Blogs from Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe - page 3

Hi! It took us a week to get to this end of the road. But just one klick to read the feature about Maria in the local paper in Strängnäs. Great pictures and story. Check it out, if you haven't! www.ekuriren.se, click Strängnäs. And as Maria so observant noticed: Happy birthday Vette!!! /J and K... read more

Saturday 15 mars The first morning. We slept as long as we liked. Quite a while... Not a ten a clock breakfast to strive for. What a relief! And this dark, damp, cramped place had thank god changed during the night. Now it was a sunny and beautiful place! Still cramped though, but you get used to it. K found her morning-place in the sun. A cat which we call Sixten showed up. And the view is breathtaking! And you don’t need a watch. The mediaval church (the nearest building) tells the time every hour with its little bell! Maybe this will be a nice stay after all?! ... read more

The region was home to Vincent Van Gogh, with the picturesque villages, fields of lavender and sunflowers inspiring a great deal of his paintings. With this in mind Kathryn was rather disappointed when instead of lavender and sunflowers she got more vineyards. I told her to look on the bright side, wine was still cheap! I really love the South of France! As with Languedoc, our drive to Avignon was memorable with tree-lined roads covered in shade from the canopy above and wide canals running along the sides. Avignon is famous for its Papal palace (The Pope´s lived here a couple of centuries ago after fleeing Rome) and more recently its annual Performing Arts Festival. On the morning of our first full day in the town, I took a wrong turn and ended up driving through ... read more

The second break of the year took us to France to celebrate Lisa and Peter's wedding in Provence. We flew on Friday morning from a sunny Stanstead with the exceptional Ryan Air to Marseille and surprisingly arrived in glorious sunshine - it wasn't to last. Hiring a car along with Betty we drove to Lorgues along typically dangerous French Auto Routes and once off the main road through picturesque villages surrounded by vineyards to our hotel in Lorgues. Parking outside we were a bit dubious as to what Sally had booked - it looked like a typical French town house in a back street. However, once inside we were amazed at how nice the place was. There were only 5 rooms and all had been booked by the wedding party. We were to share it with ... read more