Wednesday’s are market days in the ancient Roman town of FREJUS – where from 09.00-12.30 you can buy the freshest vegetables, olives, dried sausages, cheeses, local honeys and herbs for rediculously low prices. The market is alive with activity, paella smells, the excited banter of the “commerçants” until 12.30 when […]

Cloisters & Cathedrals – both are to be found in the ancient Roman town of Fréjus, where the cloister’s hand-painted wooden decorative tiles have been lovingly restored and are the oldest to be found in France. The Cathedral too has undergone several periods of restoration and boasts several alters, stained […]

A magical day spent with very special friends from Nice, who drove down to take me out to lunch in Sainte Maxime! Their friend is Chef at “La Crevette”, a lively restaurant in one of the cobbled side streets that winds its way up from the “Front” and brimming with […]

Today’s excursion was aboard “Les Bateaux Verts” to “Les Trois Caps Sauvages” just around the Gulf from St. Tropez as you head south. Here the capes of Camarat, Taillât and Lardier all the way south to Cap Negre at Le Lavandou are part of a Natural Protection Zone both on […]