love the journey
One of the things that helps me feel like a local in any city or town I visit is going to the local markets. Sometimes the markets are called Le Halles. Most towns have a Le Halles. Usually these markets are indoors and open every day. The other type of market is an outdoor market. […]
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On a very hot day in July, in southern France, I visited Cezanne’s studio with my friend Julia. The studio was purchased by Cezanne in 1901 on a hillside right outside the town of Aix-en-Provence and close to Cezanne’s favorite view of Mont Sainte-Victoire. Having his own studio, made to his specifications, was a long […]
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The Festival d’Avignon has been taking place around July since it was founded in 1947. My cousins and I drove to Avignon from Arles. Parking and traffic was kinda crazy but I’m used to NYC traffic and parking so it wasn’t really that bad. There are plenty of ways to get to Avignon but since […]
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Arles is a beautiful old town. It’s the capital of the Camargue region and set against the Rhone River. It’s an old Roman town with many well preserved monuments. This is also the town where Van Gogh lived and painted for over a year. He was also hospitalized here. He painted ‘Starry Night’ as well […]
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I saved a full day for the new Roman Museum in Nîmes. The town of Nimes has unearthed so many Roman artifacts that they built a museum. The town is also trying to become a UNESCO heritage site. The museum was so new that they hadn’t received their audio guides yet. I was fortunate that […]
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Sunday in Nîmes was the perfect day to go to Le Halls de Nîmes. The town was quiet and I seem to be following the locals to Le Halls. There were stalls filled with Olives, tapenade, tea, pastries, meat and cheese. I grabbed lunch and headed to the Garden de La Fontaine. This was one […]
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Nimes is a town filled with Roman history. It was one of the richest and most heavily defended cities of the Roman Empire. This was the town I was most excited to see in Southern France. I discovered hotel and Airbnb prices were about the same so I chose to stay in a hotel. I […]
Read MoreTuesday morning my cousins and I woke up with a long lavender filled day ahead of us. We were driving from Grasse to Arles. We made a quick stop at the Monoprix for driving snacks and headed out. There are so many lavender fields that we decided where we wanted to go before we even […]
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Traveling to Grasse with my cousins was an amazing adventure I highly recommend, even if you don’t have amazing cousins to share it with. Grasse is where perfume was invented and about 20 minutes north of Cannes. The original town made leather goods in medieval times. This apparently is a very smelly process. They made […]
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After grabbing my morning coffee and croissant I headed to the Avis at the Nîmes railroad station to pick up my rental car for the day. I was heading to the Camargue region. Camargue is an area of southern France that is right along the Mediterranean. It is known for flamingos, white horses, cowboys, thatched […]
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