141 A Week in Provence

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 13 July 2008

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Whether you make it your home base for a few days, or for good, Provence charms any traveler hoping to expeirence traditional French countryside. Two France experts join Rick to take listener calls and unveil what makes Provence such a distinctive region, and why it's so popular among American and European visitors. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	Have you ever dreamed of just packing it all in and moving to a farmhouse in rural France?
0:06.0	Ever since author Peter Mail captured our imaginations in a year in Provence, the sunny countryside
0:11.0	of southeastern France has become a favorite place for many to visit and some even end up moving there.
0:17.0	I'm Rick Steeves and today on travel with Rick Steeves were taken a closer look at Provence.
0:22.0	Gently rolling landscape dotted with vineyards, pastures filled with sunflowers,
0:27.0	old stone farmhouses, and those cozy quaint villages.
0:30.0	Our guests are two experts on South of France. Patrick Vidal guides thousands of visitors through his native France,
0:37.0	and Steve Smith is my right-hand man on all things France here at Europe through the back door.
0:42.0	Steve actually lived the yearurn Provance experience by buying a farmhouse in France and becoming part of the community.
0:48.0	You're in for a continental treat as we discovered the French Joie de Vieve in Sunny Provence. Today on Travel with Rick
0:55.2	Steve's. Travel with Rick Steve's is made possible in part by American Airlines with their
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1:11.6	American Airlines knows why you fly. Whether you make it your
1:15.3	home base for a few days or actually pack up and move there, Provence in
1:18.7	southeastern France has been a hit with foreign visitors and for good reason. I'm Rick Steeves and in the hour ahead
1:24.6	we're discovering why so many people find Provence is just the right recipe for the French good life.
1:30.5	Joining us are Patrick Vidal, a Paris-based tour guide and Steve Smith
1:34.4	through co-authors my France guidebooks and is a part-time French local himself in
1:38.9	his own village farmhouse.
1:40.1	Patrick thanks for joining us.
1:44.3	And you're welcome.
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