October 9, 2011 11 SATURDAY MORNINGS IN PROVENCE: WE’RE APT TO BE IN APT The heart of Apt, where the market unfolds every Saturday, is a labyrinth of narrow streets dating back to [...]
July 31, 2011 16 LA FERME DE CHEVRE – RESERVATIONS FOR FIVE….AND A FEW GOATS Note: This is not an experience for everyone–those with an aversion to narrow winding roads, a [...]
July 10, 2011 6 14th OF JULY — LE QUARTORZE JUILLET — LET’S CELEBRATE WITH A BASTILLE DAY DINNER PARTY We are grateful to David Scott Allen of Cocoa & Lavender for developing an original menu and to Win [...]
July 4, 2011 7 10 MARKETS IN PROVENCE: PLAN TO SPEND THE DAY AT L’ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE This post is the third in a series that will feature each of the ten markets that The Modern Trobadors [...]
June 27, 2011 8 10 MARKETS IN PROVENCE: LITTLE CUCURON IS ONE OF OUR VERY FAVORITES! This post is the second in a series that will feature each of the ten markets that The Modern Trobadors [...]
June 17, 2011 7 WHEN IN PROVENCE, DO AS THE ROMANS DID: ATTEND A PERFORMANCE IN ORANGE’S ROMAN THEATRE On June 17th, some 2,000 years after its construction, the Theatre Antique in Orange, will lift the curtain [...]
April 24, 2011 6 EASTER ON THE CANAL DU MIDI This was our Peniche – The “Ventenac” The Modern Trobadors ventured beyond Provence [...]
April 18, 2011 19 10 MARKETS IN PROVENCE: #1 IS LOURMARIN (OKAY, WE’RE BIASED!) This post will be the first in a series that will feature each of the ten markets that The Modern Trobadors [...]
April 10, 2011 14 THE SCENT OF A CRÊPE I have been known to follow the scent of a crêpe into the depths of an unfamiliar Parisian neighborhood [...]
March 13, 2011 24 FRANCE PREPARES TO BAN THE BURQA AS CONSTRUCTION OF NATION’S BIGGEST MOSQUE IS LAUDED France is poised to implement its controversial yet very popular law that bans the full Islamic veil in all [...]