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 websiteStruggling with rubbish in the garden
Hi everyone! Today I (Marlou) am the choosen one to provide you with the daily update. So today it was time to start clearing the inner garden for the guys. They had to dig to a lot of rubbish before … Continue reading
Shooting stars
After lunch was French lesson with Alison who would be teaching our next three lessons while Lyn is on holiday. We enjoyed a pot of tea and were happy to see the sun had decided to make an appearance! We … Continue reading
Pasta al dente!
Today the guys finished off putting up the last of the beams up in the old house while Marlou and Emily formed a perfect team working as mum and handling the emails. After work Hugh, Irvin, Marlou and Emily went … Continue reading
La Giraudiere goes 5 star as the accomodation in gite 4 is tested
It’s Monday morning again which can only mean one thing – Chalais market! However, firstly we sadly had to say goodbye to Hiroko beforehand as she headed off to Carcassonne. LG has enjoyed the past four weeks with her here … Continue reading
Another goodbye dinner at Saint Bernard’s
This Sunday morning, Paul and Emily took Sidney for a walk to the Spar followed by a quick drink at St. Bernard’s while the majority of LG had a nice long lie-in. We all had a lazy afternoon as we … Continue reading
