Have you ever dreamed of just packing it all in and moving to a farmhouse in rural France?

Ever since author Peter Mail captured our imaginations in a year in Provence, the sunny countryside

of southeastern France has become a favorite place for many to visit and some even end up moving there.

I'm Rick Steeves and today on travel with Rick Steeves were taken a closer look at Provence.

Gently rolling landscape dotted with vineyards, pastures filled with sunflowers,

old stone farmhouses, and those cozy quaint villages.

Our guests are two experts on South of France. Patrick Vidal guides thousands of visitors through his native France,

and Steve Smith is my right-hand man on all things France here at Europe through the back door.

Steve actually lived the yearern Provence experience by buying a farmhouse in France and becoming part of the community.

You're in for a continental treat as we discovered the French Joi de Vieve in sunny Provence. Today on Travel with Rick Stevens.

Whether you make it your home base for a few days or actually pack up and move there,

Provence in southeastern France has been a hit with foreign visitors and for good reason.

I'm Rick Steeves and in the hour ahead we're discovering why so many people find Provence is just the right recipe

for the French good life.

Joining us are Patrick Vidal, a Paris-based tour guide and Steve Smith, who co-authors

my France guidebooks and is a part-time French local himself in his own village farmhouse.

Patrick, thanks for joining us.

And you're welcome.

Bonjour.

And Steve, bonjour? Thrill to be here. Bonjou. B you're welcome. And Steve,

Bonjour.

Thrill to be here.

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