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WE SPENT A WEEK IN THE APARTMENT ADJACENT TO THE HOUSE, AND FOUND IT CHARMING AND ROMANTIC. WHAT NEEDED TO BE MODERN (KITCHEN, BATH, HEAT) WAS MODERN AND WHAT NEEDED TO BE AUTHENTICALLY PROVENCAL WAS JUST AS PERFECT. WE OPENED OUR SHUTTERS TO A 180-DEGREE VIEW OF VINEYARDS, CYPRESS TREES AND WINDING ROADS THAT LED US TO WINE- TASTING EXPERIENCES, AND WE KEPT TIME BY THE CHURCH BELLS JUST ABOVE US IN THE TINY VILLAGE. WE SHOPPED AND COOKED LIKE LOCALS, THANKS TO THE BUTCHER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WALK AND THE BOULANGERIE A BLOCK FURTHER. TRUTH BE TOLD, WE HAD TO "DECIDE" EVERY MORNING WHETHER TO GO TOURING OR SIMPLY STAY AND ENJOY OUR COZY APARTMENT. (HMM. BIG CLUE THERE THAT I'M CALLING IT "OUR" APARTMENT!) WE'LL BE BACK!
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George Olson & Jocelyn Hampton, San Francisco
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