216: French Trip Travel Musings, Part Deux

The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

Shannon Ables

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

As my travels continue in France, Part Deux of the travel musings-themed episodes is shared today as I recorded the episode while walking in the country amongst vineyards, olive trees and under the brilliant blue sky of Gordes, Provence.

Be sure to tune in as I talk about topics that have been on my mind these past few weeks. Some have to do with travel and some have to do with everyday life and how to elevate it. I also share a few upcoming posts that I will be sharing in the coming weeks and months inspired by the trip. Below are specific topics and links to deepen the discussion. Thank you for tuning in and have a great week. Bonne journée!

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~The Simple Sophisticate, episode #216

~Subscribe to The Simple Sophisticate: iTunes | Stitcher | iHeartRadio | YouTube | Spotify

~Traveling Alone

Why Not . . . Travel Alone? (2 part series)
Alone Time : Four Seasons, Four Cities and the Pleasures of Solitude by Stephanie Rosemblom

~3rd Annual TSLL French Week - Sunday August 12-19, 2018

~How to Create a Healthy Approach to Staying Abreast of the News, episode #187

~How to Create an All-Around Healthy Life, episode #208

~Daily Simple Luxuries (to enjoy while traveling or at home in our everyday lives)

~Listen and Catch Up! French Trip Travel Musings, Part One, episode #215

BELOW: images captured like walking and talking (taping episode #216 on July 7, 2018) just outside of Gordes, France.

~the sandals I have been wearing constantly during this trip - les tropiezennes. Recommended to me by author M.L. Longworth (who I had the opportunity of meeting in Aix-en-Provence this week - a detailed post will be coming soon on my excursion to this fantastic French city), these sandals are made in the south of France and can be ordered from the states - which is what I did prior to traveling.

~Tour the vacation rental I have enjoyed this week while staying in the Luberon region. You too can rent it as well! Click here for the entire tour as well as expert decor tips from the owner.

~Sign up for TSLL's Weekly Newsletter (delivered every Friday)

Petit Plaisir:

~Enjoy an aperitif and nibbles before a meal or with friends for a casual gathering.

Aperitif definition - a drink enjoyed before a meal to stimulate the appetite
Keep it simple: Do not make complicated appetizers, but instead serve fougasse or slim breadsticks, hummus, olives, nuts, and/or slices of meat.
Fougasse bread - typically associated with Provence, but found in many other places. It is a type of flatbread made with flour, yeast, salt and water.
- infused with herbs and in Provence olive fougasse is quite popular.
- Check out Paul Hollywood's recipe of his version of fougasse
No cheese (save the cheese course until after the entrée)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.
0:17.0	I'm your host, Shannon Ables.
0:19.0	And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a
0:24.8	hot cup of tea or a cafe or a cafe or a
0:26.9	LA. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. The So good morning from Provence. This is going to be a true musing episode because as I am taping this I am on my morning walk and I thought I just make this the episode.
1:05.0	Here comes a car, so I'm going to get out of the way.
1:08.0	It's about, I think 8 o'clock in the morning. I really don't know, but it's not hot.
1:18.0	It's nice and cool and there is not a cloud in the sky.
1:27.0	And the birds out here in this area
1:38.3	are the only form of music, I guess you could say the occasional car and I do mean occasional on these narrow but beautifully taking care of roads.
1:47.2	Just looking at a a mosque right now or a house
1:49.4	made out of purely
1:58.0	light sandstone stone. One of the French windows is open, the blue shutters as well and
2:08.4	it's just simple and easy and quiet and I have to share so what was I doing yesterday just kind of shocked me
2:16.6	Oh I figured out how to watch a particular show on my computer that I've been wanting to watch for a while from the States, and I haven't been watching any television from the States since I've been here, and it's now into a week.
2:23.4	I'm in, I'll just be starting, I am in week three I guess right now
2:27.3	of being here.
2:28.2	And the drama and the angst was overwhelming to me more so than it has ever been.
2:37.0	And I started to wonder why.
2:40.0	And I really think it had a lot to do with the fact that I haven't been exposing myself to that kind of information and media for only just three weeks.
2:50.0	And it made me think, hey, you really are probably taking in too much of that without even knowing it.
2:57.0	And it's become normalized. And so maybe there's another balance that you can create when you get back to the states.
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