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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We were hoping to find a tour of the Bandol & Cassis wine regions which are along the Mediterranean coast just east of Marseille. The Cassis AOC is famous for its white wine which is quite a departure from the popular Provence rose’s, hence our interest. Bandol is a small AOC which gets a huge…
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A fun day today! A ‘Village Fete’ to celebrate Provencal cultural life and taste local food specialties was held at Parc Jourdan, a short walk from our apartment. Starting at 11:00 was the free ‘Gourmet Market’ where regional winemakers and farmers provided samples of their special products. The ‘market’ wasn’t as large as we…
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After a late-night last night, we both sleep in a little this morning. Our neighbors across the way are getting new patio doors on their 4th floor apartment (read 5th floor) and it is amusing to watch the process of the workers hoisting the windows up by hand over the balcony to install. We enjoy…
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