Week 32 2020

Hello!

This week Jo Mckinnon and fellow creators Paul de Ath, Jacky Hamilton and Mandy Descorn at Amanda-Maidare hosting a pop up in Duras opposite the pizzeria in the covered area.  They will be there form the 5 - 18 August.  Pop in to the pop up and say 'Hello!' and see their beautiful works of art.  A perfect opportunity to find a gift.

The temperature is on the way up again, so please take care, keep cool and keep safe.  Wearing masks is the new normal, let's keep our part of France safe.

Whatever you do in the Gironde and Dordogne regions, have a great time.

Best wishes,

Helen

notjustfortheholidays@orange.fr

Week 32

Monday 3 August

Tuesday 4 August

Wednesday 5 August

Thursday 6 August

Something truly special .

George and Thomas are performing overlooking the Dordogne river at the Au Four de La Rive , 66, Ave de la Dordogne. 33350 Mouliets-et-Villemartin.

A wonderful outdoor setting with scrumptious food.

Reservations tel 05 57 49 23 26

Charlie Smith and Jodie Mellor are special guests.

Places are limited so contact them soon!!

Friday 7 August

Saturday 8 August

Sunday 9 August

Coming up...

And finally...

Next week, the shower of Perseids (shooting stars) is approaching its maximum.

You'll have the opportunity to lie in the grass and admire the dust burning in the atmosphere, last left in 1992 by comet 109P / Swift-Tuttle.

Jupiter, Saturn will also be there, and Mars at the end of the night.

Many other celestial objects will surely be observable: nebula, galaxies, clusters, double stars, comets

Find out more about Perseids here

You can view the Perseids from the Observatory de Vayres, just off the N89 here

Or, just head out to your garden, and look up.

Week 30 2019

Hello!

Chamber Orchestra of Gironde

32nd Annual Gensac Music Festival

Gensac Church Sunday 28 July and Sunday 4 August

The “ancien village” of Gensac and the Chamber Orchestra of Gironde have been close friends for more than thirty years!  From the start, Gensac has warmly hosted the music festival: now the musicians come back each season to find “their” village, while the local residents await “their” musicians.  The musicians are housed by locals, the public has free entry to rehearsals and the popular after-concert receptions bring everyone together for a drink and a chant.

This summer artistic Director Scott Sandmeier has gathered musicians of international renown for an exceptional program of “Grand Concerts” and “Concerts Découvertes,” with works of Mozart, Debussy, Sarasate, Volkmann, Nielsen, Abel/Mozart, Glass, Finzi, Haydn…

The Gensac Concert Découverte Sunday 28 July offers a selection of not-oft-performed musical oeuvres, and the Gensac Grand Concert Sunday 4 August will feature the renowned American pianist Stephanie Gurga performing the “Tirol Concerto for Piano” by Philip Glass.

The Festival is also welcomed in the churches of Lapouyade, Rauzan, Montagne, Ste-Croix-du-Mont and at the Fondation John Bost in La Force.

Full details on the site www.orchestredechambredelagironde.fr

For more details : Tel : 05 57 47 46 67 and 06 83 30 14 35

Whatever you do this week in the Gironde and Dordogne regions, have a great time.

Best wishes,
Helen
notjustfortheholidays@orange.fr

Week 30

 

Come and visit in Duras!

Monday 22 July

Tuesday 23 July

Wednesday 24 July

Thursday 25 July

Friday 26 July

Saturday 27 July

Sunday 28 July

Coming up...

And finally...

Just a little update on the progress we’re making for an Anglophone resource for Alzheimers in Eymet.

We’ve managed to get a building to use for meetings – the communal space at the Residence des Personnes Agees in Eymet – on Wednesday afternoons, which is a great start.  So now we’re starting to prepare for formal sessions to commence, most likely in October. 

In the meantime, we’ll be doing 2 informal sessions in that space (sort of Q & A presentations) on the afternoons of 21^st August and 18^th September from 14:30 to 17:00(ish).  

Currently there’s no dedicated email address for the Anglophone Group, but we can be contacted through the Facebook Community that Alex runs ( https://www.facebook.com/carersinfrance/ )and also https://www.facebook.com/FranceAlzheimerDordogneEnglish/