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Salade de Riz en Ratatouille
This is a simple salad to make and especially good in the summer months as it is light but can easily be turned into an entire meal. The recipe calls for only one yellow pepper, but I often add red and green as well. I usually simmer everything for a bit longer than 5 minutes […]
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Market Day in Toulon
If you’re looking to get a flair for multi-cultural Provence, look no further than a morning spent wandering through the main market of Toulon. Among the sellers pushing their artichokes, olives, and tapenades in the twangy accent of the South, you’ll find a mix of new & long-standing immigrants doing their daily shopping. Make sure to […]
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Visiting the Calanques at Cassis
There are some places in the south of France that are so beautiful they make for a pinch-me-is–this-real kind of experience that you will not soon forget. The Calanques of Cassis are such a place, and should be put at the top of any visit. If you’ve ever even touched a guide to Provence, it’s more than […]
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Across the Café Table with the Travel Belles – My Favorite Souvenir
This post is my submission for the Travel Belles’ monthly “travel chat”, Across the Cafe Table. This month’s question for “the gals” was, What’s you favorite travel souvenir? Luckily I already had an answer prepped & ready-to-go. My favorite souvenir is a hand-painted bottle of Mirto liqueur I picked up in Sardinia last month during our honeymoon. […]
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The “Tivoli” of Provence, Beautiful Barjols
We set out early last Saturday for a beautiful village in the heart of Provence Verte (green Provence), Barjols. Besides having a very well-organized tourist office, we were immediately taken with Barjols’ pretty squares and, the star attraction, its bubbling fountains. There is a downloadable walking tour of the fountain route available on the Provence […]
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5 Easy Ways to Improve Your French
Glorious, Beautiful, Maddening…French Ah, French. This time not about “the French” people, but about their oh-so-beautiful language that can in turn move us deeply or confound us entirely – often at the same time. Granted, I make as many mistakes as the next expat (ranging from funny to outright embarrassing), but the question I’m asked most […]
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