After nearly 30 years of dreaming we've finally bought our own bit of Provence and spend as much time there as possible. A lover of everything about the area especially the markets, the Brocante hunting & cycling the quiet lanes. Blogging about my favourite things in the area from places to visit, shopping and cycle trips
We’re quite enjoying putting these little videos together now. The Sunflower fields were stunning, but the sight of Fifi being loaded onto the back of a recovery truck is so sad. Hopefully you can also see why we love the view from the Hotel L’Esplanade as we push open the shutters….. It is Jaw-droppingly beautiful … More Fifi’s French Adventure – Day 3 video
It would be fair to say that it has taken us a couple of days to settle down into life again in Provence after having spent 17 weeks in the UK (the longest time we’ve spent there since we bought our house here 4 years ago). Then there was the additional little spanner thrown into … More Back in Provence and a sensory massage
So day 3 of our drive to Provence was due to take us down through The Charente and on into The Dordogne, where we had booked to stay the night at the Hotel De L’Esplanade in the stunning little bastide village of Domme. This was due to be a real trip down memory lane, as … More Fifi’s French Adventure Day 3…. Not quite as planned
Rolling off the ferry at Roscoff yesterday morning was just lovely, it may have been a grey and slightly damp morning, but the roof was open and we were back in France and the adventure really was underway. We started by driving to Morlaix along The Corniche from Carantec, a road we knew well after … More Fifi’s French Adventure Day 2 – Roscoff to The Sunflower fields
A little over 17 weeks ago Andy and I packed up the little house in Provence and headed back to the UK to be with the boys as COVID started to really take a grip and spread at a terrifying rate across the area. The last 4 months has seen us manage to redecorate the … More Fifi’s French Adventure #Day 1
Sometimes something happens that just makes us smile – that was certainly the case when someone commented on a Facebook Post about Fifi. As a result we now know so much about her rather colourful life over the last 49 years …. Effectively ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ for a 2CV! … More Fifi’s Colourful Life
a photo of a rainbow pushes the grey clouds away … More The Pot of Gold at the end of The Rainbow
When I first started learning French I found this turn of phrase perhaps the most difficult to get my head around. Of course we would say ‘I miss The Luberon’, but now I’m used to it, I rather like the direct translation ‘The Luberon misses me’ and it feels really nice to know that is … More Le Luberon nous manque
Missing The Vaucluse and watching any programmes we can find that mention Provence. Everything seems focused on Marseille and The Camargue, so we’ve started thinking about where we would go and what we would see instead … More Pottering in Provence #1
Continuing to learn french and keeping in touch with Provence in a ‘virtual world’ … More Keeping in touch
Postcards from Provence and beyond 