Category Archive: France

I’m on the train heading back to Paris for the weekend!

Today, I went to an archeology museum in Apt.  Here are notes that I took for my art history course: The building is closed for four years for restoration.  There were only a few things there. A lot of things are in storage. The first room that we went into, it was the prehistoric, specifically […]

I went to Arles once again today with my school.  I wrote a report for my art history course on the architectural aspects of Arles.  Here it is so that you can learn more about the ancient Roman ruins! Arles is an incredibly magnificent French city that is abounding in Roman ruins from the 4th […]

I’m at Oppéde le Vieux, a magnificent hill-top village.  I’m standing on a mountain filled with rocks and some vibrant green grass.  The scenary surrounding me is magnificent as there are rounded green hills, tall pointy green trees known as the cypress trees, and little houses made of stones resting on the land. On the […]

While my hometown, Atlanta, has five malls within 20 minutes from my house, Lacoste has quite a few open air markets within 20 minutes from its location.  While Apt is one of the places that has a market, there is another village called Isle sur la Sorgue, which is not too far from Lacoste that […]

Good Morning Provence!

I absolutely love going to opened-air markets!  I love them much more than going to malls!  It’s simply because I can negotiate the items with the sales person.  Several months ago, I had a brown leather belt that I loved and wore all the time.  I lost it when I was going through the airport […]

“The clouds are getting quite dark.  I think it’s going to rain.” said Zoie, one of my friends. “Oh GAWD!”  I said. Seven of us, girls, just walked for an hour and a half to another little village near Lacoste, Bonnieux to have a fun Friday afternoon.  We walked on the sides of winding and […]

I was standing on a cliff and looking at a charming village that is built on an edge of a plateau known as Plateau de Vaucluse.  This village, Gordes, is located by Montagnes de Luberon in the Luberon region, a region in Provence.  This scenery was surreal as I wondered what it’s like to live […]

The little old village from 19th century, le village des Bories, has the most darling architecture. In fact, the bories, the adorable little buildings made of drystone, is also known as “Gallic hunts,” according to the brochure.  Stones comes from the local.  Drystone is stone without mortar.  I find the architectural style to be adorable […]