Bonjour, I’m Tuula, a native of Southern California and the France Correspondent for International Living magazine. I’ve lived in the south of France since 2010 and couldn’t think of a more beautiful place to call home. Join me on my travels around belle Provence.
How to Dress in the South of France
If you spend enough time watching French women, or men for that matter, they appear to have just stepped from the pages of a fashion magazine.
If you’re into scarves, you’ll find a great selection here. All quite useful for dressing up an outfit, keeping you warm if the Mistral wind starts whipping up.
What to Take Home From Provence
Provence has tons of gourmet goodies to savor on the spot or take home for lucky friends or family. Here’s a list of some of the more popular items you can find around the region.
12 Tips for Traveling in Provence
Everyone has their favorite way to travel, but I really like the idea of making a “home base” from which you can jump around to different cities and villages in the south.
How to Have a Fabulous Summer in the South of France
The Calanques are not only visually stunning, but you also have the azure blue of the Mediterranean as a beautiful backdrop.
Camargue – Getting Lost on France’s Cowboy Coast
“Some months, the mussels are as fat as steaks,” chuckled Willy, my gracious waiter in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. With a wiry crop of salt-and-pepper hair and jaunty set of wire-rimmed glasses, he had the energy of someone half his age…
Corsica: France’s Mountain in the Sea
Sometimes you can fall in love with a place, or at least the idea of it, without ever having set foot there. Pictures in your head, images or stories that travel across the miles, can grab you and never let you go.
A California Couple’s Escape in Saint-Remy-de-Provence
“Life in Europe had been in color, and it was sort of in black and white in California. We wanted to find that color again,” recounts Keith Van Sickle, an ex-resident of Silicon Valley and CFO for start-up companies.
You can find more of my articles about how to move to France – as well as special interest stories and expat profiles – on my writer’s profile.
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