{"id":10530,"date":"2022-07-19T15:22:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/?p=10530"},"modified":"2022-07-19T15:22:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:22:18","slug":"sisters-volunteering-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/sisters-volunteering-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters volunteering in France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My sister and I, Josephine and Mary, wanted to meet up and experience volunteering in France together.
I found La Giraudi\u00e8re through Google by entering the words \u201cVolunteering in France while learning french\u201d. La Giraudi\u00e8re came up \u00a0immediately. I read through the details which sounded great. \u00a0I emailed Paul and received a reply very quickly with all the information about La Giraudi\u00e8re. I read the entire booklet then emailed it to my sister. We both thought it sounded ideal. \u00a0We applied separately filling in the forms completely letting Paul know we were serious. We were staying in Menton together for our first week so found the best route to La Giraudi\u00e8re was by train stopping off in Toulouse for the night. We caught the early train from Toulouse to Bordeaux the following morning then another train on to Chalais where Paul picked us up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our stay in France<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The accommodation at La Giraudi\u00e8re is perfect. \u00a0We had our own spacious apartment c\/w bathroom and patio. Another person could have shared as there were 3 bedrooms. The meals were very good, each volunteer was on a rota so you cooked approximately once a week. Laundry facilities were excellent. The volunteering was varied and according to your own abilities. \u00a0If you didn\u2019t know how to do something you just asked Paul. He is extremely patient and helps you in any way he can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two sisters enjoying the French life<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We felt very comfortable with the other volunteers and enjoyed their company. The french teachers are also excellent. Paul makes sure you are able to be involved with the community by walks they do on Sundays, meals together in the area, outings and yoga\/fitness classes if you are interested. \u00a0There is a swimming \u00e9tang a short 15 minute walk away where we swam most days just before dinner. \u00a0All in all the whole experience was so much better than we had anticipated. We would have no hesitation in recommending La Giraudi\u00e8re to anyone – young or not so young! \u00a0The countryside is peaceful but vibrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


A huge thanks to Paul for our first volunteering experience!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My sister and I, Josephine and Mary, wanted to meet up and experience volunteering in France together.I found La Giraudi\u00e8re through Google by entering the words \u201cVolunteering in France while learning french\u201d. La Giraudi\u00e8re came up \u00a0immediately. I read through … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,992,994,355,1004,345,1002,101,575,237,267,311,103,823,821,827,819],"tags":[1078,16,1079,53,159],"class_list":["post-10530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-la-giraudiere","category-culture","category-culture-france","category-france","category-french","category-holiday-with-a-difference","category-learn-french","category-learning-french-2","category-programs","category-time-out","category-vacation-france","category-volunteer","category-volunteering","category-volunteering-holidays-abroad","category-volunteering-in-france","category-volunteers-gap-year","category-volunteers-holiday-abroad","tag-family","tag-france","tag-sisters","tag-volunteer","tag-volunteer-in-france"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10530"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10565,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10530\/revisions\/10565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}