Bonjour,
I hope that you just and yours are nicely.
During the last couple of weeks I’ve been travelling within the south of France – to Good, Cagnes-sur-Mer with its completely beautiful higher medieval village and fabulous Renoir museum, to Vence which additionally has a beautiful outdated city – and the Matisse Chapel, and Aix-en-Provence the place I walked in Cezanne’s footsteps because the city places on the razzle dazzle to rejoice the artist who was born and lived right here and immortalized its magnificence on canvas. Tales and pictures developing in The Good Life Journal – it’s free, you possibly can learn it right here. Unusually for this time of the 12 months it rained a bit in some components of the French Riviera, although the showers by no means final that lengthy and so they don’t dampen my spirits – nature guidelines!
Claudette, my neighbour who’s in her nineties and has by no means travelled additional than 20 miles from her dwelling (“all the pieces I really like is true right here” she says), likes to listen to of my travels, I inform her concerning the tiny pebbles that make up the cobbled streets in some locations, the ochre-colored homes which can be a characteristic of the south, the odor of the eating places – heat garlic and basil, and of how a lot olive oil they cherished to cook dinner with within the south – I’m fairly certain that the DNA of the locals is 10% olive oil in Good!
Bread Man at all times desires to know what desserts I ate and if one thing takes his fancy, he may add it to his repertoire, which is why within the far north of France, you might discover a cell bread van serving up nonettes (a speciality of Burgundy, which interprets as Little Nuns) and even a pink praline brioche impressed by one I tasted in Lyon! Fish Man likes to know what fish I ate although he retains to the native specialities. He arrives within the village as soon as every week in his little van, stops outdoors the entrance door of his prospects, opens a aspect window on his van and even, if it’s raining, pulls out a blue and white striped awning as a way to comfortably peruse the show of contemporary fish from Boulogne-sur-Mer, our native port.
I really like to find France, it’s such a various nation, and I discover travelling solo by practice simple and enjoyable (my different half stays dwelling to take care of our (method too many) animals. However, there’s no place like dwelling. Once I end a visit and get again, I open the gate to be greeted by an orchestra of canines barking, chickens clucking, geese quacking, geese honking, and cats showing from everywhere in the backyard and throwing themselves at me!
Subsequent week I’m off to Provence – I’ll be exploring the beautiful Luberon space in Provence – on a mission to take a look at probably the most lovely villages and cities within the space – include me by way of Instagram the place I’ll share pictures and movies as I’m going…
Wishing you a really bon weekend wherever you might be,
Bisous from France
Janine
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Janine Marsh is Creator of My Good Life in France: In Pursuit of the Rural Dream, My 4 Seasons in France: A Yr of the Good Life and Toujours la France: Dwelling the Dream in Rural France all out there as e book, print & audio, on Amazon all over the place & all good bookshops on-line. Her newest ebook Tips on how to be French – is a celebration of the French way of life and artwork de vivre.
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