Explore · The Riviera Grapevine Three Things I Love About Nice February 11, 2015I got back to Europe from Australia this morning. As usually happens when I go home to Sydney, people (especially those who I don’t know very well) kept asking me: “When are you coming home?” (ie moving home. growing up. Coming back to reality – it’s a loaded question – I’ve been travelling pretty much since I was 17) Things I …Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities Our Top Touring Ideas for the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence August 22, 2022Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is nature’s patchwork quilt featuring mountains, gorges, rolling valleys, lavender fields and pockets of remote villages and busy towns. The Durance River plays an essential role in this department that features high mountain peaks of the Alps and the lower alpine foothills with remote villages. While there are other rivers, most of the watershed …Continue Reading
Cheryl Shufflebotham · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities The Luberon Village of Joucas Still Has My Heart October 12, 2016I’m back in Provence and exploring a bunch of villages, all in the name of research, to confirm which one is my favourite. And Joucas still is the one! The Luberon is very quiet today at the end of August with all the tourists had returned home from their summer sojourns. We meandered the villages …Continue Reading
Explore · Gayle Padgett Day in the Olive Groves: Virgin Olive-Harvester No More! November 9, 2018This article was written by Gayle Padgett Smith the author of Passion for Provence: 22 Keys to La Belle Vie. She shares that she is no longer a virgin to the olivade (olive harvest) St. Remy de Provence. Here, is our book review on Passion for Provence a Memoir by Gayle Smith Padgett. Mother Nature adores …Continue Reading