The Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region is a magical triangle of land in southeastern France composed of 6 departments: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritime, Bouches-du-Rhône, Hautes-Alpes, Var, and the Vaucluse. French departments were created in 1790 to give each part of the country relatively equal significance in government affairs. They were designed to be more or less the same size, […]
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“As soon as we leave the urban condition behind us, we confront newness and the profoundly unfamiliar. “ Rem Koolhaas As I drove home from the end of my first women’s only slow travel tour this year, I thought to myself that youth is not a prerequisite for adventure. Originally, this tour was sold out,
“Sometimes you will come face to face with the sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking, gibbering madhouse on wheels barreling pell-mell down the hill, utterly out of control and hopeless.” Bhante Gunaratana. Journal from Provence – Most of the past 4 days have been exhausting. I’ve been
“Always everything plain and simple. No fancy words, no allusions, no metaphors. No quirky phrases. No allegories, no analogies, no symbols, no anything standing for something else. No analysis. No conclusions. No grand anything. Just the common and the ordinary spoken in a common and ordinary way. Just this then that then the other…” David
“Travel…the word reminds me of my safari to Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.” W.C. Fields Eight years ago I took the proverbial road less traveled to southern France. Those of you following this blog have journeyed with me down those less
