Provence Post
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An English-language blog for those who live in or just love Provence, filled with all sorts of info on restaurants, travel, touring, wine, cool people and fun things to do).
tags: Food, Random Amusements, Touring, Travel, Wine
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I'm an American food and travel writer living in St. Remy for the last ten years or so. Loving life, lovin' France!
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Whale Watching in the Med Starts June 9
Posted on 21/05/2013
Ok, I admit it: Until I wrote about this last year, I had no idea there were whales in the Mediterranean! Or that you could get up close and personal with them on day cruises. So I was...
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Days of Wine and Truffles
Posted on 15/05/2013
Very quickly after I launched my new company Provence Post Travel---arranging amazing vacations in Provence for couples, families and groups of all sizes--I learned how much my clients love...
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Brocantes, Bistros and Baguettes in Paris
Posted on 08/05/2013
While on tour last year in the United States for her new cookbook, Cowgirl Chef: Texas Cooking with a French Accent, my sweet friend Ellise Pierce kept getting requests for tours of Paris,...
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Feeling Sheepish? Transhumance is May 20
Posted on 01/05/2013
Monday May 20th, 2013 is the annual Fête de la Transhumance in St. Remy, where local shepherds herd their flocks (roughly 3500 sheep and goats) three times around the village's...
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Yes You Can Do Cannes...Sort Of!
Posted on 25/04/2013
The 66th annual Cannes Film Festival is coming up May 15 to 26th and of course it totally takes over the town; this year 200,000 people are expected. Unfortunately, the screenings and...
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Three Flower Festivals in May...and a Joke
Posted on 19/04/2013
So two older couples have dinner and afterwards the women go in the kitchen to clean up. Still at the table, one man says to the other: "Oh, we had such a wonderful meal the other...
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Camargue Days 2013: At Home on the Range
Posted on 13/04/2013
In 1950, Jacques Bon bought what was then a vast sheep farm in the Camargue, with a pretty 350-year-old bastide (country home) on it. Lucille, an architect, came into Jacques’ life in...
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Brianna's Excellent Foodie Adventure in Aix
Posted on 08/04/2013
Born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, Brianna Wilson is a young journalist who'll graduate next month from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Particularly interested in food...
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The Crillon Hotel to Auction 3,500 Items
Posted on 02/04/2013
Thirty five hundred lots of furniture, decorative items, lighting, fine wine and more from the legendary Parisian Hôtel Le Crillon will be auctioned off at the hotel April 18 to 21,...
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Another Fine French Book Giveaway!
Posted on 26/03/2013
Down on the Côte d’Azur, my friend Lanie Goodman wears way more than her share of hats. In addition to teaching part time at the SKEMA Business School at Sophia-Antipolis, she...
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Just joined up Expats blog,
I lived in France in my early 20ies and have decided to come back and give the country another go.I hear Avignon is beautiful is it easy or dificult to settle as a foreigner. would you have any tips to someone starting a new beggining. Is it take it slowly in putting down roots in Provence.Padhraig Dublin
regards, Michele