Author Archives: La Giraudiere
About La Giraudiere
The whole idea of the La Giraudiere project is for people of all backgrounds, all ages, all nationalities to have the chance to live together learn about each others lifestyle exchange their knowledge, experiences and skills whilst living and working together in France and at the same time helping, improving and adding to the Project for those to come in the future. To see the different types of volunteers work that has been done and what is still required visit our websiteLa Grande Ouverture Brossac Braderie
La Giruaidiere interns and volunteers create a braderie which is to be open on the 14, 15 and 16 July. There is also a website located at https://brossacbraderie.com/ whereby you can inspect benfore you buy you can also click pay … Continue reading
Escape from Downtown Toronto to the French Countryside
I am glad to be typing this in front of a computer! Although I have spent the past 10 years sat in front of computer screens daily doing my linear algebra homework or adjusting pension calculations, for once, using a … Continue reading
Covid Precautions at La Giraudiere for 2022
Preventive Measures Preventive measures include physical or social distancing, quarantining, ventilation of indoor spaces, covering coughs and sneezes, hand washing, and keeping unwashed hands away from your face. The use of face masks or coverings is recommended not just in … Continue reading
A Spanish volunteer arrives at La Giraudiere in France
We received our first volunteer for the 2022 season. Veronica is from Spain, from Madrid to be exact. Veronica is presently living near Paris in France, close to Disneyland. In this post she describes why she volunteered and what she … Continue reading
Free travel passes for young people compliments of EU
As of, April 7, and until April 21, young people living in Erasmus+ countries can apply for one of the 35,000 free travel passes offered by the European Commission. In a statement issued today, the European Commission has announced that … Continue reading