Last market day today. We headed out with a list of some things we want to make sure we procure before we leave. Lavender honey for sure and maybe some pottery or linens as well. Dick has passed by the guy roasting meats and sausages for weeks and has said he wants to get a…
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We’re starting to think about closing up shop here in Aix so today was about taking care of some chores and final prep. Mary spent some time tidying up the apartment and I cleaned up some of the finances. It’s an interesting process keeping track of bills when gone for a while. It’s a pain…
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Today is the day we finally have our cooking class. We elected to go with “Provence Gourmet” run by Chef Gilles, a one-man dynamo. His classes are extremely popular and even though I booked this before I left for France, I was barely able to get us in before we leave to go home. We…
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Road trip! We headed north towards the ‘Gorges de Verdon’, the ‘Grand Canyon’ of France. The drive isn’t long, maybe an hour & 20 minutes and takes us through some new country with different landscapes. A short distance north of Aix we finally get a chance to see some of the famous lavender fields. Unfortunately,…
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