Peter Mayle has done to that region what the Cannes Film Festival did to the Alpes Maritimes, but in mid-May the roads were empty and the hills and fields retained the look of ancient days.

如同戛纳电影节让法国阿尔卑斯地区的海滨诸省声名鹊起一样。但现在是五月中旬，路上依旧空空荡荡，山岗和田野依然保持着旧时的景象。