provence.......

ok, so i have run out of books on tape at the library that intrigue me......so i have digressed to books that i own on tape.....one such is a year in provence......a syrupy nostalgic look at the rehab of a country stone house in the wilds of the luberon........structurally, i can learn a lot about the kind of book i have in mind........but i have hard time with the particulars........in my own personal experience......i hated the south of france.........we came through on our 3 week honeymoon........on a drive from the bas-alps.....chamonix (sp) where we had a fabulous meal, but where i needed all of my french to avoid being cheated out of 100x the price agreed on the room and meal........i got out my camera and took pictures...there is nothing so discouraging to gougers as photographic evidence.......anyway.....i can recall our drive through the luberon.....hot, dusty.......and st. tropez......rode hard and hung up wet....as they say around here.....and the drive to avignon.......well.....i was glad to make it to the chablis area.......we stayed near pouilly-fuisse (sp) which i remember fondly..............that was 23 years ago........hard to believe that i have not been further south in france than lyon in 23 years..........well that is not true, as i drive across the border from the tip of france near honnderribbia in the basque area....but being lost does not count..........