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Provence, Baux-de-Provence, Saint Rémy, …
We could have some days off end of April at Les Baux-de-Provence in South-East of France / Provence. A real nice stay actually! I finally invest the time to post-produce my photos. This time, no big equipment, just my little Canon S90 and DxO…
Ousteau de Baumanière
Ousteau de Baumanière, an excellent hotel, perfectly positioned near les Baux-de-Provence, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (which is much nicer than les Baux, too much touristic and artificial for our taste), les Alpilles, Avignon, etc. Service was really great, as the room we had. Two restaurants in the hotel, both worth a visit ;-) L’Ousteau itself which is a 2* Michelin, absolutely fantastic, and la Cabro d’Or, a 1* Michelin, which is also very interesting. We had there a “vertical” degustation menu with 10 dishes all based on different excellent local olive oils, including the dessert!
Baux-de-Provence
Oppède le Vieux
A small village in the Luberon
Olive groves
This region is a kind of paradise for people (like me) that likes olive oils. A lot of small producers, so many different tastes, pure happiness!
Les Alpilles
Portfolio
You can find the whole Baux-de-Provence portfolio here.
Nice sunset this evening at home!
Montreux Jazz Festival 2011
The program of the Montreux Jazz Festival 2011 (July 1 – 16) was published yesterday, as usual quite a bunch of interesting concerts!
With my friend Manu, we have decided us for the July 13 night with two concerts:
- Quincy Jones presents: A Night of Global Gumbo with Alfredo Rodriguez Trio, Emily Bear, Esperanza Spalding, Nikki Yanofsky
- Tribute to Miles Davis (Musical Director : Marcus Miller) with Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Sean Jones, Sean Rickman
Both concerts are quite promising, in two very different styles. We could reserved two very good places, centrally positioned, not far away from the scene. Ticket-price is really going up, outch… Anyway, still very happy to be able to go there again this year ;-)
Montreux Jazz Festival Foundation 2011, © Artwork Francis Baudevin