Hunting for Wild Mushrooms

Wild mushrooms, otherwise known in French as champignon sauvages have been collected for well over 10,000 years in Europe.   One of many splendid things about France is the abundance of mushrooms in the wild.  Autumn is the best season to pick mushrooms but you can find various types of mushrooms any time between April and…

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Four Days in Provence

What does one imagine when thinking of Provence? An abundance of fruit trees, gardens lush with plants with mountains in the background?   Beautiful Plane trees aligned on the street’s edge canopying the street with a arch of leaves?   Or is it the scents in the air … with poppies everywhere and rows upon rows of…

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