France has a well-earned reputation as one of the great gastronomic capitals of the world. In the area of cheese, the French are outstanding both in terms of quality and variety. To my knowledge, the total number of different varieties of cheeses produced here has never been accurately counted, though I’ve seen [...]
Walking around this weekend, we noticed several signs indicating that Loto was going on at the cultural center on Sunday at 2:30 and that big prizes were going to be awarded. Since we don’t have much social life here and intrigued by what kind of lottery it could be (I imagined a sort of [...]
Inspired by a copy of The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence that I’d seen at my friend Marjorie’s and then found on a bookcase in our place in Bédoin, we did our first exploration of the area on Friday. Taking off in our rental car after lunch, we visited the three small villages perchés of [...]
