Inspire · Provencal History & Traditions · Rebecca Whitlocke Birthdays and the Calendar of Saints February 16, 2016Contributor Blog Post by Access Riviera: Becks recently celebrated her birthday – Happy belated to @AccessRiviera! She also shares some great information on the Calendar of Saints… Today is my birthday (Becks, not Access Riviera’s), hooray to me! Today I share my birthday – 27 January – with Saint Angèle……..WHO is Saint Angèle??!! Saint Angèle …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
Guest Post · Inspire · Provencal History & Traditions More Roman Road Uncovered in Aix en Provence September 21, 2016It’s so fascinating that every time people start digging in Aix, they come up with remains from Roman times. And the latest to be uncovered is 50 metres of a road near to the hospital. There is to be a new car park for the hospital and a bus lane on ave Philippe Solari, and …Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Inspire · Shopping & Gifts Perfumed by Provence Rose et Marius + Discount January 27, 2020Rose et Marius is a luxury perfume house and home décor brand based in Aix-en-Provence. Founder Magali Fleurquin-Bonnard named the company after her grandmother, Rose, and as a tribute to Provence. Fleurquin-Bonnard’s inspiration for the exquisitely designed product line originates from childhood memories, at the family’s country home in Puget sur Argens (in the Var), …Continue Reading
