Books on Provence · Guest Post · Inspire WW2 Heroism in Marseille January 30, 2015On the theme of helping people escape during the Occupation, here is a thrilling account of the experience of a Church of Scotland minister, Donald Caskie, who at great personal risk saved around 2000 Allied soldiers, sailors and airmen. He had been the minister at the Scots Kirk.…Continue Reading
Guest Post · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste Why Pay a Visit to Chez Etienne Restaurant in Marseille’s Le Panier Quartier February 20, 2018Peter Mayle once wrote that Chez Etienne was his favourite Marseille restaurant for lunch and it seems he is not alone. As the locals say, ‘Il faut absolument passer, un fois, dans sa vie, chez Etienne’. Even Gault & Millau call it a ‘veritable institution’. Mayle was charmed by the old owner’s stance: no telephone, …Continue Reading
Guest Post · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur Museum of Contemporary Art Hip Hop Exhibition in Marseille June 23, 2017This week sees a new expo at MAC, Marseille’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Hip-Hop started in the South Bronx, where, surrounded by economic deprivation, the young generation developed creative ways to party, dance, paint the urban environment and challenge the establishment. It spread, district by district, across New York, animating the metro, nightclubs and trendy art …Continue Reading
Explore · Renata Haidle · Villages Towns and Cities Why I’m Heading Back to Avignon, France February 23, 2022Back To France 22 months. 22 months of uncertainty and worry, of hopes that were dashed, of plans that didn’t come true. 22 months of maybes and if onlys. 22 months of a feeling I ended up calling traveller’s despair. The gnawing fear that France, like the rest of the world, would change, that things …Continue Reading
