Lavender fields, hilltop villages and spectacular rocky fjords, rosé wine and bouillabaisse, Cézanne and Van Gogh, cutting edge rap and hip-hop music, Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, pétanque, scuba diving and Olympique de Marseille: Provence is a vibrant mix of romantic tradition and surprising, fast-changing modernity. This is an insider's guide to the best of it, from a professional journalist living there.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Join the Foreign Legion for Camerone Day
It's Camerone Day (something to do with a wooden protesthetic hand) today, a huge deal in
Aubagne where the French Foreign Legion is based. Apart from the usual
ceremonies and processions, the Legion's museum reopens after a year's closure for
renovations with one of the odder events of MP2013: a show of
photographs of legionnaires' tattoos. Click here to read more
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