Sète Food Lovers Guide
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Sète Food Lovers Guide to Eating Your Way Through Town

There are few things I enjoy more than eating seafood. A gourmet tour designed by Absolutely Southern France in the seaside city of Sète introduced me to a whole lot more favorites for food lovers. I was brought up going to a fish camp on the Catawba River, just outside Charlotte, …

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TGV Avignon
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Train Travel TGV Avignon to Nice on the Fast One

TGV Service Fast Train to Nice I’ve just returned on a TGV train to Avignon after spending 24 hours in Nice. The quick trip on the fast train to Nice was planned with Patricia Sands and Nancy McGee to finalize our plans for the Memories Tour in September. The train …

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Les Baux Carrières de Lumières
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Visitor Tips Les Baux Carrières de Lumières Fabulous Light Show

If you haven’t seen a techno-fabulous French light show, you’re in for a treat. The French take lights and action to new dimensions: music, drama and imagination. Carrières de Lumières A recent visit to Carrières de Lumières was my third experience to see the digital, immersive events that are staged in a …

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Cooking Classes Marseille Provence Gourmet
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Cooking Classes in Marseille? Spend a Day with the Provence Gourmet

For someone who had never spent much time in Marseille, now I’m loving it! I jumped at the chance to join a cooking class in Marseille with Gilles Conchy of Provence Gourmet. Marseille is a city of wide, busy streets and tight alleys. High-end fashions and ethnic robes. Elegant eateries …

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Châteauneuf-du-Pape Wine Tour
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Finding the Perfect Châteauneuf-du-Pape Wine Tour

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Wine Tour When visitors to the south of France put “wine tour” at the top of their list of things to do, a Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine tour quickly comes to mind. The wine growing region that covers approximately 3,200 hectares (12.4 miles) of land in the Rhone valley is home …

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Lavender Uzes
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Searching For the Love of Lavender Near Uzes

Lavender Near Uzes Had the Barefoot Blogger known lavender fields are so close to Uzes and how fabulous they are in person, I would have been visiting them much before now. Thank goodness I learned how to get to some of the best fields this year. Continue reading here as …

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Author Samuel Beckett’s Roussillon
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Discovering Author Samuel Beckett’s Roussillon in the Luberon Valley

The red hills of Roussillon are an inspiration for artists, but I had no idea how many famous authors came to visit Roussillon. On my first visit to Roussillon, while riding along the winding roads of the Luberon, it amazed me to see the massive red hills up ahead. They seemed …

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Mediterranean Cooking Classes Cook'n with Class Cook'n with Class
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Mediterranean Cooking Classes with a French Pro at Cook’n with Class

One thing I dreamed about before moving to France was to attend a cooking class in Paris. Little did I know that my wish would come true — without leaving the little town of Uzès. Chef Eric Fraudeau of “Cook’n with Class Paris” has a cooking school right down the road — Cook’n with …

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Sous Prefecture French Flag
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Getting Your French Expat Visa With Some Help

When you have an appointment at the prefecture to renew your French expat visa, you’d better show up. Rain, shine … or flu! Today was the day to update my 12-month French expat visa — or carte de séjour. The event seems to come around much faster each year. I …

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Weekend Marseille Vieux Port History
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Weekend in Marseilles Discovering its Stormy Past and Brilliant Future.

A recent weekend in Marseille turned my perception of the city inside out. Now I can’t wait to return. I’ll admit, a weekend in Marseille was not at the top of my travel list. Even though it’s less than two hours away from Uzés. It’s surely because I’ve watched too …

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