Planning our trip too...

The Provence!!!!!

Yes, next week we're finally going on our trip.. First a bit strolling around at 'Bouches du Rhone et la Vaucluse (first camping) and then to the Alpes d'hautes Provence et Les alpes Maritiemes and one of those days i'm going to Marineland. We're leaving thursday morning (29 july) and will be staying there till wednesday (11 august)

Yesterday I also decided to get our VIP tickets for Marineland..

That means.. I'M GOING TO SEE AN ORCA (maybe two or three!) !! (just a few meters from me!) Yes.. i bought some nice exeptional tickets to get the VIP tour at marineland.. (And i'm getting more excited each day..) It's really a dream come true.. aaaaaaaaarg!! Can't control myself! :P

So.. what's included in the VIP Tour?

(from their site: http://www.marineland.fr/ )

Discover animals from Marineland and the work of trainer.
An uncommon opportunity to spend a morning with the trainers, meet live animals and exceptional moments.
Conduct of the visit
Arrived before the park opened,
you will access to the corridors accompanied by a trainer, after sharing with him a breakfast.
Preparation and care of animals no more secrets for you. A privileged contact with the trainers will help you ask all your questions and find out what exciting career.
A visit to the killer whale pool, and a photograph with animals will make your day unforgettable. The tour ends with 10 minutes of interaction with sea lions, and 20 minutes of contact in the water with dolphins.
including the VIP tour, and access to shows and to visit the park free for the
day.
Easier and faster !!!For your visit, book only on the Internet through
the Online Ticketing

Yay!! Looks sooooo good :D. Can't wait..

What Wiki says:

Marineland is an animal exhibition park in Antibes, France. It was founded in 1970 by Roland de la Poype. First, it was a small oceanarium with a few pools and animals but now it is one of the biggest in the world and receives more than 1,200,000 visitors per year. It is the only French sea park featuring two cetacean species: killer whales and dolphins.
On July 25, 2006, the park was sold to the Spanish amusement park group Parques Reunidos for about 75 million Euros. Parques Reunidos also operates L'Oceanografic in Valencia on the Spanish mainland

• Killer whale show: the largest tank in the world performing in eleven million gallons of water, with a panoramic glass wall 64 metres long where the spectacular power of these mammals weighing several metric tons rivals the gentle complicity binding the whales with their trainers. Marineland holds four orcas: Freya, Valentin (Freya's son), Inouk and Wikie.
• Dolphin show: Marineland’s family of bottlenose dolphins deploy all their charms: speed, accuracy, agility and complete trust in their trainers.
  Les Coulisses de l'apprentissage (sea lion show): A live demonstration of the learning techniques used with all the mammals in the park, in which the seal and sea lion trainers disclose some of the "ropes" for preparing the show, the better to understand the basis of the relationship between humans and animals.
• The shark tunnel: Thanks to a 30-metre-long tunnel through a huge aquarium containing nearly 2 million litres of water, visitors are literally surrounded by sharks and manta rays swimming around them.
• Life under the sea (The tropical aquarium gallery and The touch pool): The tropical aquarium gallery is a temple to the world of coral reefs, with very different vo-lumes represented and the touch pool is a chance to caress skates and rays - fish that literally "fly" in the water - with your finger-tips.
• Pinnipeds: beaches featuring California sea lions, South American sea lions, black seals and grey seals.
• Aquatic birds: beaches featuring penguins, pelicans and flamingos.
• Meeting with dolphins: Each session lasts approximately 1 hour, to discover the biology and ecology of dolphins, before approaching the dolphins for 20 mn under close supervision by trainers on a sunken deck.

Almost fainting.. 4 killerwhales?? Wow! Thougt there were only 3 :D

kiss

xxSara