Author Archives: La Giraudiere
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 websitePaul’s pipes are fixed but now we need a sundial specialist!
It’s Elizabeth’s third day as mum, and it seems she’s been doing it all her life. Everything is spotless and breakfast runs quite smoothly –she even made bread pudding today! So everyone is happy when it’s time to head to … Continue reading
Volunteers Fashion at La Giraudiere
Can you believe it’s 30C° today? (86F°, for our readers in the US) Such a lovely warm sunny day! This new set of volunteers at La Giraudiere came prepared and ready to work, so we thought we would put together … Continue reading
So quiet around here today? Emilie left!
so-quiet-around-here-today A new week begins at La Giraudiere and it starts bright and early on Tuesday. Emilie has to be in Chalais at 7:30am and few of the volunteers are awake when she leaves for the train station with Paul … Continue reading
Weed and jungle beware; Gabrielle arrives to give LG a lovely garden!
As many of you already know –or maybe not-the workday begins at La Giraudiere on a Tuesday, as such we have an extra free day to enjoy. Generally, Mondays are spent travelling, preparing for the week, or going to the … Continue reading
Katie, Brenda and (almost) the guy in the yellow parachute arrive to LG on Sunday!
Although autumn officially started, it almost feels like summer at La Giraudiere on Sunday morning, and Denise takes full advantage of the warm weather and heads to Brossac early to see the town and practice her French a bit. When … Continue reading
