Tag: Provence
Les Vaudois: Reflections on a Religious Massacre in Provence
Elizabeth Esris visits the ruins at Mérindol, a hilltop village in the southern portion of Luberon (Vaucluse, Provence), where followers of the Christian Vaudois sect were massacred over a period of five days in 1545 in a crusade ordered by the French King Francois I.
Blessed truffles in Provence
About a month ago I opened the e-newsletter that I receive monthly from the Vaucluse Tourist Board in Provence and saw that they were...
Cool Runnings: An Aquatic Tour of Provence
Ester Laushway takes to the waters of Provence: the rivers Sorgue, Durance and Verdon.
Savoring Provence: The Charentais of Cavaillon, a Succulent Superstar of a Melon
Every summer, piles of gold are sold in the Provencal town of Cavaillon. The gold in question is not the precious metal measured in...
The Green Traveler: The Camargue, a View from the Saddle
Exit Provence's lavender charms and enter its cowboy country, horseback riding in the sparsely populated marshland called the Camargue. By Laurence Bry.
Skytrees, Provence
A skytree is an image looking up from the base of a tree. Revealing both the tree and the sky it give a sense...