marlin55388 wrote on Nov 25^th, 2010 at 4:25am:

;) I will check it out when I make to the EU...

I'd venture to guess that when you make it to Provence, you're not likely to be eating a lot of salad.

Whether its bouillabaisse in Marseilles, the fine wines of Chateauneuf de Pape, fresh food markets in (say) Aix (easily the best apricots on the planet), the area is a gastronomical delight!

And the scenery isn't bad either ... fine examples of Roman aqueducts, a small scale version of the Roman Colosseum in Arles ... and it doesn't take long to understand why master artists (e.g., Van Gogh) stayed in the area ... he really didn't use all that much imagination on the color pallet.

All in all, not a bad place to visit.

dd