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October 29, 2013

Of Gypsy Caravans & Truffle Hunting

By Maryanna Gabriel

"Gypsy Caravans"
"Morning Going Out To Work"
We were resting when a woman in gypsy garb rode by on a horse and I sat up astonished. Walking into the woods between fields we passed a colourful caravan and I asked our guide, Thierry, if there were gypsies in Provence. He said yes. The fields were being hayed and grapes were ripening in neat, orderly rows. We walked on a pathway screened by vegetation and lined by oak trees. Thierry stopped us and told us how his father hunted truffles and what his father had taught him. Thierry pointed to the ground and showed us what to look for and answered the question that the French don’t use pigs as the pigs are rather prone to eating the truffles but instead use dogs. These paintings by Van Gogh done in 1888 seem to capture the moment, effortlessly spanning the centuries