"Being Provencial" Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur by emilesc

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Travel Guide: 7,935 reviews and 15,842 photos

A beach in Cannes. My sandals in the foreground.

Just came back from the Cannes Film Festival. Check individual pages on Frejus, Menton, Villefranche and Cannes for updates.

Provencial Donkeys

Frejusian donkeys

Donkeys in Frejus. Sadly, I'm a city girl. I thought these were miniature horses. I probably shouldn't admit this.

Hands-free toilets!

So freakin' cool!

OMG! These toilets in France? They're so freaking cool! You see these in your finer establishements - you press a button and the seat gently descends like something out of Star Wars with the toilet seat cover already laid out. When you're done, press the other button, the seat cover rips off and flushes and the seat comes back up *insert Star Wars sound effect*. Just like Darth Vader would have wanted it. How frickin' cool is that?!

Pros and Cons

Pros:Great food, usually warm
Cons:France shuts down 2 hours for lunch. Not a con, just different.
In a nutshell:Beautiful, lovely way of life, rich food but you can still lose weight!

Last visit to Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: May 2003
Intro Updated May 22, 2003
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Comments (3)

kokoryko Mar 4, 2012 at 2:08 PM Report Abuse

Joyeux anniversaire Emile. . . !:)
girod Jan 18, 2008 at 7:34 AM Report Abuse

Hello from the founder of the French American Class association including the French American snow class my e mail unepageparjour@gmail.com looking for former participants and their souvenirs ohotos texts
Porteplume Apr 30, 2003 at 3:26 AM Report Abuse

Would love to the pictures soon... We still miss some pretty pages about La Provence! . Amicalement - Viviane