Taking Root in Provence This is a ?warts-and-all? account of life among the French as lived and observed by two former Washingtonians who set out in 1998 to test the vaunted quality of life of the region and in the process hoping to find the ideal place to retire. Preferring the city over the countryside, they settled in Aix-en-Provence where they began to do as ?they? do, adopted the local rhythm of life and steeped the... Full description