4 DECEMBER STARTS CHRISTMAS SEASON IN PROVENCE: PLANT YOUR WHEAT SEEDS AND GET OUT YOUR SANTONS!
Department stores in the United States ring in the Christmas season the day after Halloween—with the [...]
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MAYOR BLAISE DIAGNE WANTS LOURMARIN TO BE AN “OPEN VILLAGE” THAT “WELCOMES ALL”…. We think he’s been successful!
Sometimes I wonder what draws people to Lourmarin. I have visited many villages now, some completely devoid [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
IT’S ALL ABOUT FOOD: FRENCH IDIOMS INSPIRED BY FOOD
“Elle travaille de la cafetière!” “Ah, occupe-toi de tes oignons.” “Mais, elle pédale dans la [...]
JE SUIS DANS LE PASTIS!
Ahhhh, Pastis….The sweet scent of anise wafts from the tall heavy-bottomed glasses on our tiny table in Café Gaby. Memories of a subtle licorice flavor laced with fragrant herbs are called forth. Our thirsts on this very warm late August day will soon be [...]
PROVENCE TO COMMEMORATE “THE FORGOTTEN D-DAY”
Twenty six years ago today, August 15, 1944, Allied troops landed in Provence to help liberate Europe from [...]
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