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Ashley Tinker · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur

What’s On March Events in Provence 2019

March 4, 2019

Spring is Upon us! Or, at least, it is here. The almonds are blooming and it’s about 20 degrees in the sun. I remember growing up in Montréal when you could smell the spring mud and ice thawing, there would always be one last snow generally right before my birthday on April 26th. Urgh. For

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Books on Provence · Guest Post · Inspire

Playing House in Provence a Memoir

February 25, 2019

Sometimes, a book’s title brings up old memories. Remember your first house? Sometime after college and into your career, all of a sudden you were no longer “playing house”. It was for real. The following is an excerpt from the book Playing House in Provence: How Two Americans Became a Little Bit French by Mary-Lou

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Ashley Tinker · Books on Provence · Inspire

Book to Read: Starry Night, Van Gogh at the Asylum

February 20, 2019

Vincent Van Gogh is a fascinating figure. Learn about his time in a mental institution in Saint Remy de Provence with this book Starry Night, Van Gogh at the Asylum. Van Gogh in Saint Remy de Provence I have to admit that I didn’t really appreciate the works of Van Gogh before I moved to

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Hotels Provence & Cote d'Azur · Stay: Accommodation & Rentals in Provence

Hotel Le Saint-Remy Delivers Cool 5-Star Luxury in Town

December 7, 2018

Chic Hotel Le Saint-Remy After a 20-month construction timeline, Le Saint-Remy opened its doors to hotel guests in August 2018. The 19th-century mansion constructed for Colonel Chambéry with its cour d’honneur (ceremonial courtyard) would have been majestic in its heyday, but more recently it was dilapidated. Didier Rivière leveraged his boutique hotel experience from projects

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Barefoot Blogger · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities

Only One Day to Spend in Aix-en-Provence

November 29, 2018

Aix-en-Provence in One Day It’s surprising to me that when people come to Provence, their tours are often so short. Travelling from the Côte d’ Azur to Marseilles, to Aix-en-Provence, to Montpelier, to St. Rémy, to the Luberon, to Avignon, and all the quaint villages in between is a pretty tall order. One destination that

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Martine Bertin-Peterson · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste

Gourmet Travel and Where to Eat in Provence

November 20, 2018

Are you are looking for advice on where to eat in Provence? Martine, the founder of Goût et Voyage, a boutique travel company, shares her top restaurant picks and exactly the kind of places she shares with her guests on their “Tastes of Provence” culinary tour. Let’s find out where she’s eating now. It is

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Expat Living and Real Estate · Keith Van Sickle · Learning French

Learning French in Provence it’s Not a Race

November 14, 2018

Never Argue With Your French Teacher My wife Val and I live in California but I spend several months every year in St-Rémy-de-Provence. When we first started doing this some years ago, Val spoke basic French and I spoke next to none. So we each took classes in the US to improve our French and

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