Playtime, wwoofing style.

Many night times were spent at the farm cooking, singing, or sitting around talking.

One night Paul lead us all in cooking gnocchi, along with Nigel and Renée's daughter, Céline, and her two friends from university. I made a gigantic apple pie with Beth, which I managed to slightly burn while helping out with the Gnocchi . . . it was still fairly decent, though.

Nigel plays a mean guitar and accordion. Singalongs were always led by him and more than appreciated by everyone else.

Here's a quick and dirty (sans accents and probably sometimes wrongly inferred artists from youtube, as I only have the song names) list of Nigel's French/Spanish/Beatles heavy singalong songs.

Nigel’s Singalong List:

Armstrong (Claude Nougaro)
Rock Me Momma/Wagon Wheel (Bob Dylan)
Je m’voyais deja (Charles Aznavour)
Le p’tit bal perdu (C’etait bien) (Bourvil)
La Tendresse (Bourvil)
Salade de fruits (Bourvil)
Le Tourbillon (Jeanne Moreau)
Trois petites notes de musique (Henri Colpi, Georges Delerue)
L’Encre de tes yeux (Francis Cabrel)
La Marine (Brassens)
Quand je serai K.O. (Alain Souchon)
Bikini (Brian Hyland--but translated into French)
L’Amerique (Joe Dassin)
Emmenez-moi (Charles Aznavour)
Le Meteque (Georges Moustaki)
Le Galerien (Maurce Druon et Leo Paul)
L’etranger (Edith Piaf)
Donne du Rhum (Georges Moustaki)
Les Feuilles Mortes (Jacques Prevert)
Le Temps des Cerises (Jean-Baptiste Clément et Antoine Renard)
Il est trop tard (Georges Moustaki)
I'm Only Sleeping (Beatles)
I'm So Tired (Beatles)
I Want to Hold Your Hand (Beatles)
I Will (Beatles)
Love Me Do (Beatles)
La complainte du Phoque en Alaska (Michel Rivard)
Je me suis fait tout petit (George Brassens)
Belle Ile en Mer (Laurent Voulzy)
Les Couleurs du Temps (Guy Béart)
Couleur Café (Serge Gainsbourg)
Quand on se promene au bord de l’eau (Jean Gabin)
Siffler sur la Colline (Joe Dassin)
All You Need Is Love (Beatles)
Let It Be (Beatles)
Hey Jude (Beatles)
Norwegian Wood (Beatles)
Blackbird (Beatles)
All you need is love (Beatles)
Help (Beatles)
Education Sentimentale (Maxime le Forestier)
Il faut que je m’en aille (Graeme Allwright)
Ecoute dans le vent (Bob Dylan)
Sacree Bouteille(Graeme Allwright)
Tous les garcons et les filles (Francoise Hardy)
La Chanson de Prevert (Serge Gainsbourg)
La Javanaise (Serge Gainsbourg)
Complainte de la Butte (Rufus Wainwright)
La Java Bleue (Frehel)
Chanson pour ‘Auvergnat (Georges Brassens)
Mon amant de st jean (Edith Piaf)
Le temps du muguet (Francis Lemarque)
Les Champs-Elysees (Joe Dassin)
Les amoureux des bancs publiques (Georges Brassens)
Desaparecido (Manu Chao)
Clandestino (Manu Chao)
Hasta Siempre (Nathalie Cardone)
La Princesse et le Croque-notes (Georges Brassens)
Embrasse-les tous (Georges Brassens)
Mourir pour des idees (Georges Brassens)
Le Joueur de fluteau (Georges Brassens)

For four nights in a row it was the village fete in Lagardelle. At nights we could hear music coming from the village, and one night we decided to go along and join in. They had fireworks, accompanied by a melange of 80s rock ballads, and then this amazing band, which was actually pretty horrific, but such a train wreck it was so fun to watch. From Katie Perry to I don't know what, they danced their way through, singing as if they were the rockstars they imagined. We lasted quite some time just on the amazement on how terrible it was, before deciding it was time to make our way back in the dark to the farm. Particular dance moves will remain burned into my retinas for years to come.