How romantic is Provence?
2023-05-16
France is a country that has long been famous for fashion and art. The Paris metropolitan area is a luxury goods incubator. Brands of perfumes, clothes and bags appear endlessly. This is only one side of France; there is another side of France where real French romance is born, as well as a place where tourists are now more willing to go, this place is called romantic Provence.
1. For a trip to France, a truly beautiful place is Provence on southeast coast.
2. Provence belongs to Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Sounds like a beautiful place. In fact, it has been a romantic place since ancient Rome.
3. The ancient Roman Caesar took Provence for base and foothold, and rule of Gallic Rooster.
4. Most of French cities you know are in this region. Including Marseille, Nice, Cannes, Aix and more.
5. The city of lavender and wine is most attractive brand of Provence, as well as a haven for petty bourgeoisie.
6. Lavender, full of color and fragrance, is not only used for display in hands of French, but also made into perfume and essential oil.
7. Here for a long time was influenced by Dutch Van Gogh, and he painted a lot of golden sunflowers, golden wheat fields, even blue irises, starry sky and moonlit night. Why has lavender never been dyed?
8. After Van Gogh cut off his ear in Arles, he was placed in a psychiatric hospital in Saint-Remy.
9. Garlic is popular to eat and is mainly used to make sauces. Garlic is mixed with sweet sauce and garlic is mixed with chili sauce. Then there was "Garlic Creamy Tomato Spaghetti" which was too much.
10. It is rich in black truffle, a magical and tonic plant. Although black truffle is buried in the ground, its taste is very attractive to sows, so people mostly use sows to collect it.
11. The strange thing is that there is a place in Provence called Levant Island. The people who come here are a very special group of people who can be said to be extremely "back to basics". Hundreds of people who don't wear clothes live here all year round, and strange thing is that not only is it legal, but people who wear clothes can't get in at all.
12. During Second World War, there was not only a landing in Normandy, but area was also a landing point for Allied forces.
13. The tourist season in Provence falls annually in July and August, or half a month earlier. This is basically same as the lavender flowering period.
14. Monaco, a small pocket country, is very close from here. Monaco, in principle, can be considered a daughter territory of France, it is a well-known paradise for rich and has highest GDP per capita in world.
15. A well-known artist in Provence, as well as Paul Cezanne, whose hometown is the university city of Aix.
16. There are many blacks, Arabs and mixed races in France, especially in south of France. To what extent? Like Maasai here, 25% are of North African descent.