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 websiteMarket Monday and Elizabeth gets a big welcome committee at Chalais!
It’s market day at LG and our volunteers are happy to walk around Chalais, practice their French and explore the different shops and street vendors that gather around town every Monday. While there, Denise, Emilie, Marlou and Marisela had a … Continue reading
A stellar 3-1 win for Brossac!
Today started off slow as the volunteers took their time to wake up and wonder about at LG. After lunch, Marlou and Paul were off to see a football match between Brossac and Chevanceauxm playing for the Centre-Ouest cup of … Continue reading
Busy Volunteers week Emily says Good Bye and Jim says Hello
Busy volunteers week in France What a busy week it has been at La Giraudiere! The old house’s garden has been planted, the shutters painted and ready, and the emails are up to date.Time to relax and enjoy the weekend! … Continue reading
The hills are alive with the Sound of Music!
So today is the last working day for John and Mark and as you’ve seen from the past two blog posts, they’ve both done brilliant jobs on their projects here at LG. Emilie wandered off into the streets of Brossac … Continue reading
John sows his seeds with the help of Marlou!
So the second project finished today is John’s one. He has been working in the garden next to the old house, getting rid of any junk or wood there and digging up the soil to get it all ready for … Continue reading
