{"id":1976,"date":"2020-08-07T19:33:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T19:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/?page_id=1976"},"modified":"2020-08-07T22:48:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T22:48:03","slug":"madame-sevigne-was-being-modest-about-grignan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/?page_id=1976","title":{"rendered":"Madame de S\u00e9vign\u00e9 was Being Modest&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1976\" class=\"elementor elementor-1976\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bee5fac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bee5fac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c5da0b\" data-id=\"4c5da0b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e43bde elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e43bde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-MASTHEAD.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1549\" alt=\"masthead french stones book landing page\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-MASTHEAD.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-MASTHEAD-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-MASTHEAD-1024x375.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-MASTHEAD-768x281.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0dcd0b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0dcd0b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce7f335\" data-id=\"ce7f335\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a3db3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a3db3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Madame S\u00e9vign\u00e9 was Being Modest...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-820b0c2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"820b0c2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dd4c90\" data-id=\"5dd4c90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0274805 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0274805\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/city-on-the-hill-provence-large.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1966\" alt=\"Grignan set on a mount, with lavender all around\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/city-on-the-hill-provence-large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/city-on-the-hill-provence-large-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51364fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51364fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60982b4\" data-id=\"60982b4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3a9ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3a9ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #4054b2; color: #4054b2;\">From time to time, we like to select a city or town on the map&#8230;and go have a look. We&#8217;re not necessarily looking for big &#8216;sights,&#8217; it&#8217;s more of an explore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #4054b2; color: #4054b2; font-size: 1em;\">And one day, we went to Grignan.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b096a90 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b096a90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49b075f\" data-id=\"49b075f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fd8620 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4fd8620\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/town-with-mont-ventoux-in-background.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1973\" alt=\"The Mont Ventoux in the background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/town-with-mont-ventoux-in-background.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/town-with-mont-ventoux-in-background-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4794265 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4794265\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9887ba\" data-id=\"c9887ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30c3fb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30c3fb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Grignan is located in the Dr\u00f4me, a rarely-visted part of Southern France. And that is a shame, because the Dr\u00f4me (the province just north of the more heavily visited Vaucluse) is one of those unexplored, usually passed-over parts of this wonderful country that is definitely worth exploring.<\/p>\n<p>The homes in the region make a subtle deviation away from the traditional architectural style found further south. They seem more orderly somehow. More formal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PerhapsThat&#8217;s the Mont Ventoux in the image above, by the way. The fabled mountain delineates the southern border of this province that seems to be dedicated to the color green.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52cad44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52cad44\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3e02e4\" data-id=\"c3e02e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1272f79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1272f79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lavender-field-on-the-way-to-grignan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1969\" alt=\"Lavender and blue skies all around\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lavender-field-on-the-way-to-grignan.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lavender-field-on-the-way-to-grignan-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d8b235 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d8b235\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f48ec8\" data-id=\"9f48ec8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-089ef8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"089ef8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The main crops grown in the area are&#8230;no surprise, given the image above&#8230;lavender, wine grapes, wheat, and sunflowers. &nbsp;All this makes the area as picturesque as can be.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c3a39b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c3a39b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-013936e\" data-id=\"013936e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71761c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71761c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stony-street-in-old-grignan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1971\" alt=\"The town&apos;s streets are narrow and winding\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stony-street-in-old-grignan.jpg 399w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stony-street-in-old-grignan-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df2d2fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df2d2fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc45e0b\" data-id=\"dc45e0b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8e59f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8e59f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Grignan has a large castle and imposing church atop the mount it is built upon. But the town is best known for being the place from where Madame de S\u00e9vign\u00e9 wrote her famous letters in the 1600s.<\/p><p>Madame de S\u00e9vign\u00e9 (her full name was a mouthful: Marie de Rabutan-Chantal, the marquise de S\u00e9vign\u00e9) was a French aristocrat who is considered tome be an icon of 17th century French literature.<\/p><p>Her letters speak of the age they were written in, and her accounts are full of witty and insightful observations.<\/p><p>Among them are:<\/p><p>\u2022 &#8220;True friendship is never serene.&#8221;<\/p><p>\u2022 &#8220;There is no person who is not dangerous for someone.&#8221;<\/p><p>\u2022 &#8220;I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long.&#8221;<\/p><p>And I love this one:\u00a0&#8220;When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0174828 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0174828\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1922fae\" data-id=\"1922fae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94c2d77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"94c2d77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Madame-de-Sevigne.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2003\" alt=\"Madame de S\u00e9vign\u00e9 portrait\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Madame-de-Sevigne.jpg 400w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Madame-de-Sevigne-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Madame-de-Sevigne-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a021fa2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a021fa2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ceafcf3\" data-id=\"ceafcf3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1afb72d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1afb72d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bonjourparis.com\/history\/17th-century-facebook-with-madame-de-sevigne\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn More About Her Here (charmingly written, very highly recommended)<\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc90bd1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc90bd1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f3901b\" data-id=\"4f3901b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a748290 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a748290\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/roses-and-toit-in-old-town.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1965\" alt=\"Old homes in Grignan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/roses-and-toit-in-old-town.jpg 399w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/roses-and-toit-in-old-town-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e99378 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e99378\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7f8f90\" data-id=\"d7f8f90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c692bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c692bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Grignan has a quiet little square, which was&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">basically deserted on the weekday when we arrived. (It&#8217;s&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">just up from the town&#8217;s impressive <\/span><i style=\"font-size: 1em;\">lavoir<\/i><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">This is a wonderful place to order a drink and sit down for a while.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Madame de S\u00e9vign\u00e9, who knew a thing or two about the good life, would want you to.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">She said that Grignan had an especially pretty view. But in this, she was being modest. It&#8217;s beautiful.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c386f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c386f7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f58c2d8\" data-id=\"f58c2d8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c138347 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c138347\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tower-and-roses.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1972\" alt=\"Roses all around in this Botanical Town of the Drome\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tower-and-roses.jpg 399w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tower-and-roses-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-421ea54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"421ea54\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fb953b\" data-id=\"7fb953b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0529802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0529802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It doesn&#8217;t take long before you become aware of the roses in bloom all around you. That&#8217;s not just happenstance, because Grignan has officially been recognized as one of the &#8220;Botanical Villages of the Dr\u00f4me.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5b4657 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5b4657\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d162130\" data-id=\"d162130\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f859da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5f859da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Grignan-church-built-into-rock.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1967\" alt=\"Saint-Sauveur Collegiate Church\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Grignan-church-built-into-rock.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Grignan-church-built-into-rock-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-057518b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"057518b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9fcff8\" data-id=\"c9fcff8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49293ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49293ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eventually, you will reach the uppermost part of Grignan, where you can take in the view of the church and castle, and especially, that of the countryside that unfolds far and wide all around you.<\/p><p>Grignan. 17th century letters. A castle and church, beautiful <i>lavoir<\/i>, public rose garden, festivals in July nto be missed, and crooked streets that invite wandering.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b86543 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b86543\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81e97b3\" data-id=\"81e97b3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-280848b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"280848b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avignon-et-provence.com\/en\/tourism-provence\/grignan\" target=\"_blank\">More Information About Beautiful Grignan<\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15ec875 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15ec875\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1973a5\" data-id=\"c1973a5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38338cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"38338cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/grignan-map-reduced.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1968\" alt=\"Saint Siffret to Grignan map\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/grignan-map-reduced.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/grignan-map-reduced-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63bc5b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63bc5b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8da9670\" data-id=\"8da9670\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5078c4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5078c4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to get there from Saint Siffret<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madame S\u00e9vign\u00e9 was Being Modest&#8230; From time to time, we like to select a city or town on the map&#8230;and go have a look. 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