{"id":6171,"date":"2016-05-03T14:53:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T12:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/?p=6171"},"modified":"2016-05-05T09:16:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T07:16:39","slug":"british-volunteers-arrive-from-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/british-volunteers-arrive-from-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"British volunteers arrive from Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>John and Geoff head into La Giraudiere to volunteer and lend a hand in France.<\/h1>\n<p>La Giraudiere continues its 2016 season with the arrival of 2 new guests. John, Paul&#8217;s brother, and his friend Geoffrey Heath came to volunteer in France for a week. They are tied for 5th volunteer of the 2016 season.<\/p>\n<p>John is a Londoner through and through whereas Geoffrey is from Rochdale, however they both now reside\u00a0in Germany. John works for the US army\u00a0and Geoff is a retired tailor.<\/p>\n<p>John was a valuable asset to the team &#8211; he assisted greatly in painting apartment 4 and the balcony rendering project by providing a constant supply of cement. He also repaired the shower in apartment 4, chopped some wood for the fireplace and cut down some weeds with the weed whacker.<\/p>\n<p>Geoffrey took over housekeeping duties, keeping the apartments spick and span and making sure the table was set for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day to keep morale bursting high.<\/p>\n<p>On the night of their arrival the duo were welcomed by being taken to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BISTROT-DU-CIRCUIT-188408944541780\/\" target=\"_blank\">Le Bistrot du Circuit<\/a>, a local French restaurant which overlooks a Formula 2 race course. Their menu offers a wide variety of splendid French dishes and great value for money &#8211; you can get a three course meal for 18\u20ac with a choice of 6 entr\u00e9es, 6 plats and 6 desserts.<\/p>\n<p>They both leant their talents to create some great-tasting German cuisine to share with the team, with rhubarb and apple pie for dessert for the weekend.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6173\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/geoff-farhad-paul-john.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6173\" class=\"wp-image-6173 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/geoff-farhad-paul-john-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"volunteers-french_night_out\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/geoff-farhad-paul-john-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/geoff-farhad-paul-john-500x257.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/geoff-farhad-paul-john.jpg 655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geoff, Foo, Paul and John enjoying a drink together<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They finished off their stay at La Giraudiere by attending a special fish &amp; chips night held at The Clubhouse, a local sports bar. La Giraudiere was full of fun and laughter during the week of their stay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John and Geoff head into La Giraudiere to volunteer and lend a hand in France. La Giraudiere continues its 2016 season with the arrival of 2 new guests. 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