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A Little Family Mystery about Le Barroux Resolved
Who doesn't love a good family mystery? My father Daniel Augsburger was born in Switzerland. His mother was French and at a young age, the family moved to the South of France. He came to the United...
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Nyons Market and Excellent Lunch at La Charrette Bleue Restaurant
We arrived in Sablet last Tuesday after being away for 5 months. We arrived too late to shop at the weekly market in Vaison-la-Romaine, which as faithful readers know, is our very favorite market in...
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Meet up with Cousins in Historical Uzès
There are towns and villages we happily visit time and again because of their uniqueness, proximity to historical sites, special markets, or cultural attractions. As Uzes has it all, a well-preserved...
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Chateau La Coste - Wine, Art & Architecture
Every time we come to Provence, we schedule a day for fun with cousin Annick who lives in Rognes, about 1 hour south of Sablet. She always comes up with new places or activities for us to experience...
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Delicious Lunch at Le Comptoir du 7 in Uzès
Every day trip almost always includes lunch. Before we go, I Google for local restaurants and check out those that were chosen by the inspectors to be in included in the red Michelin guidebook for the...
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Visit to Aigues-Mortes and discovery of family ties to French Huguenots
It had been quite a few years since we visited Aigues-Mortes so when cousin Jean-Marc suggested we go somewhere on the sea, I suggested we go there. I still recall the first time we went to...
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Dining recommendation near Les Baux de Provence, a Plus Beaux Villages de France
Les Baux de Provence is a picturesque village about 46 miles southwest of our house in Sablet. The village sits on an elevated site with ancient houses and ruins of a castle perched on top overlooking...
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Visit to Grignan, a Plus Beaux Villages de France and Lunch at Long Time...
We often make visits to Grignan in the Drome Provencale, an area that falls between the Rhone River and Alps north of the Vaucluse. Since we were last there in the summer of 2019, Grignan was added to...
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Visited Wine Friends and Best Lunch Ever in Chateauneuf-du-Pape
One of the many things that drew us to Sablet was its location in the Cotes-du-Rhone wine appellation and proximity to renown villages such as Gigondas, Vacqueyras, and Chateauneuf-du-Pape. We like all...
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Hunt for Sunflowers and Hike to the Fortress of Mornas
Last July, we went to Provence for the first time since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic. As I wrote in this post, shortly before our trip, about our favorite things in Provence, seasonal...
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Avignon and Delicious Lunch at Le Gout Du Jour
Avignon is 40 km southwest of Sablet, snuggled inside ancient walls along the Rhône River. The largest town in the Vaucluse, Avignon is very old, full of history, art, music and activity. I never get...
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Newish Bistro in one of our favorite villages
As long time readers of Our House in Provence blog know, one of our favorite villages besides Sablet is Villedieu. Its a small village (population 514), built on a hill overlooking vineyards, olive...
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Excellent Seafood Restaurant near the Port of Le Grau-du-Roi and a Water...
On a warm Saturday a couple of weeks ago, we headed seaside to Le Grau-du-Roi, a fishing port and beach resort, with cousins Jean-Marc and Christine. We figured we would find cooler temperatures near...
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Francis Mallmann's Gastronomic Restaurant at Chateau La Coste
Dear friends, we are in Northern California and enjoying fall weather in contrast to the crazy hot weather we experienced this summer, both here in California, and in Provence. We certainly appreciate...
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The Original Van Gogh Experience in the Carrieres des Lumieres at Les Baux de...
I figure that many of you have seen the immersive Van Gogh Experience in one of the many US cities that have offered this program. But how many of you know that the "Van Gogh Starry Night" art and...
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Tulips in the Vaucluse put on a dazzling display of color near Jonquieres.
We are back in Sablet after an unusually long absence for us. One of the highlights of our sojourns in Provence, are the flowers that you find in various seasons of the year. You can see cherry...
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Sainte-Cecile-les-Vignes, the best Saturday market in the Vaucluse for fresh...
One of the best things about coming to Sablet is shopping at the weekly outdoor "marches" in towns and villages throughout the region ... or at least it is for "foodies" like me. Why would you buy...
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Friday is Market Day in Sablet
In previous posts, I have shared the criteria that we considered as we searched for a house to buy in the South of France. Near the top of the list after Shirley's #1, "no-fixer-uppers", was our desire...
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A French Memorial to 5 US Airmen who Died in WWII in Plan de Dieu While...
We were invited to dine with Paul and Francoise Roumanille "chez Bruno" in Sablet on a recent Friday. As I told you in this post, Paul and Francoise and their parents before them have been making wine...
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Visit to one of the 7 Most Beautiful Villages in Vaucluse
We usually take daily trips away from Sablet to explore the Vaucluse and surrounding Departments. We probably go most often to the hill-top villages of the Luberon including Venasque, which is what we...
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year dear friends. Bonne et heureuse annee mes amis. Anyone who takes the time to read my recently, infrequent posts, are truly friends. One of my New Year's resolutions is to write posts...
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Our Visit to the Breathtaking Valensole Plateau Lavender Fields
Every year, thousands of tourists' travel to the sun-drenched South of France region of Provence. One of its biggest draws, field upon field of perfect rows of sweet-scented, violet-colored lavender....
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If you are looking for an excellent place to lunch in Chateauneuf-du-Pape, go...
Chateauneuf-du-Pape is a small medieval village located about 30 km from Sablet. The village spreads out on the hillside at the foot of ruins of an ancient chateau that I told you about here. From the...
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Visit to Avignon and Tasty Lunch at Bib Gourmand Restaurant Bibendum
As faithful readers of Our House in Provence blog know, a visit to Avignon is an essential part of our time in Provence. During the first years, it was to shop for kids' clothes for our grandchildren,...
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Tulips grown in the Vaucluse for sale in Holland.
We just returned from a short sojourn in Provence after an unusually long absence for us. Sadly, this was the longest time between visits since we bought our home in Sablet in 2008. One of our favorite...
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