Provence: A beginner's guide to the region

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

Arts, Paris, Society & Culture, Travel, Places & Travel, France

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

P is for Provence. In this episode, you'll hear some thoughts on the lovely southern French region, with the help of some great guests.

First, you'll hear from Suzannah and Hugh Cameron from the antique shop Chez Pluie Provence, sharing some practical travel advice.

Then it's my own mother, her first time on the pod, sharing her Provence ponderings.

Then it's Lina aka Parisian Postcards discussing her thoughts on her week in Provence.

Five towns/villages mentioned in this podcast episode:

Avignon
Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
Oppède Le Vieux
Menerbes
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

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The music in this episode is from Pres Maxson, find his Substack here.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	If you were to ask the average Joe or the average Jane what their favorite part of France was,
0:07.1	I feel like the answer would most often be Paris.
0:11.0	But I can't very well do P is for Paris on a Paris podcast.
0:15.8	No, we have to take this a step further, a step further away from the capital city.
0:20.7	So intriguingly enough, I think if you were to ask people's second most favorite part of the country,
0:27.8	I think it'd be a real close race between the French Riviera and Provence.
0:34.2	Provence, Provence, Provence, the corner of France to the southeast, bordered by the Mediterranean, I think when most people think Provence, Provence, Provence, the corner of France to the southeast, bordered by the Mediterranean.
0:39.8	I think where most people think Provence, they think old markets, ancient villages, lavender fields,
0:47.0	that's what we're going to be focusing on today.
0:49.5	And while I feel very confidently that I could do at least a mini-season on this charming part of the world,
0:55.9	maybe even a maxy season, for today we're going to have to kind of gloss over it based on my very
1:02.5	recent visit, based on my visits in the past, and the words of not only someone very dear to me
1:09.1	personally, who's just been there too, but also
1:11.5	some expats who call Paris home, some friends of the show. This is the Earful Tower podcast.
1:18.7	My name is Oliver G. This is the A.B. Season. And P. is for Provence.
1:30.3	Thank you. is for Provence. So that was a little intro music from P is for Press Maxen, who writes,
1:52.6	For this week's music, I turn to the most prolific musician you've never heard of.
1:57.2	Well, at least I'd never heard of, many of you may have.
2:00.2	It's Nana Muscuri. Born in Greece,
2:03.4	she had her first hit in 1961 and has since recorded over 200 albums and sung in at least 12 languages.
2:10.7	She also found time to have a career in politics serving in the European Parliament for Greece.
2:15.5	I'm impressed. While seemingly belonging to all of Europe, she does have strong ties to France.
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