Paramotor Magazine, issue 22, Dec/Jan 2010/2011
Ed Ewing discovers Provence
NORTH OF THE LUBERON, beyond the citadel of Sisteron, in a valley full of orchards and lavender fields, lies Laragne. On market days the town fills with traders selling food and wares from across Provence.
Mellow scented soaps, decorative bottles of oil, goats’ cheeses, salamis, tomatoes and hams. Unlike the rarefied, anglicised Cote d’Azur to the south, this is a France of the French.
Petanque is played in the car park and Pernod is drunk from hi-balls in the bars. In neighbouring Ribiers, where a fountain in the village square provides the only movement on a lazy Sunday afternoon, drivers pass through with barely a glance, travelling the scenic route south to Marseille or across the mountains to Nice.
Yet this is the centre of a very special place. A place of flight, where dreams are made...
1,500 words. Read more on subscription through Paramotor Magazine
0 comments:
Post a Comment