{"id":8621,"date":"2018-08-28T08:50:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T06:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/?p=8621"},"modified":"2018-08-28T08:50:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T06:50:13","slug":"the-english-have-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/the-english-have-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"The English have arrived!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Welcome Jack and Janet<\/h1>\n<h3>J\u00b2 arrive at La Giraudi\u00e8re<\/h3>\n<p>As sad as it was to say goodbye to Jessse, we <strong>welcomed<\/strong> 2 new volunteers this week. <strong>Jack<\/strong> and <strong>Janet<\/strong> from England are spending a few weeeks here with us to improve their <strong>French<\/strong> and immerse themselves in the <strong>French<\/strong> <strong>culture<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack<\/strong> is our politics enthusiast from Devon! He loves a bit of &#8220;bant&#8221; and don&#8217;t get on the wrong side of him when it comes to scones (the jam MUST go on before the cream) Despite not speaking much <strong>French<\/strong> when he arrived, in the past few days he has picked up a lot of vocabulary and he feels like he is improving lots! After arriving earlier in the week, he deicded to take advantage of the local transport and spend a few days in Paris! He had a fabulous time but is happy to be back with the LG team.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8625\" style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/eiffel-tower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8625\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/eiffel-tower.jpg\" alt=\"Lucky Jack has been seeing this iconic French monument for the past 3 days\" width=\"261\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/eiffel-tower.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/eiffel-tower-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/eiffel-tower-150x101.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucky Jack has been seeing this iconic French monument for the past 3 days<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Next we have our dancing queen <strong>Janet<\/strong> from just outside London!! She arrived last night, just in time for a boogie at the lake at the end of season concert. In Eilidh&#8217;s words &#8220;I hope to be as cool as\u00a0 you are when I am your age&#8221;. After learning <strong>French<\/strong> for a year through conversation classes\u00a0at home, she found LG on the internet and decided to come and spend 3 weeks with us. She is a keen gardener, so will be taking full advantage of our plants and land to show her artistic side.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8623\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/garden-picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8623\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/garden-picture-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Our beautiful courtyard for Janet to transform\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/garden-picture-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/garden-picture-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/garden-picture-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/garden-picture-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/garden-picture.jpg 1282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our beautiful courtyard for Janet to transform<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Again, <strong>welcome<\/strong> <strong>Jack<\/strong> and <strong>Janet<\/strong> and we hope you have a pleasant stay with us in Brossac!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Jack and Janet J\u00b2 arrive at La Giraudi\u00e8re As sad as it was to say goodbye to Jessse, we welcomed 2 new volunteers this week. 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