var title         = 'FRANCE';
var intro         = 'Enjoy this Good Life with me!<br><br>FRANCE: The GOOD LIFE<br><br>Travels and delight all over the world, this time FRANCE:<br><br>• Paris, then down to . . .<br>• L\'Hérault; Gignac, St. Martin de Londres, Palavas les Flots<br>• Languedoc; Arles, Nimes, Avignon<br>• Provence; Rousillon, St. Rémy de Provence, Les Beaux de Provence, Nice, Cannes and . .<br><br><br>NAVIGATION:<br>• click the >> at the right of this page to go to the places described above<br>• click the NAME location at the bottom of each page to go there<br>• the \"Back\" button on your browser will always work';
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var majorCaption  = new Array( 'PALAVAS Les FLOTS                                              my first seaside lunch in France. \"23 strange things from the bottom of the sea. .\"', 'GIGNAC, Vaucluse                                                   a quiet village with a tiny population', 'St. MARTIN de LONDRES, Languedoc                                        where I found two excellent bottles of Pic St. Loup, from the local hillside vineyards', 'St. MARTIN de LONDRES, Languedoc                                another quiet village with a beautiful fountain', 'UZES                                                                one of my favorite places, with a view of the Duc d\'Uzes\' home', 'FRANCE                                                            our Hugenot ancestors perhaps . . ?', 'ARLES                                                                      deux cheveaux in for repair, again?', 'ARLES L\'Hôtel d\'ARLATAN                               our room 27, with view', 'ARLES                                                             Bar de Tauros, drawing, and chatting with Ali . . .', 'near ARLES                                                             L\'Auberge de L\'Abbeye', 'St. EMILION, Bordeaux                                                   a friendly sommelier', 'AVIGNON                                                                           Italian at dinner', 'AVIGNON,  L\'Hôtel PALAIS du PAPE                               somehow, I noted the \'inquisitorial\' poster in the dining room             ', 'LANGUEDOC                                                         view of a village', 'PARIS                                                             sketch of the entry of L\'Hôtel de Sully, and my notes on its odd history', 'PARIS, L\'Hôtel CRILLON                                               Chef Christian Constant and I had fun that day', 'Les MATELLES                                                   view down the old streets', 'Les BEAUX de PROVENCE                                       Chapelle des Penitents Blancs', 'St. REMY de PROVENCE                                               L\'Hôtel Mistral de Mondragan', 'ROUSSILLON                                                      distant view of Castelnoy', 'SOMMIERES                                                                 as I drew the clock, I heard sirens as an ambulance took Lawrence Durrell dead from a stroke, to the hospital', 'St. DREZERY                                                 notre petite cuisine', 'St. DREZERY                                                        from the wine cellar', 'St. REMY de PROVINCE                                 143kg sanglier, shot by M. Durand \"prop. Brasserie du Commerce\".', 'NICE L\'Hôtel GOUNOD                                         our room 52 and its rooftop balcony for les pic-nics', 'NICE                                                               Le Chantilly, waitress', 'AT SEA                                                   on board pic-nic of paté, fruit, pastry wine and cheeses bought earlier in Nice', 'NICE                                                                   Japanese traveller unhappy with the food', 'The GOOD LIFE !' );
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