First holiday in Provence will remain in your memory as a magical moment. Cypress trees shade the roads, sometimes dotted with flowering bushes of oleander, and the plains are covered with either sunflower or lavender. In here you can smell the wild thyme from the very first moment, and admire the idyllic cottages with red roofs, placed all over the place. The sky above you will always have the nicest blue you have ever seen and after you decide to pass the famous mistral, you will have to deal with a very cold wind coming from the Rhine Valley. Nowhere else in France will you feel like in Provence. This is mainly because in here time seems to stand still, with the landscapes that were regarded as an inspirational source for post-impressionist painters being situated here. Continue reading “Holidays in France” »