Stories Collected While Living in France

French la Vie

Sunday Afternoon

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French husband and I went for a drive on Sunday afternoon. We stopped at this cafe because it look like a picture postcard, and seemed all alone.

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Cobbled stone steps made me wish I had worn flat shoes.

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French husband with his thoughts in the clouds dreaming of the flying machine.

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Silence extends a hand in the canyons of the little streets.

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The terre cuite tiles form the rooftop which reminds me of an Easter bonnet. My imagination starts to see the clothes hanging as the hat’s ribbons.

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Noticing many vacant maisons de village (houses in town,) French husband points out that the real estate market might be interesting.

It just goes to show you who is the imaginative one in this group.

photos: From a village in the south of France.

Comments

46 responses to “Sunday Afternoon”

  1. rel

    Corey,
    Why is my heart beating faster at these pictures?
    rel

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  2. wendy

    My heart just aches at these pictures too. It’s what I dream of when I think of France, a certain glow to the stones and feeling in the air, and what I felt of the little snatches i saw of things from the train in the moonlight on my way home from Germany (long story).
    Oh wow, its that second image especially…
    A Blessed Week ()( Wendy

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  3. Paris Parfait

    Such lovely photos, Corey! Sounds like a nice afternoon. And I do see the Easter bonnet and its ribbons!

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  4. sognatrice

    Ah, the flat shoes/cobblestone issue. I know it well 🙂 Beautiful photos, as always!

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  5. Jeanne

    Blessings to you my sweet lovely friend.
    Your adventures are fabulous.
    I feel as though I am part French through you.
    Ooooh La La………..
    blessings!

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  6. Catalina

    Beautiful pictures Corey! and the narrative, I love it!

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  7. darla

    While you were driving to your delightful little French village I was driving down the Napa Valley.
    I thought of you when I stopped to take some vineyard photo’s. They’re on my blog.
    Darla

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  8. tut-tut

    Wonderful leaps and comparisons.
    French husband grabs those kite stings and brings the enterprise back to earth, doesn’t he?

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  9. Francine

    French husbands are like that aren’t they? 🙂 Beautiful photos! I’ve been enjoying your blog for about a week now, Maggie shared the link with me.

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  10. nel

    Thank you for sharing our day out…love those cobblestone steps and walls. That is a place I could definitely dream in…

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  11. Shannon

    How picturesque everything seemed. But I’m wondering where all the people were.

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  12. constance

    How WAS the Bar du Var? Looks like a fun adventure.

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  13. cruststation

    Love the narrow streets and cobbled stone steps, there’s something beautiful about a quiet village. Abandoned buildings, is what I love. I’m sure your mind was on taking in the breathtaking scenery…

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  14. Anastasia

    what a beautiful afternoon drive…wonderful pictures!
    those cobbled stairs look so ancient – love it!!

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  15. Penny

    A beautiful Sunday drive. I hate to see houses abandoned — I just want to adopt them all. Here in North Carolina we often drive past old farm houses with no life left in them and I want to sneak inside — to feel their history and hear the sounds of the people who used to live, laugh and love in that house.

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  16. susan

    nothing like a sunday drive! love those houses…

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  17. Star

    This reminds me of a post I did last summer on how the gold-fringed ginkgo leaves reminded me of frilly petticoats. We are birds of a feather 😉
    Perhaps a sensible pair of shoes stashed permanently might be a good idea–those cobblestone steps look lethal for one in heels of any type.
    In all, a lovely day I’m sure.

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  18. Sheba

    C’est ou? On va le visiter ensemble en Mai, oui? (Mais oui!)

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  19. Lei

    Such beauty in simple images…

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  20. pam aries

    Oh my! How fantastic! Thank you for sharing! I cannot imagine..in my wildest dreams, what it must be like to live there! You are so fortunate! I a mthere in spirit..see? that is moi peeping out over my laundry….

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  21. AnnieElf

    I love the texture and color of this town. So would many others, I bet. Tell French Husband to give it a whirl. Bon Chance

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  22. andrea

    I love cobblestone paths and the iron on the balcany’s…yes real estate in the South of France might be interesting!
    🙂
    a.

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  23. Gypsy Purple-Chamara

    So lovely of you to take us with you….yes…I see the easter bonnet…with all the frills upon it…..

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  24. meredith

    What? No one was playing pétanque? It must have been siesta time!

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  25. lauren

    Perhaps the real estate is so cheap we could be neighbors? dreaming here…
    Of course I would have to fly to move and we both know that wont happen.
    Miss you too!

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  26. Linda

    I get a little depressed in Provence during the winter and early Spring when all of the towns are shut up and quiet. It is so much more lively in the summer.

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  27. Linda

    I get a little depressed in Provence during the winter and early Spring when all of the towns are shut up and quiet. It is so much more lively in the summer.

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  28. Beachy

    I love the Easter bonnet and its pretty ribbons! And all those cobblestones… they make the ones in Boston look tame!

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  29. shabbyinthecity

    Oh, buy one French Husband! We’ll have a blog retreat and eat buttery radishes and hear tales of the wild blue yonder!

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  30. ally bean

    It’s always so interesting for me to see how other places really look. Great photos.

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  31. Nancy, aka Bookfool

    Oh, goodness yes, stash some flats in the car! I remember walking the cobbled streets of Montmartre at 17 in heels; I kept getting wedged. What a lovely place you live!

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  32. gracie

    totally amazed that you walked those steps in heels!!! Did you sashay?
    Corey Responds:
    I should have sasha-ied down the stairs….Maybe then Yann would have had his eyes on me instead of his head in the clouds!

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  33. risa

    i think you should write a picture book for adults.

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  34. tommiea

    what a delightful afternoon…my two year old would call that bonnet a princess hat…

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  35. Veronica TM

    what a wonderful little trip! i am sure you guys complement each other, the dreamer, the realist.

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  36. susanna

    Wish I was right there with you and F.H., Corey. Your photos are so lovely – especially the photograph of the pink buildings. Are they really that colour? Lovely.

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  37. Blue

    I loved the abandoned cafe. I hope you went in for coffee.
    The cobblestairs are something out of a gothic fairytale.
    So beautiful!

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  38. Vanessa

    Maybe I could get a good deal up there??;)

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  39. ParisBreakfasts

    I love these multi-photo posts that tell a story I can make up myself…
    I only wish the picture of Yann had been…um…a close-up? 🙂

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  40. bluevicar

    And how was the Bar du Var, Corey? This town looks awfully familiar…is it possible that I visited it sometime? Perhaps, or perhaps another with a similar look. Did you get rained or snowed upon during the day? No, I think that weather was on Saturday and not Sunday, right? Good!
    Meilleurs voeux!!

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  41. Francoise

    merci corey pour votre façon de parler de mon pays et notamment ma chère Provence ! je suis native du var et je connais très bien mais je n’ai pas reconnu le village… Quel est son nom ?

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  42. Nora

    Beautiful images and story Corey. Reading this felt like I was right there next to you.

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  43. Di Overton

    I love those little French villages where it seems time stands still and you scrape the car on the walls either side of the road – only enough room for a donkey and cart.

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  44. cris

    hello corey, where is it? I live in the south of france, in VAR

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  45. Carol

    Oh comme c’est jolie cette village!

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  46. simple me

    Thank you for taking me on a sunday outing. Everything seems so quiet.
    Those clothes drying in the balconies are so typical in here. Some people find it ugly and 3rd worldish but I find it so poetic.

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