It’s the day of the military parade on the Champs-Élysées and fireworks. In France it is simply le 14 Juilletthe July 14 the day of the national holiday, which commemorates an event of 1789, but commemorates one of the following year. The date July 14 is a well-known date in the world because it is […]
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On holiday on the French Riviera as in Downton Abbey
In the last scene of the film Downton Abbey the Crawleys dance smiling. What will become of the family? Will they still live in Downton for generations to come? Here we fly from England to the south of France, to the French Riviera. For those who want to recreate a Downton Abbey-style vacation, here is […]
Château La Coste, in Provence in the wine resort which is an open-air museum
Villa%20la%20Coste.%20Photographe%20Richard%20Haughton.jpg "Château La Coste, in Provence in the wine resort which is an open-air museum")
There is a place in Provence where three elements marry in an indissoluble bond: wine, art and nature. In the lands of Cézanne, in Aix-En-Provence where the air smells of lavender, there is Chateau La Coste. Two hundred hectares of countryside, of which one hundred and thirty are planted with vines and an open-air museum […]