Explore · Guest Post · Stay Fit Venelles: Big New Swimming Pool May 23, 2016Yet again I wonder how all this is affordable …compared to our base in England where we have been using the same small, chilly pool for decades. But this new swimming complex looks as though it will be lovely, so lucky for Venelles and for Aix too. …Continue Reading
Guest Post · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur Massive Air Show at Istres March 28, 2016This doesn’t take place until June but, if you are into this kind of event, it might be worth putting on the calendar now. Dozens of planes will converge on the Istres Air Base for this show, which takes place every five years. There will be Mirage jets, drones, and aerobatic displays, plus the Mercure …Continue Reading
Guest Post · Local Food Producers · Taste Patisserie Perfection in Aix en Provence at Segond June 17, 2016At last a chance to try Segond, the patisserie run by Philippe Segond who is apparently the only ‘meilleur ouvrier de France’ in action in Aix. At the top of the Cours Mirabeau, it is in the building which used to be ‘Riederer’, a family of Swiss origin who had been in town since the …Continue Reading
Guest Post · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur Hidden Treasure in Aix-en-Provence September 23, 2016This weekend, I decided to visit the exhibition about the 23 trees threatened by the Places Verdun-Precheurs development. I will come back to these trees. But first, I was amazed at the beautiful building inside when I opened the door to this former school, the College des Precheurs. It looks so ordinary from outside……Continue Reading
