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Brossac
Travel Blogs from Brossac, France
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Day One 02/05/08 Arrival at La Giraudiere
... to Llama-Trekking, as well as plans for the work we'll do during my stay. The first project is kind of a 'Brossac Yellow Pages', with everything tourists need to know about facilities and attractions here. Should be good fun, and a chance to practise mon ...
The La Giraudiere working holiday
... . I'm here from May 2nd to June 14th 2008 (if all goes according to plan), and will be doing a variety of jobs, including Brossac regional research, website development, communications and construction, with a little cooking thrown in for good ...
Day Two of the La Giraudiere working holiday
Day Two 03/05/08 I was woken by an intense thirst at 8:30, which prompted me to think I was back in England after a dull night in the metropolis of Newport for the tiniest of moments. However, I noticed the intense, blissful sun pouring through the ...
Day Three of my working holiday at La Giraudiere
... attended a Football Club dinner. This was cooked by Jean-Jacques, a local moustachioed personality, for the inauguration of the Brossac Football Club's meeting room, the recently re-christened centre for 'Le 3ième Age' (Senior Citizens). We discussed ...
Day Four at La Giraudiere
... safe and/or toasty in the coming hours. And toasty it was. I started off working on the webpage for Mamie Bulles Restaurant in Brossac. This involved walking all the way there in the pouring rain to be told 'come back at 2:30'. Luckily, Paul had ...
Il y a un debut et un fin.....
... from Dvorzak, Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, etc. They were amazing and we just got in by the skin of our teeth! Thursday morning walked into Brossac for bread and took a few pix of the area, then ...
Supercakes French adventures!
... are tennis coaches which has been fun. Visited a town nearby called Aubeterre, apparently one of the most beautiful towns in France and went to a monolithic church carved from stone, also spent some time at the historic public washing area (clothes not ...
Le jour final et le retour
... a quick shower and got a bit dressed up then frantically began to think of all the advice given from the book 'Culture Shock France!' re attending the home of a French person for dinner and remembering the huge honour it was! Decided it was too ...
Starting to feel the pressure already: Get a Job!
8:42 PM It was hot today and will be hotter still tomorrow: probably about 90 F. I spent the day doing a variety of jobs, from updating my blog to sweeping floors and helping with the laundry. Dinner, grilled hamburger patties and sausage ...
My first couple days in Brossac
... weren't an auditory hallucination, I trudged along and eventually, ignoring the interdit au public signage, I emerged from the woods onto Brossac Lake. It's quite small and looks man-made; I'm almost certain the sand was brought in. ...
Absolutely Fabulous Birthday celebrations!
Well, what a night! The evening started off with a phonecall from Trev which went something like this; (please use heavy Brummy accent when imagining Trev....) Phone ringing....... J: Bonjour? Trev: Oh hello, is Paul there? J: He's out doing the ...
I sought trains; I found passengers - Paul Theroux
31, juillet '09 --- 7:05 PM Back at Brossac Lake: This time with Holly, Louise, and Jana. After lasting more than a week, I decided to retire my hair-do (awwwww!) and finally go for a real swim (ahhhhhh!!). It's practically deserted here ...
Time to catch up with good friends.
Spent 10 days at the Pipe residence on the outskirts of Brossac. They have 2, 3 bed villas set close to a lake and with a swimming pool, not much else around other than Wild Boar and a few wasps. Managed to take a trip to Chalet market where we stocked up ...
J'ai fait les pizzas et autres choses!
... up with Louise, Tim and Sophie. For those who don't know, Louise stayed in the same Halls as us girls when we studied in France and we've kept in touch. She now lives here with her husband and little girl, working from home. Angoulême was a ...
Supercakes lingers on:)
7:45 PM Dinner should be ready soon: Julie Supercakes74 left yesterday, but we're having her cassoulet (w/ fresh pork and sausages), my rice (w/ chicken stock and olive oil) and Paul's haricots verts (canned string beans, with some garlic ...
Mon Anniversaire et autres jours!
... upload a few more pics and then sign off. Having a BBQ tonight and then maybe going to a club, probably not since we are miles from civilization, don't think Brossac has heard of R&B yet....! Salut pour maintenant! Je vous aime! Jules ...
Another day, another blogger...
9:15AM Most of my writing has been done on my laptop, making it easier to send out in emails and/or copy and paste onto my this blog (my first). I've also recorded shot vids on the laptop and "voice memos' on the iphone. So many choices! i've ...
Les artifices feu, etangs et soiree Bosa Nova!
... the prohibited zone (always breaking the rules...!) right over to the other side of the lake! Later that night, we walked down to Brossac and to Saint Bernard, the only pub in the village, and had a drink and was promised an evening of pizza ...
Chili and Concert
30, juillet 2009, 2:45 AM The tasty chili (compliments of Julie) from last evening decided to "run" away from me: about an hour, no perhaps ½ hr/45 mins, I awoke with a rather unhappy belly --- gas and nausea. The Pepto Bismal lessened the ...
Working a little bit!
... part of La Giraudiere. Louise, Holly, John, etc have been coming back from the l’etang/the swimming hole, otherwise known as Brossac Lake. I haven’t gone in the last few days, but will treat myself to a swim tomorrow or the next day. ...
First Day at La Giraudiere!
... watched a bit of the ladies participating in a knitting(!) contest. The people from La Giraudiere (La G) were welcomed to represent Brossac in games ranging from tug of war to some sort of diving contest. We stayed for a short time and then ...
Bastille Day Festivities! Vive La France!
... my face ( or my face is off as he kept saying....) 5. I'm on the avenue (Claire, your teenage antics are now duly recognised in France!!) In the style of mixing your metaphors, we landed up with sayings such as, "my face is off on the avenue" and he was ...
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