{"id":9218,"date":"2019-07-04T11:58:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T09:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/?p=9218"},"modified":"2019-07-09T15:06:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T13:06:11","slug":"explore-angouleme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/explore-angouleme\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers Explore Angoul\u00eame!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After all the volunteers had completed their long journey to <strong>Brossac<\/strong> and had spent the first night in their new home at La Giraudi\u00e8re, the group of <strong>international volunteers<\/strong> decided to explore <strong>Angoul\u00eame<\/strong> the provincial capital of the Charente department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/charente_river-angouleme.jpg\" alt=\"The Charente River in Angouleme\" class=\"wp-image-9270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/charente_river-angouleme.jpg 622w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/charente_river-angouleme-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/charente_river-angouleme-150x88.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea of taking a day off to visit this beautiful city was suggested by the project manager, Paul Rice and the volunteers just love it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FotoJet5-1-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"One of the many street murals of Angoul\u00eame\" class=\"wp-image-9232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FotoJet5-1-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FotoJet5-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FotoJet5-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FotoJet5-1-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>One of the &#8220;street murals&#8221; of Angoul\u00eame<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Known as &#8220;<em><strong>La cit\u00e9 de la bande dessin\u00e9e<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;, it is full of street art, paintings, culture and shops with different regional products made in Charente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our volunteers enjoyed a day visiting the monuments of the city, walking through the pedestrian street, checking out the street art and also having a nice picnic next to the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FotoJet-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Erasmus volunteers from: Greece, Portugal and Spain visit Angouleme\" class=\"wp-image-9222\" width=\"435\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FotoJet-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FotoJet-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FotoJet-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FotoJet-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/FotoJet-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><figcaption>Erasmus Volunteers from: Greece, Portugal and Spain<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Discover the &#8220;must do&#8221; in Angoul\u00eame according to our volunteers:<br>&#8211; Visit the street murals (free maps available in the tourism office!)<br>&#8211; Picnic next to the Charente river<br>&#8211; Visit the Cathedral and it&#8217;s museum<br>&#8211; Visit the museum of &#8220;bande dessin\u00e9e&#8221;<br>&#8211; Attend the Festival International de la Bande Dessin\u00e9e<br>&#8211; Do a boat trip on Charente river <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br> <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in joining the international group of volunteers at La Giraudi\u00e8re, you can read more about the Erasmus project at <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer-france.lagiraudiere.com\/erasmus_2019_Project.html\">Erasmus Project in France<\/a> or you can visit the International volunteer&#8217;s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer-france.lagiraudiere.com\/\">Volunteering in France.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After all the volunteers had completed their long journey to Brossac and had spent the first night in their new home at La Giraudi\u00e8re, the group of international volunteers decided to explore Angoul\u00eame the provincial capital of the Charente department. &hellip; 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