Local musician Daniel Guizot is not only a talented singer songwriter who we caught up with a couple of weeks ago at a local gig in Avranches, he also runs his own holiday business together with his wife Catherine Do Vale Guizot.
Daniel and his wife will take you on a holiday experience to remember, to visit and experience the music, the generosity and the warm of the people of Brazil. For 15 days you are accompanied by Daniel and Catherine into the heart of a musical Brazil you would never see on a standard package holiday.
You are not tied to a regime but are free to enjoy yourself, meeting locals, experiencing their music, food and their culture, a side of the country you would not see unless take
n by a musician like Daniel.
Daniel is a professional musician with over twenty years of songwriting and entertaining audiences both here in France and in Brazil. His music is a mix of latin, jazz, reggae and world fusion. As Daniel explained to me "I want to show people that you do not need to be tied to a holiday package where you have to get up at seven and down for breakfast at eight, regimented and unchangeable... I want to give people a holiday that leaves them feeling that they have experienced a great time, seen real people and musicians, made friends and done something out of the ordinary".
To see more and to listen to Daniels music go to:
Jennifer Titley,
based near to Vire in Lower Normandy, has recently started her new business, called Pets at Home France.
Based on her own experiences of how difficult it can be to organise care for your pets and other animals, having to put dogs into kennels, find someone feed the cats, check the horses, look after the chickens and any other animals as well. Plus having to take pets to a boarding kennels, usually the day before leaving for your holiday and then having to collect again, either after a long journey home, can be both time consuming stressful and expensive.
So Jennifer decided that taking care of peoples pets and home together was an great solution for many
people. Having the added benefit of ensuring security and peace of mind whilst they were away. Pets are well cared for in their own familiar environment, fed at their normal times, taken for walks and just able to enjoy lying out in their favourite spot in the garden. Although for Jennifer, dogs and cats tend to be the main animals she is asked to care for, she is very happy to look after a wide variety of animals, having owned over the years, horses, pigs, goats, sheep, assorted poultry, etc. Jennifer is also happy to tend to the needs of your garden, whilst house and pet sitting, so you don't come back to wilting flowers and plants.
To help promote her new business venture Jennifer commissioned her website from PennyGraphics and as she says: "The site is everything I could have wished for".
To see more visit Jennifer's website: www.petsathomefrance.com
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The next Normandy Networking event will take place as follows:
Tuesday 15 June, 2010, 7pm
Jug & Jazz Restaurant, 50850 Ger
There will be a free 'Normandy Networker' apéritif, followed by a delicious 3 course meal with wine, and lots of networking opportunities, plus a free Business Card prize draw on the evening.
Contact Judy Mansfield or Nicola Tasker for more details.
We have also arranged that your logo, web address and sales pitch can appear on a TV screen throughout the evening - further details will be sent out when you confirm your attendance. As ever, there will be plenty of time to make new contacts, re-establish existing ones, share best tips - and to have a great time!
Visit the NormandyNetworking website on:
www.normandynetworking.com
Exhibition by local artists and artisans - Saturday to Sunday 10/11th April from 10h00 to 18h00
If you fancy a trip out this weekend to see some local artists and artisans exhibiting their work and crafts then pop over to the fourth Spring Exhibition at St Martin le Bouillant near to Villedieu les Poeles.
There is a wide variety of work on display from illustrator Gary Chalk to the art association ARCUVIBOC displaying some childrens comic book designs, sculpture and puppets. There is also a photography exhibition, which is part of a larger exhibition showcasing work by Normandy photographers, currently touring Normandy "Territoires des Photographes" there is also a local crafts man who makes clogs, a light airplane that has
been built by an amateur enthusiast, using an Honda lawn mower engine, to demonstrations of horse shoeing by the local pony club. There is even a local DJ showing his light and sound show which is available for hire.
Also exhibiting are some of the local French artisans, from roofers, carpenters, builders to an interior designer/architectdisplaying their trades and skills and available to answer any questions you may have.
So if your back is aching from all the gardening you have been doing these last few sunny days... then pop down to lower Normandy and see this display of work by some very talented people.
Entry is Free and you can buy refreshments. Some of the art is for sale and the artists and photographers are there to chat with you.
