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<\/a>Barbara Australian Volunteer Journalist<\/p><\/div>\n
For Barbara, the calculated decision to fly from Melbourne in Victoria; Australia to Paris, France and thence by train to Bordeaux\u00a0, Bordeaux to Chalais and finally to be collected and driven by car to Brossac would take just over 24 hours, 21 of which would be spent crammed into the economy seat of an uncomfortable plane,\u00a0 <\/span>lucky to catch four hours sleep! At 76 years of age, every second of every minute of every hour of every day seems more valuable than at any other time in your life,\u00a0 <\/span>so why sacrifice two days to spend\u00a0 <\/span>only three weeks in a place you know very little about and are even obliged to \u2018pay\u2019 for the \u2018privilege by sacrificing nine of those 21 days \u2018working\u2019 for a man you know virtually nothing about?!! As with most questions for which the answer is “‘bleedin\u2019 obvious”, as the man himself would say, it\u2019s worth it because it\u2019s La Giraudiere!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 We are so pleased that Barbara decided to dedicate some of her time to volunteering on the opposite side of the globe at La Giraudiere!\u00a0 Her enthusiasm, warmth, and homemade biscuits are already missed. Thanks for everything Barbara!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Australian volunteer journalist writes for La Giraudiere Barbara, a retired freelance journalist\u00a0 from Australia, recently spent time as a volunteer journalist at La Giraudiere. During her three week stay she wrote in-depth articles about the project and its founder.\u00a0 She … Continue reading