| Carol and I have read all of these. The first - "A Year in Provence" is also available on DVD. The BBC produced it for television; it's somewhere between amusing and hilarious. But it is, above all, a great introduction to the friendly, but quite independent French way of life.
To get around, go to the MAPS page: get the Knopf Guides if you want useful, light and easy; get Michelin or some of the others listed if you are driving and need detail. Email me if you have a favorite. I'll add it - and probably read it, too. Bonne Lecture |
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Start here. Light, quick read and very amusing. |
This one is just as good. | It's amazing all the stories that come from this series. | This is a different style - following a new festival in a different region of France every month. A favorite. |
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Adam Gopnik has done a great job of telling what it's like, living in Paris and raising a small child. He also writes for the New Yorker. I like the discussion about the Bistros and about being a waiter. THis is a little deeper that Mayle's books, but very interesting and well done. |
Carol found this one, but let me read it. It's similar to Mayle's books ... buying a new home in France, but there's more of a plot. |
This is a spectacularly beautiful book. As you walk along the narrow alleys of a small village you will actually see the fountains and gardens and serenity shown in the pictures of this book. It's a tribute to the calm and bustle of Provence ... and to the photographer who has so clearly captured it. |
No time to read A Year in Provence? Try the DVD. The BBC did a great job with it. Then read the book ... or one of the others on the plane. |
