Guest Post · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur Cézanne’s Statuein Aix-en-Provence April 4, 2016The repaving of the area outside the tourist office has been completed and I was really hoping for something a bit more attractive and tourist-friendly – some benches for instance wouldn’t go amiss. And why has Cezanne just been plonked down on the ground? The Cezanne statue and the market in Aix-en-Provence.…Continue Reading
Barefoot Blogger · Expat Living and Real Estate · Learning French Take French Immersion Classes in Aix-en-Provence April 12, 2019After living in France for five (5) years and struggling to learn French, it was time. Deborah realized that being able to communicate in the language was critical during her 10-week hospital stay and the recuperation phase. There are many to take French classes but why not beautiful Aix-en-Provence in the South of France? There are so …Continue Reading
Artists Inspired by Provence · Guest Post · Inspire The Night 8 Cézannes were Stolen in Aix March 31, 2015It was back in August 1961, a long-forgotten incident, and thanks to local historian Alain Paire for sending details of this fascinating story. The thieves climbed the garden walls then up the decorative ironwork of the façade to reach the first floor paintings. …Continue Reading
Explore · Guest Post · Villages Towns and Cities Aix-en-Provence’s Cours Mirabeau – the Fate of the Plane Trees April 27, 2018Having just returned to Aix after some weeks away, my second shock (after seeing the excavations in front of the Palais de Justice being filled in – inevitable I know) was to see the gaps in the Cours Mirabeau where plane trees had been. I had read about the ‘chancre coloré’ that had infested these …Continue Reading