Sunday, October 05, 2008

Post #7: Turtles, turtles, everywhere

Given the eight hour time difference between France and the Rocky Mountain West, the morning online broadcast of General Conference for the LDS church didn't actually begin until 6:00 this evening. Thus, we had an day free to spend together as a family. (A little side note: Talia thought she could "skype" with the General Conference speakers and kept saying "hello" to President Eyring, hoping that he would talk back to her.)

We spent our afternoon in one of our favorite Lyonnaise haunts, the Parc Tete d'Or. I suppose I shouldn't call it a "haunt" since it's probably the most popular place around. The equivalent of New York's Central Park, the park was positively buzzing with families picnicking, riding bikes, and enjoying the autumn leaves. Brooklyn was slightly chagrined that she couldn't ride the carousel, seeing as to how it was Sunday, but we still had a nice time visiting the giraffes, elephants, crocodiles, and especially the deer that will eat right out of your hand.

Here are a few pictures of Jason with the girls in the park:





And, here are a few shots of my favorite exhibit in the park, which surprisingly enough is... the turtles! They have an amazing number of Florida turtles. Who knew we'd have to cross the Atlantic to learn so much about our own indigenous species.



2 comments:

Chou said...

Now if only he would have! He didn't talk back to us, either. :) But he did talk AT us.

Anonymous said...

"Talia thought she could "skype" with the General Conference speakers and kept saying "hello" to President Eyring, hoping that he would talk back to her."

This is great :) And totally understandable. After all, OTHER people talk on the computer. Why not that one?