I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines. Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar…
Seeing through rose coloured glasses
Of everything we wanted to see in Camargue , the long legged and gawky pink heron/swan/ostrich look-a-like was high on…
Into the wild…the Camargue
This region on the Mediterranean is a protected wildlife area. Home to many birds, it also sustains a breed of…
Hidden doors to the past…
It is often easy to loose your way as you wander through streets that have felt the footsteps of thousands…
Hill towns of Provence
Driving about an hour from Aix, there are numerous hill towns in the mountains of Luberon that have survived the…
Aix – City of Fountains
The Romans looked for towns with a water source. They founded Aix in 122 AD on a natural spring, so…