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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

The weekend starts on Friday night at La Giraudiere

Friday night and it is start of the weekend, To-night Jean-Michelle and Endeara are coming to eat and Sergey from Russia was on dinner duty and oh what a nice surprise. Chicken and potatoes and what a sauce and also … Continue reading

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Rosemary leaves the calm of sunny La Giraudiere for rain and riots in England

Rosemary from Bristol is on her way home after 2 weeks at LG she will be missed and hopefully returns next year. During her time at LG rose volunteered in producing a page describing the LG project and its program … Continue reading

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Gardening in the Sun

This week our Mum Nessa is enjoying making us all colourful lunches…   Yesterday we also enjoyed the return of the Summer sun and went into the gardens to mow, cut and get a tan!      

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World Championship Final of Badminton Hosted at La Giraudiere

Last night Sarah came over for dinner and we enjoyed our first taste of Japanese food from our volunteer Hiroko who made Chicken Katsu curry- a dish that will prove hard to top in the coming weeks! After a few … Continue reading

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August Begins

As August began at La Giraudiere, we said goodbye to Jen, Donal and Nicole who flew back to Ireland and the US. They will all be sorely missed and we wish them all well with whatever they begin back home. This past … Continue reading

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