Go to Provence, France for the National Day holiday!
Provence, located in southeastern France, is a blue coast bordering the Mediterranean Sea, home to lavender. The region produces excellent wines.
Provence is a "city of knights" and the birthplace of medieval knightly lyric poetry, famous towns such as Marseille and Aix-en-Sés.
Standing on mount Simiyana, overlooking the endless fields of purple lavender flowers at the bottom of the mountain, there is a colorful village, and the peach, bright orange, bright yellow houses are like angels' toys, scattered randomly all over the mountain.
In Pau-Ville-de-Provence, there is also the ruins of the ancient city of Cyprus. It was once the castle garrisoned by the heroic Pau clan, whom the poet Mistra called the "Vultures". Not far from the port of Toulon is a hideaway, a beautiful island where nude advocates have lived for decades.
Diet in Provence:
The French diet is very special, especially in Provence, where there is olive sauce, garlic mayonnaise, Maasai fish soup, truffles and garlic tomato noodles. In fact, there is its own fish soup in the whole of France, but the content is different, and it is just a different name, such as the cotriade in Brittany and the pauchouse in Burgundy. Somehow, the fish soup in Provence, especially in Marseille, is particularly famous, and anyone who visits Marseille must not return empty-mouthed.
If you associate Provence with a plant, tourists all over the world will choose lavender, but the locals will mostly choose fennel. 、
Fine wine from Provence
A long time ago, Provence was rich in absinthe, which was hallucinatory and addictive. Because of the high alcohol content, drinkers are often blind or crazy. Around 1915, when "absinthe" became a scapegoat for the Prohibition Movement, "absinthe" was labeled "the source of all evil." The wise man who loved to drink quickly found a new substitute: "fennel", "fennel" became a substitute for "absinthe", and this ouzo saved the Provencals in a plague.
The tradition of drinking "fennel wine" originated from "absinthe", which is an alcoholic drink with "anise" and "absinthe" aromas. The appropriate way to drink "absinthe" is to add some "absinthe" to the glass, then pour in ice water and a sugar cube, stir well with a special spoon for making "absinthe".
In addition, in order to replicate the taste of the wine, people have begun to mix "vanilla" and "alcohol" for experimentation. Among the many brewers was a distiller named Paul Ricard, who took his experiments to various bars and asked the bar drinkers to try his experiments and thus perfect his recipe.
That's why in Provence, 20% of them are premium and top-of-the-line wines. Due to the abundant Mediterranean sunshine, Provence's grapes contain more sugar.
Places to stay in Provence:
Its accommodation is quite distinctive, like the diversified life style of the local area, from luxury hotels in the city to homestay farms in the countryside, providing a comfortable rest environment and local food.
If you know French yourself, or if you can find someone who knows French to accompany you, consider spending the night at a homestay where meals are served and feel the local customs and folklore. Some homestays also arrange for tenants to participate in local activities, such as dining with locals, chatting in the north and south, and having fun together under the stars, and the harmonious atmosphere should be the best presentation of the spirit of the global village.
There are many large and small rooms, each with a beautiful view of the garden, and the hotel restaurant also serves characteristic Provencal cuisine. These hotels are generally managed in an American style, and although they feel a little different from the beautiful and simple Provence, they can provide you with a comfortable environment to relax your body and mind after a full day.
Cultural aspects:
His works include "A Year in Provence", "Provence Forever", "Return to Provence", "A Pig in Provence", "The French Taste of Sage", "How to Go in Provence"? And so on, the focus here is "Provence - Mountain Dwelling Years", Peter Mayer is well known for his Provencal series of books. His classic travel essay "Provence - Mountain Dwelling Years" and the novel "Wine country" that has been put on the screen have long been popular.
Mel incarnated as the magical flower-clothed magic piper in Grimm's fairy tales, with the narrative style familiar to fans, taking us to taste the "slight drunkenness of the wine estate", enjoying the grand situation of the "Festival of Prayer for Indulgent Song and Dance", seeing the "Provencal Speed", examining the "Hannibal Footprints", listening to the "Grape Bottle Sonata", enjoying the dark fragrance floating of the "fragrant paradise", and tasting the "French cuisine".
While enjoying a lazy, comfortable life with Mel, we laughed at his humor from time to time. He also learned more and more about his "savage neighbours", solving the mysteries behind the Provencal "kiss" and "Marseille catcher".
Whether it is a donkey friend who wades through mountains and waters and plays with the earth, or a reader who sits in a bookstore and travels around the world, he can share Mel's unique mountain residence experience. If you can read it with a glass of grape wine in the courtyard under the sun, it is very fast!
Do you want to visit the beautiful Provence during the National Day holiday? Enjoy a wonderful time in life.