This is the first in a series of posts about buying, renting, and selling our property in Provence. It is an abbreviated version—really, Mom, it is—and a few of the names were changed. (If you want to hear the long version, you’ll have to invest in a gastronomic dinner and some very nice wine.) Please note that, our homes, christened La Bonbonnière and L’Oustaloun, were purchased by a lovely family who continues to rent them both—for more information about these vacation homes as well as others, visit www.RentOurHomeInProvence.com I had a home in Provence at the foot of the Luberon Mountains. The mountain range runs thirty miles from west to east, from Cavaillon to Manosque, and stands midway between Aix-en-Provence and Avignon. A valley—the Combe de Lourmarin—carved by the lovely Aiguebrun River, separates the mountains into the Petit and Grand Luberon. Lourmarin has stood sentinel on a knoll at the south end of the valley for well over a thousand years. Our home was on Rue de la Juiverie, the oldest street in the village. Map of the Luberon. Art by A.C.M. My apologies to Karen Blixen for borrowing the framework of her opening paragraph to [...]