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Les Baux de Provence: Jaguars, Picnic, & Mines – Oh My!
During my recent short trip with friends to the Luberon, it was planned that we stay in Fontvieille and stop nearby to have a picnic before going to the “Carrières de Lumières” multi-media show in Les...
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French Riviera Fireworks
Summer 2014 JULY Wed 9: Cannes * Fri 11: Le Lavandou Sat 12: Cagnes-sur-Mer (Hippodrome) & Roquebrune Cap Martin Sun 13: Agay, Antibes, Bormes-les-Mimosas, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Golfe Juan, La...
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Fontvieille in Provence
Our friends had already booked the hotel, so we followed suit and arrived early to take a look around the lovely setting at Hotel Val Majour in Fontvieille. I hadn’t heard of this small town in...
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Lourmarin in Provence
A recent trip to the Luberon included a stop in Lourmarin, a charming town to stroll, shop, and café hop, not to mention the final resting place for the French philosopher, Albert Camus. According to...
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French Jazz Fans outsmart Hitler
Article written by Margo Lestz (The Curious Rambler)- Reblogged with permission: France has a special place in its heart for jazz and in the summer, you’ll find jazz festivals all over the country. In...
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Roussillon in Provence
The ochre paillette of colors & pigments, that make this town one of the most beautiful villages in France, is quite evident from Roussillon‘s flaming colors in its landscape. As I walked around...
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Baccarat Celebrates its 250th Anniversary in Glitter and Glass
By Diane Stamm To celebrate its 250th anniversary this year, Baccarat, renowned purveyor of crystal to royalty, celebrities, and yes, even just plain folk like us, has mounted a sumptuous exhibition at...
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Sun, Sea, & Green
SUN: “In an open-topped tour bus, a collector’s car, by Segway, by tram, on foot by boat or by bicycle, there are so many ways to discover Nice and its attractions! Are you having trouble choosing...
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Les Nuits du Sud in Vence
Les Nuits du Sud is an annual outdoor series of concerts held in Vence. The town blocks the entrances to the town a couple of hours before the start, in order to verify tickets of attendees and for...
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Erwan’s Restaurant & Bar à Vins
After taking over his mother’s restaurant, “Les Baux,” in Haut-de-Cagnes sur Mer, and then successfully running it for another 15 years or so, Erwan decided recently to move his talents to Nice. Now...
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Innovative Creative Cuisine in Vence
I recently lunched en groupe at “Les Bacchanales” restaurant, where the chef creates the week’s menu based on his market finds, sourced from within 250 km. and from what is currently in season and his...
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Traveller’s Guide: French Riviera
“Yes, it’s pricey. Yes, it can be crowded. But this corner of France is still the place to go for a little glitz and glamour,” says Aoife O’Riordain. This sun-soaked corner of south-eastern France is a...
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Le Frog – A Typically French Restaurant in Old Nice
Of course, along with snails, tete de veau, and foie gras, frog legs are right up there when one thinks of French food particularities – or should I say, specialities. Backlit in green (bien sur!)...
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Port of St. Laurent-du-Var
Although the business card for “Le Farfalla” says “soirée disco funk salsa,” it was just a nice lunch at the Port de Plaisance with friends from Nice/Atlanta and their cute dog, Ditto. It was, in...
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The True Story of How McDonalds Conquered France
Fifteen years after farmers infamously ransacked one of its restaurants to protest its “bad beef,” McDonald’s has conquered France. Le Figaro calls it the “model student”: France is the suburban...
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September Events in France
In Nice: Jeux de la Francophonie (Nice): 7-15 September, the 7th edition of this cultural and athletic youth event will take place with sporting, traditional and creative competitions between...
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How to be Parisian? Move to Paris
Reblog: Written by Hadley Freeman for the Guardian: Real French women don’t resemble the stereotype peddled by endless guides to looking chic, having lovers, eating baguettes and staying thin Your...
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9 Beautiful French Proverbs That Will Impress
Want to astound native speakers with your French? Then along with your French slang and French idioms, you must learn some French proverbs! These beauties are filled with both imagery and wisdom, and...
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JOURNÉES EUROPÉENNES DU PATRIMOINE
SEPTEMBER 20-21, 2014 Le week-end du 20 et 21 septembre 2014, les Journées du Patrimoine reviennent avec pour thème “Patrimoine culturel, patrimoine naturel”. Comme chaque année environ 16...
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Body Language in the 17th Century
Body language refers to various forms of nonverbal communication, wherein a person may reveal clues as to some unspoken intention or feeling through their physical behavior. These behaviors can include...
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