La Guerche. It had been over a year since we had them last as a group, so was great to catch up.

Magic moments...

 

Ada among the sunflowers...

It was great that in the time Michael, Rose and Ada were here that they got to see the sunflowers in bloom, would have been a shame to have missed them.

Ada visits Haute-Touche Zoological Reserve

On Monday we took Ada back to Haute-Touche, her first visit was way back in October 2019.

We had a lovely walk through the park where she was delighted to get up close with some of the animals but not all!

For the tigers this was close enough!

she had no problem however posing with the large prints along the avenue showing all the endangered species.

Below is a pic. from her last visit.