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Roussillon, a very colorful town!
Roussillon is north of our home base of Saint-Remy-de-Provence in the Luberon region of Provence. It’s another small town, but it has a unique and colorful history. For many year’s, this was one of the main sources of “ocre,” the red or … Continue reading
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Tagged church, France, Luberon, mistral bell, ocher, Provence, Roussillon
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Van Gogh’s Asylum, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
He was the thief of sunflowers, gathering them via rapid brushstrokes. Vincent van Gogh was one of the most prolific and influential of the Post-Impressionist painters, producing over 2,000 paintings and drawings in just over 10 years in the late … Continue reading
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Tagged art, France, painting, Saint-Remy-de-Provence, Vincent van Gogh
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A Day in Provence – Wednesday Market at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
After Peter Mayle wrote A Year in Provence in 1989, Francophiles the world over yearned to relive his experiences enjoying the excellent markets, fascinating people, and delicious food of Provence. So here we are. Nous sommes ici! Our home base for a week or … Continue reading
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Tagged A Year in Provence, chocolate, France, French gastronomy, L'aile ou la cuisse, market, Saint-Remy-de-Provence
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La Corrida d’Arles, definitely NOT a rodeo
We happened to visit Arles at Easter weekend, just in time to experience the festivities of La Feria, the fair, with a highlight being La Corrida, the bullfight. Each day of La Féria de Pâques, Arles has a running of the bulls before and … Continue reading
Another Day, Another GREEK Salad
In the US, we eat Greek salads. They usually have lots of lettuce, a few bits of tomato and cucumber, an olive or two, red onion, and some crumbles of feta cheese. Here in Greece we eat GREEK salads. Where’s … Continue reading
Hydra: donkeys and cats and goats, oh my!
We wanted to visit at least one of “the Greek Isles” so we went to Hydra, an island off the southeastern fingers of the Peloponnese peninsula. The town at Hydra port has old buildings made of stone, plaster and stucco, all … Continue reading
Nafplio and the Peleponnese
Our next stop in Greece was Cape Sounion, where we caught a sunset over the Aegean. Here on a headland surrounded by the sea on three sides is the Temple of Poseidon, built in 440 B.C. Legend says Aegeus, a king … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Sounion, Corinth, Epidaurus, Greece, Larissa Castle, Nafplio, Palamidi Castle, Peleponnese
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Toga Anyone? We’re in Athens!
Welcome to Greece, the land of beautiful sunny beaches… except in March, when there is a lot of rain. That just meant that we would spend less time at beaches and more time at ruins…and there are plenty of them. Our … Continue reading
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Tagged Acropolis, Acropolis Museum, Athens, Elgin marbles, Greece, Parthenon
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Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque – March 2015
The highlight of any trip to Abu Dhabi, and maybe to U.A.E. in total, is the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. This is the largest mosque in the world. It is larger and perhaps more impressive than either St. Peter’s Basilica or the Taj … Continue reading
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Tagged abaya, Abu Dhabi, mosque, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, U.A.E.
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Finger Lakes to Lavender Fields 