![]() ![]() “Each day had a tranquillity a timelessness about it so that you wished it would never end. Other books followed in the series.Ģ – My Family and Other Animals, by Gerald Durrell (Greece) Indeed, you can almost smell the scent of lavender coming off the pages. ![]() The story revolves around the various escapades of this awkward Englishman as he tries to adapt to the local culture and climatic condition – a seminal story-style that was used as a template by numerous other ‘good life abroad’ books in subsequent years.Ī Year in Provence is told with a gentle self-deprecating humour, and will make you smile as you follow Peter Mayle and his wife through their comical capers in the lush countryside of one of France’s most beautiful regions. Published in 1989, Peter Mayle’s memoir recalls moving from London with his wife to a cottage in a remote part of Provence. This was the original ‘quit the rat race and move somewhere rural in Europe’ book. If it stops swivelling after two kisses, I am almost sure I’ve filled my quota, but I stay poised for a third lunge just in case the head should keep moving.” I now pay close attention to the movement of the female head. You have been warned…ġ – A Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle (France) ![]() A word of warning though: an oft-reported side effect of reading these books is a sudden urge to sell up and head to the nearest port or airport without so much as a backward glance. We’ve put together our pick of the top five books about getting away from it all and escaping to Southern Europe. What’s more, they’ve written about their experiences to help feed your dreams. Well, the good news is that a number of trail-blazers have gone ahead and done just that. ![]() How would it feel to just walk out of your desk job, say goodbye to the rainy northern skies and cold winters, and start a new life somewhere in the peaceful rural locales of southern Europe? We’ve all found ourselves dreaming, at one time or another, about getting away from it all. ![]()
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