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L'Occitaine, Manosque, Luberon Provence
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L’Occitane Factory, Manosque, Provence, something beautiful doing good!

You doubtless have heard of L’Occitane en Provence, a soap, creams and lotions company to be found on the high streets and shopping malls of most major cities in the world. Until recently, when I visited their factory in Provence, I …

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Early morning in Lourmarin

On a chilly February morning, when the grass glistens white with frost, I drew back my curtains to this magical view; the hamlet across the meadow in Lourmarin. It is is mystically alluring, no matter the time of day or year. Treading the worn …

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Lourmarin in February, Luberon, Provence, France
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The magical light of Provence, in Lourmarin

For centuries artists have flocked to Provence, in part for its beautiful setting and scenery but also because of its light. That transcendent quality like no where else, a clarity that sharply defines everything yet at the same time has …

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L'Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque, Gordes, Luberon, Provence
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Travel France online ~ posts my article about L’Abbaye Notre-Dame de Senanque

Travel France Online  is, in the words of its founder, Parisien, Diane de la Guillermie:  ‘a free online travel resource……..to help you discover and enjoy French history and culture’. Having traveled extensively herself, Diane established this guide to share perspectives about French history …

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View of Lourmarin Village, Luberon, Provence, France
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An Interview with Belle Provence Travels

Shutters and Sunflowers’ interview with Tuula from Belle Provence Travels ~ November 5th 2014, Tuula wrote: Hello dear readers from a very wet and rainy south of France. It’s been a stormy week and it looks as if those fall temperatures …

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Isidri Gallery, Lourmarin, Luberon, Provence, France
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Deborah Lawrenson and Isidri

Isirdi: a Lourmarin artist by Deborah Lawrenson October 27th 2014 Deborah wrote: Some years ago now we found this picture. It’s painted over the front page of La Provence, the local newspaper, and was hidden away in our bergerie. It is one of …

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In Market Hall, Rockridge, Gourmet Grocery store, Oakland, California
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A visit to Market Hall in Rockridge, expect the unexpected!

I have found in life that things often happen when you least expect them. Yesterday morning I stopped in a wonderful store, I am seldom in the neighborhood to visit, Market Hall in Rockridge, (just along College Avenue from Berkeley) As soon …

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Goult, roof tops of the Luberon, Provence
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The Luberon Valley, fitting my life into this place…….

The Luberon Valley is a gently folded landscape resplendent with vineyards, abundant fruit trees and timeless perched villages. When I am there I never want to leave. Have you ever contemplated moving somewhere else and living a totally different life? Especially …

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Walled Medieval city of Aigues-Mortes, France
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Aigues-Mortes, Europe’s most well preserved medieval city

The Camargue, just outside of Provence, in neighbouring Languedoc Roussillon, about an hour’s drive from Uzès, is where you’ll find white horses running free, grazing amidst endless stretches of swaying grasses dancing in the ever present breeze which sweeps across this …

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In Place-aux-Herbes, Uzes
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The essence of Provence ~ in Uzès

Most of us have experienced that cloud of melancholy which sometimes descends after a wonderful trip. Seemingly endless days spent escaping, maybe relaxing by a sun drenched pool, listening to the sounds of local, traditional music, salivating at the smells …

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