Latest Summer Volunteer Arrives
I’ve just finished my third year of university – studying physics – and I have spent the last year in Toulouse on a year abroad. I decided to spent the year in France, mainly to improve my French, which I’ve been learning since I was about 13.
I had a really great time, Toulouse was a beautiful city. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in France… and I didn’t want to go home yet, so I figured out ways to delay my departure.
I made plans to stay in Toulouse until the very last day I could, and I also started looking for some kind of work/volunteer project. I found La Giraudière during a Google search, and here I am!
Matthew. La Giraudiere’s Latest Volunteer.
Without any specific experience, I’ve come here mostly as an odd job man, willing to do pretty much anything to help out. So far this has included gardening, cleaning, sorting, tidying, fixing, cooking, and turning a chair into a stool. And writing this post. Plus playing pétanque in Brossac, and meeting the locals.
The surrounding area is lovely countryside; fields of sunflowers and purple flowers, rolling hills, a few little lakes, woods and forests, and beautiful views make for a great environment, and some nice routes for a morning run (if you can follow them properly).
I’m looking forward to helping make progress here over the next few weeks, and to enjoying myself while I’m at it!
Matthew
