Monthly Archives: January 2014

With three bikes strapped to our car, we pushed ahead on the 45-minute drive to Banon, winding through industrial-size lavender fields and down through the cedar forest into the town, arriving at La Bastide des Muriers just in time for … Continue reading →

Three more applicants will make their pitches on Wednesday and Thursday. The board expects to make a decision within a few months. Whoever gets the coveted license, the new casino will need to offer more than just slot machines and … Continue reading →

As Bardot said at the time, she fell for St-Tropezs genuine charms… the mulberry trees, the sheepgrazing in the scrubland; the mighty farmhouses smothered with bougainvillea which belonged to the wine producers. She moved there, put it on the map, … Continue reading →

StockFood Scallops in the shell You want food? Here are three local dishes that may not be to your taste but certainly pleased mine. The first was a pot of frozen yoghurt with lychees in it, messily eaten on a … Continue reading →

After a slowish start, A Year in Provence has gone on to sell more than 1m copies in the UK and 6m around the world in the last 20 years, making it one of the most successful travel books of … Continue reading →

But with the final round of hearings next week, many are trying to line up support. On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will begin three days of testimony to review all five applicants for the city’s second casino license. … Continue reading →

The young man’s remains were enshrined in his bridge — in Saint Nicholas Chapel — and remained there for almost 500 years. Over the centuries, repeated flooding and war took a toll on Pont Saint-Benezet, and in 1669 a major … Continue reading →

travel42. Terms and Conditions: The prices listed are representative of actual prices provided by various cruise vendors and are not offered by OfficialCruiseGuide.com or Northstar Travel Media, LLC. Price listed does not constitute a contract of services, implied or written. … Continue reading →

1571-1574), Catherine of Siena escorts pope Gregory XI to Rome. (Public Pope Gregory XI led the Catholic Church during a time of great upheaval in the church and that only increased when he returned the papal seat of power from … Continue reading →