Sixty kilometers (38 miles) from Lourmarin, in the French department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, lies Forcalquier where, every Monday morning, a lively market transforms the sleepy city. It is well worth the hour-or-so drive from Lourmarin to go to the market as well as to see a different side of Provence. So different that, in fact, some would not even consider this area Provence. Technically, Forcalquier is part of Provence. The administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azure (PACA) certainly includes the departments of Vaucluse, Bouches-du-Rhône, Alpes-Maritimes, parts of Hautes-Alpes, as well as Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Ask most people what departments define Provence and most will include at least the Vaucluse, the Bouches-du-Rhone, and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in their definitions. And, as far back as the 2nd century BC, Forcalquier was located within Provincia Romana, the Roman’s first province past the Alps and was called Furnus calcarius, the Latin name for the lime ovens used at the time. But, the city is not included in Michelin’s guide to Provence or Rick Steves’ Provence and The French Riviera. And if you read a lot of Peter Mayle—for the Rip Van Winkles of the world, Mayle is the English author who wrote A Year In Provence—you may come away with the misbegotten [...]