{"id":8569,"date":"2018-08-22T10:18:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T08:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/?p=8569"},"modified":"2018-08-25T12:19:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T10:19:07","slug":"au-revoir-to-our-chinese-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/au-revoir-to-our-chinese-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Revoir to our Chinese Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Farewell to our Four Chinese Volunteers<\/h1>\n<h3>Home Time for our Favourite Four<\/h3>\n<p>Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when it is to our amazing <strong>Chinese volunteers<\/strong>!! Each and every one of them has been a ray of sunshine and great to work with. During their time here they have contributed a lot to our website by translating it all into <strong>Chinese<\/strong>. This was a massive help to us as it will increase the number of <strong>Chinese<\/strong> <strong>voluntourists<\/strong> we get as well as broadening our audience.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8589\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Chinese-volunteers-paul-and-journalists-21st-August.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8589\" class=\"wp-image-8589 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Chinese-volunteers-paul-and-journalists-21st-August-e1535192263764-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"The girls after an interview with the local paper, alongside the journalists and Paul\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Chinese-volunteers-paul-and-journalists-21st-August-e1535192263764-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Chinese-volunteers-paul-and-journalists-21st-August-e1535192263764-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Chinese-volunteers-paul-and-journalists-21st-August-e1535192263764-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The girls after an interview with the local paper, alongside the journalists and Paul<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Alongside\u00a0all their office work, they have been amazing chefs. Despite only staying for one week, they cooked twice for us. Once, a yummy curry with rice and milk tea, and last night they prepared a feast for ourselves and some of the locals! This took a lot of hard work and preparation but it totally paid off!!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8585\" style=\"width: 1522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8585\" class=\"wp-image-8585 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-2-e1535192325445.jpg\" alt=\"Cooking meatballs for the locals\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-2-e1535192325445.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-2-e1535192325445-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-2-e1535192325445-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-2-e1535192325445-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cooking meatballs for the locals<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8587\" style=\"width: 2026px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-21st-august.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8587\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-21st-august.jpg\" alt=\"Teaching us to make dumplings\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-21st-august.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-21st-august-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-21st-august-800x485.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-21st-august-150x91.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teaching us to make dumplings<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During their free weekend, the girls headed off to nearby Bordeaux. During their trip, they visited lots of sights, including the world famous alcohol museum (well, it would be rude not to!) They then rented a car and drove to the Dunes du Pilat where they saw the magnificent sand dune, bordered by both sea and jungle.<\/p>\n<p>These four\u00a0 <strong>volunteers<\/strong> will definetly be missed, and everyone at La Giraudi\u00e8re would like to wish them a safe flight home and their bestest wishes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farewell to our Four Chinese Volunteers Home Time for our Favourite Four Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when it is to our amazing Chinese volunteers!! 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