Provence cuisine Many people often use three kinds of food to represent the cooking characteristics of Provence: "olive oil, garlic and tomatoes". Walking in Provence, you can see almost all green olive trees. It can be said that this place is an important town of olive oil production in France, which not only creates a unique natural landscape, but also provides oil for residents' nutrition. Olives also naturally enter every kitchen, and tapenade is the best example. Olive sauce: Chop garlic and anchovy separately, add washed capers, thyme, savory and lemon juice, beat well with a food processor, slowly pour in olive oil and season with pepper. It is the most authentic appetizer to spread olive sauce on slightly baked bread, and French bread made with olive sauce is a specialty of Provence. If you like, you can also use olive sauce as a dish! Garlic mayonnaise Garlic mayonnaise is often called the cream of Provence, which shows its popularity. Just like the direct translation of the name, mayonnaise is mixed with garlic, which is extremely simple, but the food with it is magnificent, from boiled eggs to steamed fish to various lobster ingredients. In fact, the whole of France has its own fish soup, but the content is slightly different, and then it is crowned with different names, such as cotriade in Brittany and pauchouse in Burgundy. Somehow, the fish soup in Provence, especially in Marseille, is very famous. Anyone who visits Marseille must never leave empty-handed. Fish soup has a history of more than 2,5 years. It is said that the Greeks brought it to France, but even without the guidance of the Greeks, Marseille, located in the Mediterranean, will create fish soup sooner or later. The focus of Marseille fish soup is on all kinds of wonderful fish species. When it comes to fish species, the story is long. You will never get a consistent answer as to whether you should put those fish in the fish soup or not. What is more certain is that there is no shellfish in the traditional Marseille fish soup, especially mussels, but crabs and lobsters are not prohibited. This standard is not universal. You might as well take a closer look at what's in your bowl. Practice &; How to eat: Stir-fry onion, tomato, garlic and fennel with excellent olive oil, add thyme, Italian parsley and bay leaf, and season with dried orange peel. Finally, add crocus to increase the color, and then add fish. Contrary to our assumption, the time for cooking Marseille fish soup is not long, and it has to be completed in 15 minutes with a big fire (this of course does not include the time for preparing the broth, but is it really necessary to use the broth as the base? I'm afraid it's another question). When eating, the soup and fish are served separately. Put a piece of bread in the bowl and scoop the soup directly. It would be more perfect if it could be matched with a little rouille. Garlic Chili sauce The so-called rouille is garlic Chili sauce. Its raw materials are garlic, Chili, olive oil, bread crumbs and fish stock. Some people like to spread it on bread first, or you can put it directly in fish soup. With garlic Chili sauce, Marseille fish soup is complete. Accommodation in Provence The accommodation in Provence is quite distinctive, just like the diversified local life style, from luxury hotels in the city to homestay farms in the country, it also provides a comfortable rest environment and local food. If you know French, or can find someone who knows French to accompany you, you can consider spending the night in a homestay that serves meals and feel the local customs. Some homestays also arrange for tenants to participate in local activities, such as dining with local people, chatting all over the world, and having fun under the stars. That kind of harmonious atmosphere should be the best presentation of the spirit of the global village. King Horne Hotel in Aix has more than 1 rooms and has a four-star standard. King Hotel Hohne is one of the most advanced hotels in the ancient city of Aix, with a four-star rating and quite advanced facilities such as swimming pool. The hotel has 134 rooms, each with a beautiful garden. The hotel restaurant also serves authentic Provencal cuisine. This hotel adopts American-style management style, although it feels a little different from the beautiful and simple Provence, it can provide you with a comfortable environment to express your body and mind after a full day's trip. Traffic in Provence Take TGV at Lyon Station in Paris. There are different railway stations in Paris, and there are trains going to different regions one after another. The train station from Paris to Provence is Gare de Lyon. The train type is TGV, a French express train with a speed of up to 3 kilometers per hour, which takes about 3 hours. To take TGV, you need to make a reservation first. Make a reservation at the ticket counter of Lyon Station. From the left side of the main gate outside the train station, you will see Gate 21. Just go in and find the counter with "'International'" written on it. If you use the joint train ticket to make a reservation, you must show your ticket. The booking fee is 54FF, and the conductor will give you a boarding card with the seat number card on it. Arrive at the station 3 minutes early to find the platform and enter from the station gate. You can see a huge timetable in the atrium, which indicates the time, shift and platform. Usually, the platform where the train stops will be displayed half an hour ago. I sincerely suggest that you get familiar with the environment earlier, because the platform arrangement is' unexpected' and the label is unclear. Some platforms are in the station atrium, some are on the right side, and the distance between the two sides is quite long. In addition, the train departure time is very accurate. If you make a mistake, Recommended itinerary in Provence 1. Famous lavender viewing places in Provence: the flower fields of Sault Monastery in Luberon)Sault Mountain and Schmiena Mountain are the most famous lavender viewing places in this area, which is also the story background of the book "Years in the Mountain" and is known as one of the most beautiful valleys in France. There is a monastery in the 12th century on the mountain, and there is a large lavender flower field in front of Senak Monastery, which is planted by monks in the courtyard and has different colors of lavender. Schmieja in Simiane-la-Rotonde, Schmieja, is a distinctive mountain city. At the top of the mountain stands a castle Rotonde built in the 12th and 13th centuries, surrounded by a large lavender flower field. Standing in the town of Schmieja, purple flower fields can be seen everywhere, spreading endlessly. 2. Tour around Luberon (Luberon) is the southern part of Walkretz province, and the place written in Peter Mayer's A Year in Provence is here. Roussillon (Luxiyong) is a colorful village, with pink, bright orange and bright yellow houses scattered around the village like angel's toys. Gordes is a rock villa, and there is also a lavender museum in Gordes village, with an old-fashioned lavender oil press at the door. The museum shows all kinds of appliances in lavender farmland. Aix is the hometown of the painter Paul Cezanne. It has been a university town and a famous "spring city" since the Middle Ages. This is the ancient capital of Provence in Rome. The city is famous for its unique cooking, rose wine and Provence dialect, the language of Tebe. In Oranges, you can sit in the Roman amphitheater and watch the play; In Al, you can spend an afternoon sitting in a coffee shop. Every July, there will also be an international photography festival in the fashionable Stone Town, where great photographers and romantic figures who are creating trends will be exhibited in the Stone Gu Xiang and Little Square. Provence style The life in Luowangs is simple and noble. It is also a rare realm of life to come here to slow down the rhythm, take a good breath of forgetting grass and taste delicious cheese. Arles, an ancient town in South Provence, is famous for its warm and bright Mediterranean sunshine and fashionable artistic style. Anyone who has seen the Biography of Van Gogh will probably remember that outstanding painters once created and lived here. The streets, houses and bars here are full of strong artistic atmosphere. Ancient Roman architecture (the Arabs are descendants of the ancient Romans), artists' works and people living in modern civilized society live in harmony, quiet and beautiful here. Every year in July, a fashionable international photography festival will be held here. On the Stone Gu Xiang and Little Square, great photographers and romantic figures who are creating trends today will be exhibited. Shopping in Provence: High-quality grapes and wines are produced locally, of which 2% are high-grade and top-grade wines. Due to the sunshine in the Mediterranean, the grapes in Provence contain more sugar, which is converted into alcohol, making the alcohol content in Provence 2 degrees higher than that in the north. Dry peach red wine with a slight orange color is the most distinctive. Common red wine: cotesdeprovidence, coteauxd "aixen provence, bandol. When you smell lavender in Provence, you can know how much your lover loves you. Lavender is not so much a large purple blooming in the field and a fragrance floating in the air as a memory. Harvesting lavender is like harvesting happy love and reveling in the purple sea of flowers. When love is so sweet and windy, the smell of lavender will always float close to the fragrance in the sun around you, filled with memories of missing, just like lavender. The love we walked together can't forget to breathe hard in lavender, and the air has a different taste. "Lavender represents true love" is the most representative lyric poem in the Elizabethan era. The fragrance of lavender is a kind of half-awakened state in life, which is extremely light, but engraved in the bottom of my heart. When you are separated from your lover, you can hide a twig of lavender in your lover's book. When you get together next time, you can know how much your lover loves you by looking at the color and smelling the fragrance of lavender. Lavender is blooming everywhere. Blue flowers and green leaves are full of fragrance. I am the king and you are the queen. Drop the coin and make a wish. Love you all your life, and this feeling will never change. -British folk song "Lavender" In the season when lavender blooms, love comes, lonely people are no longer lonely, and lonely hearts are no longer lonely. Memory is a kind of temperature, a story, a picture, a color, a fragrance ... When the wind blows, it is your taste, and it is the taste of love ... When you have been to Provence, the waves are endless. Provence is a poem of love, and no one can live here without moving. In fact, it is not necessary to love someone day and night; If you like Provence, you don't have to wander barefoot in the sea of lavender every day. At any time, anywhere, as long as you accidentally see a ray of sunshine and smell a trace of fragrance, you can open a purple field in your heart. Romantic and infatuated place is the place where dreams begin and love begins. Provence, France: Purple Knight Love If we can find peace of mind, then we can find Provence everywhere. I am a city dweller in a hurry. I am enjoying the prosperity, losing my health and tranquility. I yawn, have no appetite, have a bad temper, are listless and have a slight paranoia. Suddenly, I wanted to escape, away from all this ... I found Provence and spent a quiet year here. I am lucky. In other places, you may always be just a tourist, but here, I feel carefree, regretless and full of joy. Thank God, let me be with Provence. What a strange and fresh word "Provencalization". They said that about me, and I think it's not bad. At least, I have never been so happy as I am now. Life is so beautiful, there is no need to worry about the present and the future, and even the flow of time seems to be slow and lazy. I like it, I am willing to change in the embrace of Provence. Escape from the city, enjoy laziness, and be a thief of time in Provence.