Simple Joy Sundays: Windows with Real Shutters

Walking down the narrow, winding roads and looking up at these beautiful old buildings with their large, deep windows and multicoloured shutters helps me breathe and stay sane.

Simple Joy Sundays: Market Raclette-wiches

A charcuterie and cheese vendor had this set up one day. Slice half a baguette, add in the customer's choice of jambon cru, jambon cuit, or cured sausages and scrape off a healthy helping of melty cheese. Voilà! Lunch on the go!

Simple Joy Sundays: Interesting Translating

I'll admit I giggled. 

TripAdvisor says it's a good café, though.

Mmmm, nougat.

Nougat doesn't seem that popular back home. It's occasionally an object of derision or the butt of a joke about lost fillings. It's the plain, not-quite-marshmallowy stuff in a Mars bar. It's something I'd heard about in passing, but never really thought about. 

But almost anything can be bad if you don't take the time and effort to make it good. And over here, there are some shops who know perfectly well how to make it very, very good.

In preparing this post, I happened across this video of Maison du Nougat in Aix. Just try to watch it without being hungry after.

Simple Joy Sundays: Sunbeams

No words

Simple Joy Sundays: Going Whole Hog

Swung by a food fair that was happening in a nearby park. The place was loaded with stalls selling amazing things like these charcuterie products along with other locally produced items like cheeses veined with truffles, wines, cannelés, saffron infused honey, and so much more!