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St. Remy, Provence, France. Photograph by  Paul Goldfinger.

 

This is an inn in France.  You can have a gourmet dinner there.  France has received some bad publicity lately, but there is no reason now to worry about their food or their wines or their culture..

In Paris stay on the left bank and walk all over.  Do some research.  That’s how we found this place in Provence..

 

Don’t go on a tour and don’t fail to wander around to find meals.  Go to the local markets and create your own dinner. You can even picnic in some vineyards.   And look for little bistros with just a few tables and  a few specialties on the menu—maybe they will write the choices on a blackboard or a handwritten piece of paper.

 

Juliette Gréco.      “Sous Le Ciel De Paris.”   Perhaps you were expecting Edith Piaf.    But M. Gréco can sing about the Paris skies also.  It’s from a French movie.

 

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Morning mist. St.-Cirq-Lapopie, France. By Paul Goldfinger    This image  was made with Tri-X film and a 35 mm Leica M camera;  and darkroom print.

 

Near Ocean Grove , old guys like to get together in the morning at Wegmans for coffee and bagels.   In the photo we see a few French geezers hanging out at the cliffside medieval village of St.-Cirq-Lapopie chatting while watching the mist rise off the Lot River valley. They were probably smoking those Gauloises cigarettes—-unfiltered and strong.   And you won’t find bagels there:  croissants with butter and espresso.

We went for such a breakfast; outdoor cafe but no smokes.  The owner gave Eileen his recipe for homemade strawberry preserves.

This stone town was built in 1522 (the Middle Ages.) on the edge of a cliff.  It had military advantages then but now it is a tourist town and is considered one of the most beautiful  in France.

A small market appears as the mist melts away. Their specialty is foie gras. You go there and get a bread, some cheese, some sausage, some wine, and then tuck it away till lunch time: a picnic in a vineyard.

 

PETULA CLARK.    “Prends Mon Coeur”

 

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Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux region of France. 1998. Vineyards were first planted there nearly 2,000 years ago. By Paul Goldfinger, MD.   Blogfinger.net

 

BILL FRISELL:

 

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