“Is there anything, apart from a really good chocolate cream pie and receiving a large unexpected cheque in the post, to beat finding yourself at large in a foreign city on a fair evening, loafing along unfamiliar streets in the long shadows of a lazy sunset, pausing to gaze in shop windows or at some church or lovely square or tranquil stretch of quayside, hesitating at street corners to decide whether that cheerful and homey restaurant you will remember fondly for years is likely to be down this street or that one?”
Bill Bryson
Blue friends, Aigues-Mortes
Straw bags, Aubignan market
Maison Carrée, Nîmes
Farmers’ market, Beaumes de Venise
1,000 year-old olive tree, Pont du Gard
Hardware store, Bédoin
Garlic, L’Isle sur la Sorgue
Alyscamps, necropolis, Arles
Farmers’ market, Saintes Maries-de-la-Mer
Vaison la Romaine
Immortelle flowers, Carpentras market
Village square, Roussillon
Farmers’ market, St. Didier
On the road to Les Baux
I enjoyed this so much. Please make more than two parts. The photography is fantastic.
Thank you! Sue
Sue–a most wonderful walk down the Provence lane–have been to many of those spots often through the years, although some not since college in Montpellier 52 years ago–can it possibly be! I would snatch up a few of those bags on the spot–so colorful and useful. My straw cabas of ancient history finally broke and I have a new one (maybe only 10 years old) with strong leather handles, but that doesn’t keep me from wanting one or two of those brightly colored ones. Is there anything more dramatic than seeing the road to Les Baux for the first time? Thank you for another exquisite post. I, too, remember the small bistros along the way with only the patron and wife doing cooking serving and chatting with guests–those are the experiences that one savors for a lifetime.
Gave us more ideas for April. Thanks, sue.
Stunning, sue. Can’t wait until our trip this April…a month of fun.
This design is incredible! You definitely know how to keep a reader entertained.
Between your wit and your videos, I was almost moved to
start my own blog (well, almost…HaHa!) Great job. I really loved
what you had to say, and more than that, how you presented it.
Too cool!