The Marseille Olive Oil soap is truly multipurpose - it can be used as a baby soap, as a stain-fighter in the laundry, for shaving, and as a kitchen soap.

Walking alone down the streets of Marseilles was not like walking alone anywhere else in Provence. Elsewhere in Provence there was a sense of mystery, a sense of uncovering something - a new [...]

I was alone in this place where kings once walked.

Exploring without a guidebook takes me off the beaten path. No itinerary, no book, no maps. I’m not influenced by an author’s generic travels to a place, ones that are explored by every other person who has bought the same guidebook.

Traveling solo for a woman can be an exciting, thrilling time. People seem to be easier to meet, destinations are at the tip of your finger, no waiting for an answer from your travel partner on where to go and what to do!

Walking down the wide, poplar tree-lined path that leads through what is now a sort of jardin, I couldn’t help but notice that the place had not changed in the hundred years [...]

My table this night is almost the same table that I sat at when I first visited the cafe four and a half years before. You can see it, it’s the one with the waiter in the painting.

Landscapes dominate Provence, and Saint-Victoire is one of the most well known …

Niçoise Salad is still somewhat of a mystery to folks who don’t live in the South of France. But it’s an easy salad to make if you have access to all of the ingredients.

Standing in line for my lunch was not the place to ask for a definition or explanation of the Thirteen Desserts. But over time, as I asked around, I gathered the following information.

Provencal cooking is a wonderful sunny melange of French and Italian cooking [...]

The light streams through the columns making it a high contrast environment, a perfect one for thought and contemplation on the abstract spiritual concepts of light and dark.

There was life going on behind those shutters, but only the locals knew it.

The clock tower stands in the oldest part of Aix-en Provence …

There are cities in the south, both large and small, and tiny villages that haven’t changed in centuries. The towns of the south have been home to painters, photographers, musicians, writers, and actresses who turned into princesses.

Tell us about your favorite souvenir, that one you didn’t buy, from The South of France …