Visiting Private Homes in France with the French la Vie

French la vie, visiting private homes

 

 

 

Along the back roads through Provence,

I am lucky enough that friends I have met through the brocante over these last thirty years invite my groups to come and see their homes. To go beyond the facade by entering into the soulful homes offers such thoughtful generosity into the culture and life of the French. Even if you do not speak the language of the host the spirit moves. I love that I can show those who come and join me a personal one of a kind experience by visiting my friends, to witness the charm of France and be inspired by both.

 

 

French la vie, visiting private homes

 

Such a treat to be welcomed into someone's home and allowed to go through all their collected brocante treasures.

 

 

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We had lunch made for us, then tea, and dessert, fresh strawberries served in lemon juice and rum.

 

French la vie, visiting private homes

 

 

 

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Friendship the true gift in this adventure.

 



Comments

6 responses to “Visiting Private Homes in France with the French la Vie”

  1. Kathie B

    “Even if you do not speak the language of the host…” C’est vrai!
    One of the lessons I learned on my first trip to the Azores — with only a couple years of rather shaky Brazilian(!) Portuguese under my belt — was that it was still possible to communicate well with show-and-tell, some strategic pointing, smiling, and especially showing people photos I’d taken thus far on the trip. With those skills, plus a few words of Portuguese by me and a few words of English by them, we managed remarkably well, and some of those people and I are still friends almost 17 years (and several more Azores trips) later!

  2. Diogenes

    That tarte looks very interesting. I bet it was great! What a wonderful experience to visit people’s homes.

  3. diane rincones hess

    How about a recipe please 😘😊

  4. Lsulli124@gmail.com

    Yes recipe please❤️

  5. Ahhh! My heart how I would love this. That tart looks amazing. Yes, recipe please!

  6. Donna Boucher

    This is very very special.
    Do you know what I love best? The rows of trees 🙂

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