Bi-weekly glimpses into Provencal life and conversations with expats who've made Provence their home. Travel, food, culture, and the secrets of life in the South of France, hosted by Australian writer Alex Lalak.
Postcards From Provence
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Bi-weekly glimpses into Provencal life and conversations with expats who've made Provence their home. Travel, food, culture, and the secrets of life in the South of France, hosted by Australian writer Alex Lalak.
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August 10, 2026
A Local's Guide to the Côte d'Azur: Antibes to Cassis
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" dir="ltr">In this episode, I'm taking you along the Côte d'Azur - the glittering coastal stretch of Provence that looks and feels completely different to the lavender fields and vineyards further inland. I start with the trip that first brought me here: an early train from a heatwave-stricken Paris, and my first lunch on Aunt Juliette's terrace above Antibes that I still think about years later.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" dir="ltr">From there, I work my way through some of my favourite spots along the coast - Nice, with its daily markets and (unmissable) Monday flea market; Menton, the lemon capital near the Italian border; Villefranche-sur-Mer and hilltop Saint-Paul-de-Vence; and Grasse, the perfume capital, where you can bring home a scent nobody else will have. Heading back toward Marseille, I cover Cannes and its quieter, sandier neighbour La Bocca (home to my all-time favourite Le Cabanon), the beach clubs near Saint-Tropez worth actually stopping for, and Cassis, the fishing village that might be the most underrated base on the whole coast.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" dir="ltr">If you're planning time on the Côte d'Azur, or just dreaming of it from somewhere much hotter or much colder, I hope this gives you a proper feel for the place and a few new spots to add to the list. I'd love to hear which one you visit first...</p>
July 24, 2026
Libby Travers: Food, Love, and Building a Life in Provence
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"> In this episode, I'm joined by fellow Australian Libby Travers - food writer, co-author of Meat: The Ultimate Companion, and the voice behind the newsletter Eight Days. Libby splits her life between Provence and Australia, and we talk about what it actually means to build a writing life (and a food life) between two countries.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"> We get into her Provence origin story: a life-changing teenage meal at a tiny bistro that no longer exists, a map of the Mediterranean built entirely around where the olive tree grows, and the unlikely way she met her French husband on a remote path in Crete. From there, the story of the ruin they turned into a home: a year living in a yurt, a house built in six weeks before their son was born, and all the ancient, unspoken wisdom baked into two-hundred-year-old Provençal architecture.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"> Libby also shares her favourite places to eat (including a bistro with a Charles Aznavour cameo you have to hear to believe), the foods and traditions she's learned from neighbours and in-laws, and why Provence's family food rules leave no room for flexibility. And we don't shy away from the harder truths either - including what athe recent string of brutal heatwaves is doing to her sense of the region's future.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"> Whether you're drawn to Provence for the food, the romance, or the whole complicated reality of it, this conversation has all three...</p>
July 9, 2026
The Unwritten Rules of Provence
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"> In this episode, I'm sharing the things about daily life in Provence that nobody tells you in advance. The small, practical rules that locals just know, and that make the difference between feeling like you're fighting the system here and feeling like you're actually part of it.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"> I start with a quick check-in from the middle of a canicule (heatwave) - what the heat is really like on the ground, and the small adjustments that make it survivable. Then I get into the real rules: how cash still matters more than you'd expect, why the countryside internet is far patchier than you'd assume, and why not everyone here speaks English, even in a region so used to visitors.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"> I also cover the deeper shifts: how "productivity" means something completely different in Provence, why service moves at its own pace and why that's worth surrendering to rather than fighting, and the quiet importance of saying bonjour to everyone from shopkeepers to strangers in a waiting room.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"> Whether you're thinking of moving here, you're planning a visit or dreaming of one, these are the rules that will make you feel less like a tourist and more like you belong here. And if there's a rule of Provence you've learned the hard way, I'd love to hear about it...</p>
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