Inspire · Margo Lestz · Provencal History & Traditions A French Superstition: Bread and Bad Luck February 13, 2017Contributor blog post by Margo Lestz: The French are a superstitious lot. They have many traditions that predict whether good or bad luck will follow a certain action. One such superstition states that you should never lay bread on the table upside down. It’s widely known that this action invites bad luck – maybe even …Continue Reading
Inspire · Keith Van Sickle · Provencal History & Traditions 10 Historic Jewish Sites in Provence September 18, 2023France has a thriving Jewish community, the third largest in the world after Israel and the United States. And while today Paris is the center of French Jewish life, this wasn’t always the case. That center was Provence for centuries, thanks to a surprising protector: the Pope. This article covers ten (10) historic Jewish sites …Continue Reading
Inspire · Modern Trobadors · Provencal History & Traditions The French Foreign Legion from Hollywood to Aubagne to Paris March 21, 2017It’s Academy Award season, and as it was with me a year ago when I wrote of Marcel Pagnol, I am drawn back to Provence, in fact to his hometown of Aubagne. On this occasion it began last fall when I was discussing with my wife Benedicte, who is French, about the genre films that …Continue Reading
Inspire · Jemma - French Lessons · Provencal History & Traditions The Archives in Antibes for a Look at History January 12, 2021It’s unlikely that a trip to the municipal archives in Antibes would be on many (or any) visitor’s to-do list. However, for me, the chance to see parchments dating from the 1300s was irresistible. When four parchments appeared in a British auction house two months ago, the city of Antibes was “in the room” – …Continue Reading
