Ashley Tinker · Explore · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur October Events in Provence, 2017 Fall Festivals and More October 3, 2017Contributor blog post by Ashley Tinker: Octobre en Provence With the grape harvest long done due to a very dry summer, locals are concentrating on the olive harvest this month. You’ll drive by olive groves and see wooden ladders hidden among the trees. Furthermore, the olives vertes cassées made by many people still at home have …Continue Reading
Books on Provence · Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Inspire One Sip at a Time a Journey from Silicon Valley to St Remy de Provence March 15, 2017It took 20 visits to Provence before Keith Van Sickle and his wife decided to make the region their part-time home. A Northern California native, Van Sickle spent his early years on an island in the San Francisco Bay – Alameda, California. “It’s a sleepy town, an oasis of 1950’s America in the middle of …Continue Reading
Ashley Tinker · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur February Events in Provence 2018 February 1, 2018Mimosa and Sea Urchins Despite it being February, the coast of France, which borders the Mediterranean, becomes bright yellow during this time of year. Synonymous with the Mediterranean, I’ll never forget when I was in Italy during International Women’s Day. It’s the custom there to hand out Mimosa to every woman you see in the streets. …Continue Reading
Inspire · Rebecca Whitlocke · Shopping & Gifts How to easily get a Tax Refund on your French souvenirs January 26, 2016Contributor blog post by Access Riviera: Did you know that as a tourist in France you are entitled to claim back the Value Added Tax (VAT or TVA) on purchases over €175 made in a single store? You didn’t know that? Well, luckily for you this blog post will shed some light on how to …Continue Reading
