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Grasse, France: An Overview
Blog: Video Diary of an American in France - 4 May 2010
Grasse is primarily known for its perfumeries or (perfume factories) and summer flower festivals, however the city itself is beautiful, charming and quaint (while still being big enough to offer plenty to do). The Old Town is particularly lovely and the city meanders up the hills and overlooks the Sea. I was pleasantly surprised.
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Grasse, France: Making Our Own Unique Perfume and Cologne at the Fragrance Studios
Blog: Video Diary of an American in France - 30 April 2010
Bernard’s friends gave us a trip to Grasse for our wedding gift that included two gift certificates to make our own cologne and perfume. The normal cost for the event is 40 euros each plus 12 euros for the bottle (if you want to buy a nice bottle versus the ugly brown ones with no [...] Related posts:Grasse, France: An Art Gallery in the South of France
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French Movie Lures Travelers To Provence
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 12 March 2010
Destination: Provençe, France Movie: The Grocer’s Son (Les Fils de l’epicier)(2008) Some time ago, a reader recommended this movie, and it finally made it to the top of my Netflix list. Thank you, whoever you were–stand up and take a bow for introducing The Grocer’s Son. When I thought about why I enjoyed this movie, it became [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library
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Lady in Aix
Blog: A Lady in London - 1 February 2010
When I was 18 I spent a semester studying in Nice. I traveled most weekends and visited many cities in Provence—there was a trip to Eze, an afternoon in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, and of course an outing in Antibes. I saw a lot. But when I got back to California, everyone asked me the same question: "What did you think of Aix?" Aix? Oops. Missed that one.
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La Petite Cuisine, Cassis, France
Blog: An American in London - 30 October 2009
Less than an hour’s drive south from Aix-en-Provence is the pretty port town of Cassis, which is *not* famous for creme de cassis but which *does* produce crisp, white Cassis wines. In addition to wandering the town’s pretty lanes, admiring the town beach, and taking a boat tour of the local inlets (les calanques), we had [...]
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Parisian of the Month: Jennifer Butler
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 28 October 2009
I met Jennifer Butler earlier this year at a book signing party she graciously hosted in her lovely Paris apartment. I immediately liked her ebullience and wonderful style and we became fast friends. She is passionate about art, literature, and...
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Restaurant Pierre Reboul, Aix-en-Provence, France
Blog: An American in London - 25 October 2009
Jon and I just returned to London after a week in Provence. It was nice to get away, but the trip didn’t turn out the way I’d pictured. On the three days of sunshine we had, it was hard to relax because outside our rental house, workmen were chain-sawing the branches off gorgeous [...]
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Le Potager de Louise, l’Isle sur la Sorgue, Provence, France
Blog: An American in London - 19 October 2009
Jon and I are spending this week in Provence with some friends who have a five-month-old. We feel like we were “just” here, but really it’s been three years since our last trip to Provence, and this time we’re staying in a different part of the region, just outside Aix-en-Provence in a small, charming [...]
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Side trip to Provence!
Blog: Ron in Rome - 3 July 2009
For the past few days my wife and I did our own bit of traveling. We headed, by plane, to Monaco and Provence. What a contrast these two areas are – and what a contrast to Rome! We left via Blu-Express, a small Italian airline that departs out of Fiumicino (Leonardo Da Vinci Airport). We [...]
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Researching a Guidebook Off-Season
Blog: Tripalong - 30 March 2009
In a tourist-hot region like Provence there is one enormous advantage (bar the obvious) of travelling out of season – or rather on the cusp of the season as I have done for the past fortnight. Come Easter, this fabled part of southern France will burst into mad-busy life. But for the moment many hotels [...]
