Provence

I won an Endeavour Language Fellowship from the Australian Governement (Thank you Peter Garrett!) and am living in Aix-en-Provence for three weeks, with a Host Family and taking classes at the IS institute in Aix. We take French classes in the morning and ...

... fields gleam softly beside the meditative monasteries. Come and enjoy the beauty of wine-drenched landscapes as we pedal through Provence together. Venez m'accompagner en voyage à vélo aux charmantes villes des collines dans cette belle région de ...

Thanks to a couple of good movies and outstanding reviews from friends, our expectations for Provence were unreasonably high. I'm happy to report (and somewhat relieved) that we were not disappointed.    Our accommodation was based in the ...

... armchair tourist imagines it but Provence is not really like this at all. Have a look at Gordes definitely but find the real Provence elsewhere. I ask Veronique about the weather and she says her computer has it as Sunny for the rest of the week. Great I ...