Explore · Our House in Provence · Villages Towns and Cities Fresh Bread and Village Life in Sablet April 16, 2020Village Life Sablet From the day we began our search for a house in the South of France, our top priority was for the house to be located within walking distance of village business’ including a boulangerie (bakery). As readers know, we ended up buying a house in the middle of Sablet, a small village (pop. 1,264 by …Continue Reading
Explore · Our House in Provence · Road Trips South of France A night in Lyon and unforgetable dinner at Cafe Comptoir Abel January 9, 2018As we plan trips to the South of France, I look for good fares from San Francisco to Geneva, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Nice. Recently, it seems Geneva and Lyon have offered the best fares on our favourite airline. The first couple of times we flew into Lyon, we went straight from Saint-Exupéry Airport to …Continue Reading
Cheryl Shufflebotham · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste An Enchanting Evening at Hotel Crillon le Brave March 1, 2018Tucked away in a small hilltop village overlooking a landscape of vineyards and olive groves, lying in the shadow of Mont Ventoux, and practically bordering the villages of the Côtes du Rhône appellation is an intimate gem of a resort intertwined in the streets of the village. Hotel Crillon le Brave consists of just 36 …Continue Reading
Explore Exploring the Vaucluse July 15, 2016If you do decide to follow Ester Laushway’s advice on eating out in Vaucluse (see post on le Guide Ganité), you may like to make a day of it. So here are details of a really good website dedicated to the département. Through it, you can subscribe to their newsletter, ‘Manon en Provence’. You, too, …Continue Reading
