Postcard from La Provence, Gig Street

On Sundays, there is the weekly market in l' Isle-Sur-la-Sorgue.
That's when we stop and listen to these guys.
They are called Gig Street.
We have known them for years now, we bought all of their CD's.
Thanks to You Tube they are already getting
more and more famous each year.
I just hope they'll keep playing like they have done for years,
on the corner of the street on market days ...
From the first moment we've met them,
(almost ten years ago now) I have always loved their music.
Enjoy! I bet you can't sit still either!

Wordless Wednesday, Nature and Beauty in Provence

I'm not able to join Wordless Wednesday for real,
I can't add my link because this is a planned post,
and I am on holliday at the moment.
But it would be so nice to still get a comment from you?

See you!

Postcard from la Provence, l'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue

This is the town we live in for two weeks each year.
We have rented the same house in this town
for a couple of years now
and it has become our second home town.
I know (some of ) the shops, and the people who keep them,
I go to the butcher and to the baker's here,
visit the weekly markets on Sundays and on Thursdays,
just like everybody else who resides there.
Each year, it feels like coming home.

The flower shop, the Jazz café ...


The antiques market on Sundays ...



One of the shopping streets ...

And grab a pastis in the shade at L'Arquet, our favourite bar,
when the shopping is done ...

I love it here ...

Wordless Wednesday: Saint Rémy, Van Gogh, and French Humour!

This plaque can be found in Saint-Rémy.
It says:
Vincent Van Gogh
was not born in this house.
Nor did he die here.


Typically French !
I like their sense of humour!

Postcard from the Provence, Dolls and Antique Toys

It's been ten years since we first started to visit La Provence,
and there are still places we haven't seen or visited yet!
I knew there was a museum of dolls and toys in l'Isle,
but I have only seen it from the outside
until I found this video on You Tube,
This museum is on my list of things to do on a rainy day from now on!

I'm sorry the video is in French,
but it's still very much worth watching
because it shows gorgeous dolls and toys!

Basicly what the lady says in the interview is
that the museum was born out of the passion a one single woman,
a collector with a huge love for dolls.
The museum has about 250 dolls on display.
80% of them were restored by her using only original materials.
She refused to use anything but old laces and fabrics.

I really want to visit this museum,
and I hope to come back with loads of pretty doll pictures!

Postcard from La Provence, Over the Rainbow ...

One night as I was preparing dinner in "my" kitchen
this strange light caught my attention.
When I went outside to make a picture, I saw this ...


Minutes later it grew very very dark ...


Ten minutes later we got this stunning rainbow ...



It's a double one, can you see it?





Oh, the French word for rainbow is "arc-en-ciel".
I like that word, it's almost as pretty as the rainbow itself!

Postcard from ....

This is Agadir, Morrocco.
The view from our hotelroom, early in the morning.
The luxury of the hotels, the private beaches, palm trees being planted,
... the new promenade they are building here.



And then, there's this ...
Old Agadir, the real world for people living there.

Same sun.
Same country.
Same city.
Huge difference.