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Spring Comes to the Luberon: A Gallery
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Driving the Gorges du Verdon
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Maybe it was the gathering gray clouds. Or perhaps it was the road, climbing up to 3,300 feet, rock and scree along the side, with no railing in places between the pavement and a sheer drop hundreds of feet downward toward the Gorges du Verdon below. Yes, it’s an adrenalin rush. And yes, it’s dramatic. …
On the Road to Moustiers Sainte-Marie: A Gallery
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A Family Reunion 3,000 Miles from Home
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I grew up in a small family. My parents were both only children so I have no first cousins. But the lore of the Francks of Berlin, Germany, the generation of my father’s mother and her four brothers, filled the space of family history. This was a larger-than-life generation, at times volcanic and cantankerous, five…
On the Road to Moustiers Sainte-Marie
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The village of Moustiers Sainte-Marie, built against a rocky hillside near the entrance of Europe’s deepest canyon, the Gorges du Verdon, is slightly less than 60 miles to the northeast of Aix-en-Provence. Yet this picturesque village, known for its high-end ceramic pottery and its 12th century chapel looking down on it and Lac de Sainte…
A Little Patience Please
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I Buy a Straw Hat at the Aix Market
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I’m ready with an answer now when friends ask: “What do you do all day in Aix-en-Provence?” “I go to the market,” I’ll tell them. And I’ve got more to say. “I smell the spices, smell the chickens turning on the spit, inhale the scent of Easter lilies. I listen to the street musicians and the…
Une Petite Pause
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The folks hosting this blog are doing some server updates later today. So I’m going to take a 48-hour break from blogging while my stellar grad assistant in Boston, Jared Bennett, gets things back up to speed. I’ll be back Friday with the first of three parts called On the Road in Northeast Provence. Hope…
A Concert Across Three Cultures
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Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho …. American gospel? Resonating through the squares of Aix-en-Provence at mid-day Tuesday? Sung by a young German chorus? All true. And if you happen to be in Aix-en-Provence tomorrow night (April 16), at 8:30, you can hear the group for free at Eglise du Saint-Esprit, 40 Rue…
Changing the Way We Live & Other Bits & Pieces
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It’s a little late for New Year’s resolutions, but we made one last week: When we get back to Boston, we’re going to walk every chance we get. We’ll walk the mile to Lexington when we go to the bank or post office. We’ll walk the mile to Wilson Farms when we go shopping there.…