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About La Giraudiere

The whole idea of the La Giraudiere project is for people of all backgrounds, all ages, all nationalities to have the chance to live together learn about each others lifestyle exchange their knowledge, experiences and skills whilst living and working together in France and at the same time helping, improving and adding to the Project for those to come in the future. To see the different types of volunteers work that has been done and what is still required visit our website

Another start to the working week at La Giraudière

Tuesday 21st August 2012 So just a quick update on what is going on and will be happening later on today. Yan is making some of the finishing touches to her very detailed map, Emily has been sorting out all … Continue reading

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A relaxing Monday

Monday 20th August 2012 This Monday has been more of relaxation day to this long weekend, but still boiling hot. Paul drove us down to Chalais market in the morning then we did some of the weekly shop on the … Continue reading

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Cooling off at Beauvallon

Sunday 19th August 2012 This morning was a bit of a slow start as we were all tired from the previous day’s antics, but we soon made up for it in the afternoon. First though, we had to say goodbye … Continue reading

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Brossac hits 40 degrees!

Saturday 18th August 2012 So as mentioned in yesterday’s post, the French lesson got moved to this morning. Today we were doing some listening tests on numbers and siblings, and how to describe what we were wearing. Lyn is a … Continue reading

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Fun Friday in Angoulême

Friday 17th August 2012 Although Friday morning usually means it’s time for French lesson, Lyn couldn’t make it today so it has been rescheduled for tomorrow, which meant we had the whole day off today. We didn’t want to sit … Continue reading

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