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23/08/2025

In addition to the previous post - one more fact:

Since 1998, Ollioules has proudly held the national “Ville et Métiers d’Art” label.

Around forty artisans and creators keep local traditions alive, showcasing cultural heritage and craftsmanship through unique creations, creative workshops, and courses, all carried out with passion and authenticity.

21/08/2025

A few interesting facts about Ollioules — a town that truly won my heart 🥰

🫒 Ollioules has been inhabited since the Neolithic.
Even back then, olive trees were grown here, which later became a true symbol of the city — giving it its name and appearing on its coat of arms.

🫒 Olive oil production is the oldest agricultural tradition in the Ollioules region.
❗️In the Middle Ages, Ollioules oil was sold as far as Alexandria (Egypt) and later even reached the court of Versailles.

🏵 An aster, first mentioned during the reign of Louis XIV, brought Ollioules fame and wealth in the 19th–20th centuries, contributing to the city’s development and economic growth.
👉 Today, a special variety of Ollioules aster with orange petals and a green center still grows on Curtain Hill, and its seeds are still sold.

🏛 Much of the old town we see today dates back to the 16th–17th centuries, forming a unique ensemble in the region from the Renaissance and Louis XIII era. The plaster stucco decorations are equally remarkable.
😍A true gem among them is the Heritage House — a small mansion from the 1620s at 20 Gambetta Street (photo 5.6)

🇨🇵 And a final fascinating detail: in 1793, during the siege of Toulon by Republican troops, plans to reclaim the city were developed right here in Montauban Castle, Ollioules, by a young artillery officer — Napoleon Bonaparte.
👆 This was where his brilliant career began.

Ollioules is a town full of history, charm, and hidden treasures — one I wholeheartedly recommend visiting! 🫶🫶🫶

Thank you, , for showing us this beautiful city 🙌

17/08/2025

A story baked with passion for bread:
the most "instagrammable" boulangerie in Aix 🥐

In the mid-90s, when Stéphane Bruski was just 23, he didn’t have a penny — only an idea.
He noticed waiters running every day to nearby boulangeries for bread, and decided to become the link between bakers and restaurants.
That’s how his journey in the world of bread began.

At first, he worked with collective catering, later opened his own production site in Venelles, and eventually launched his first bakery chain, Émile Bec.
In 2007, he introduced a bold new concept: Jacob’s — four bakeries and four restaurants working together. The first ones bake, the second ones serve.

By 2009, more than 3,200 customers every day were choosing Jacob’s bread and meals. The business generated over €300,000 in monthly revenue.

But Stéphane doesn’t chase numbers alone:
“Of course, you always want to do more,” he says. “But it’s important to strengthen what already exists. In this kind of business, you need to control everything from A to Z. And there’s never a pause: as soon as the restaurants close, the ovens take over” 🔥

🥖 Stéphane’s story is proof that a great business can grow from a small idea and true love for the craft.
And it makes difference now: buying bread here, we see the history and a man, not just bread 😉

15/08/2025

Interesting to know about Aix and its "magical yellow":

The houses in Aix-en-Provence are mostly built from local limestone of a warm yellow-golden hue, known in France as "pierre du Midi" or exactly: "pierre d’Aix".

👆 This stone has a distinctive sunlit tone that creates a “golden glow” on façades in the afternoon light.

Soft and easy to carve right after extraction, it hardens over time, that explains how the dry Provençal climate has helped many of these buildings remain in excellent condition for centuries 💛

Did you know that? 😉

09/08/2025

📽 5 Films That Are No Worse Than the Book 📽
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🔄 Save this list for your next movie night!

Don’t forget to ❤️ and 💬 — that’s the best way to support me 😇

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🎞 The Godfather
Not just a classic — a true masterpiece of cinema.
Coppola’s directing = brilliant. Brando’s acting = legendary.
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The feelings you get from the book? You’ll feel them all over again watching the film.
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👉🏻 And about Part II:
This is the moment you truly understand the word “masterpiece.”
Pacino + De Niro = pure cinematic power.
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🎞 The Bridges of Madison County
💬 “Don’t you see that I love you too much to allow myself to limit your freedom in any way? To do that would be to kill that wild, magnificent creature that lives inside you — and with it, your strength would die…”
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I don’t know how anyone could not love this film.
Or not break their own heart every time their cars meet at the traffic light…💔
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One of those rare films that’s just as good as the book.
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🎞 The English Patient
💬 We die rich with love, travels — everything we’ve tasted. With bodies we’ve entered, swum across like rivers… with fears we’ve hidden in, like this dark cave… I want all of this etched into my skin. We are the real countries, not the ones drawn on maps…
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One of the very few cases where the film is actually BETTER than the book.
And my absolute favorite Ralph Fiennes role.
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🎞 Scent of a Woman
Those case where the book isn’t as well-known as the film.
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Al Pacino’s transformation is incredible (you’re left with the firm belief that at the time of filming, he truly had lost his sight).
Unforgettable scenes: the blind colonel dancing in the restaurant, and his final speech…
Al Pacino… a force of nature, what more can I say.
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🎞 The Reader
A story about how the secrets of the past shape the present…
About difficult choices. Deeply personal ones.
About everyone’s right to their own secrets…
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And, of course, about the price we sometimes pay for them.
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The beloved Ralph Fiennes. And the incredible Kate Winslet, who won a fully deserved Oscar for this performance.
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Which one is your favorite?
Tell me👇

02/08/2025

Seven years ago, I wandered down this hidden little street of Saint-Tropez for the first time...

Enchanted by its colors, lines, and quiet charm, I sketched myself a business card (put it on the 2nd photo👉)…

And today, I get to print new cards — in French 😲!

Life has its own magical way of unfolding 🙌
I’m grateful for every step on this journey 🙏

31/07/2025

Tarte Tropézienne 😋
- light, creamy dessert, created in St Tropez in the 1950s... An icon of Southern French cooking 😇

Here’s a brief history of this wonderfully delight and where to find it 👇👇👇

📍In 1955, a young Polish baker, Alexandre Micka, opened a bakery in the main square in St Tropez. He created a dessert based on the traditional French brioche, adding a little... hmm.... "something"😉 from a recipe his grandmother had given him.

📍At the same time as Micka opened the bakery, Brigitte Bardot arrived in St Tropez to make a film "And God Created Woman" with her then-husband, Roger Vadim.
(*Both Bardot and St Tropez were relatively unknown at the time🫣)

📍 Roger Vadim hired Alexandre Micka to cater for the film crew, where Bardot was introduced to the divine dessert. She is said to have fallen in love with the cake, and came up with the idea of naming it after the town.
The tarte tropézienne grew in popularity as she did😇

📍Alexandre Micka trademarked the name in 1973 and established his business empire under the name La Tarte Tropézienne.

📍 The recipe is a closely guarded secret and traditional methods are still used.

🌍 La Tarte Tropézienne has branches across the South of France.

If you wanna check out the original - go here:
📌 Traverse des Lices in St Tropez
⏰️ Open daily 6:30am to 8pm.

We've tried here 👆 and at La Ciotat. Both 👍👍

❓️And you? Have you tried?

29/07/2025

Beaches of Bandol and Sanary 🩵

25/07/2025

Sanary... first time fallen in love with: 2018.
Renewed: every year 😍

Absolutely 💙

20/07/2025

The Abbey of Sénanque : some interesting facts:

🔹️ founded in 1148 (23rd June) by a dozen of Cistercians monks coming from the monastery of Mazan, located in Ardèche.

🔹️during the XIIIth - XIVth century, the abbey owned four mills, seven granges, a hospital in Arles, several houses in l’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Marseille, a farm in Maussane and a hospice in Pernes-les-Fontaines where one’s can find a road with the name of Sénanque., The flocks of the abbey could graze from the Mount Ventoux to Sisteron.

🔹️ XVth century was the beginning of a period of discord and violence and the properties of the abbey couldn’t be conserved, the incomes decreased and the vocations reduced. Only three brothers were still living in Sénanque in 1439.

🔹️Presages of the French Wars of Religion, in 1544 an armed group of Waldensian from Cabrières rised up and attacked Sénanque. The south part of the monastery was destroyed by fire (the refectory, the fountain in the cloister and the buildings for the lay brothers) and the main part of the archives was lost. Twelve monks would have been hung. Meanwhile in Provence, plague spread.

🔹️In 1781, when the last monk of Sénanque died, Dom Dreux, prior of the Abbey of Le Thoronet, is named administrator of Sénanque without living in it.

🔹️The 24th September 1792, the abbey was sold as national property for 28 000 francs. In order to protect Sénanque, the new owner decided to remove every exterior religious signs: he took off the cross at the top of the church and the 3 bells, he also destroyed the coat of arms on the south part of the buildings.

🔹️The Cistercian monks who live here still follow the strict rules of their order and devote their lives to prayer and study.

Sénanque Abbey is also famous for its beautiful gardens, where the monks still grow medicinal plants and aromatic herbs. These lovingly laid out gardens are an enchanting sight all year round. In summer, when the lavender fields are in full bloom, the abbey becomes a veritable painting of colours and beguiling fragrances.

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