Places worth lingering in, and a few observations from the road.

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Lourmarin

Lourmarin doesn’t ask you to change who you are. It just suggests you slow down and dress accordingly.

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Alsace doesn’t decorate for Christmas. It inhabits it.

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Mirepoix doesn’t try to win you over. It just shows you what it’s been doing all along.