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Barefoot Blogger · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities

A Visit to Provence and Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

June 11, 2019

There’s a new obsession running around in my head: “visit as many of France’s ‘Les Plus Beaux Villages‘ as I possibly can.”  So far, I’ve seen only 10 out of some 156 “authentic” Les Plus Beaux Villages. I have a lot of travelling to do. Les Plus Beaux Villages There are 156 communities in France

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Inspire · Shopping & Gifts

Remember Provence When Shopping for Provencal Products

May 15, 2019

Online store Remember Provence sells Provencal-themed housewares, gift items and culinary ingredients to customers around the world. The four founders launched a home-based business selling artisanal products from the South of France that was in 1997. In 2013, the French company relaunched the website and moved product sales to an entirely Internet-based store. Franco-American Serendipity

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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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Barefoot Blogger · Explore · Road Trips South of France

Ideas for Day Trips from Uzès

February 5, 2019

For visitors to Uzès there’s always something to keep you busy. If you’re not shopping on market day or wandering through the ancient town and discovering its charming streets and alleyways, you’re walking beside the stream in the Valle du l’Eure. Perhaps you would like to venture out a bit more? See a totally different

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Ashley Tinker · French Cooking Classes · Taste

Delicious Classes at Le Pistou Cookery School in Uzès

February 4, 2019

Cooking Classes in Uzès I’ve been to about six local cooking classes offered by cooking schools in the Luberon, Alpilles and the Languedoc. I have to say, Le Pistou Cooking School, owned by Petra, is one of my favourites. Petra’s kitchen is located down a little road in the centre of the medieval streets of

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Artists Inspired by Provence · Guest Post · Inspire

Don’t Miss the Marc Chagall Exhibition at Hôtel de Caumont

January 25, 2019

What a terrific show at the Caumont Centre d’Art in Aix. It features the work of Marc Chagall, from his black and white gravures from the 1920s and 30s, via his white marble sculptures, to his joyously colourful gouaches and oil paintings. His small sculptures, featuring entwined couples or biblical scenes, and even a self-portrait,

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Guest Post · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste

Provence Living Top Picks for Restaurants in the Haut-Var

November 6, 2018

Sadly, restaurant meals do not always live up to our expectations for service, food quality, price and ambiance. We asked Susana Iwase Hanson the founder of Provence Living Cotignac for her top picks for restaurants in the Haut-Var. Why Visit Haut-Var The Haut-Var is filled with striking scenery, hilltop villages and plenty of unspoilt nature to

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