{"id":115,"date":"2025-01-30T17:13:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T17:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailingjuno.com\/?p=115"},"modified":"2025-12-20T18:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:45:43","slug":"christmas-in-hyeres-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailingjuno.com\/zh\/ports-of-call\/christmas-in-hyeres-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in Hy\u00e8res France"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As someone who loves food and cooking, spending a few weeks in southern France during the Christmas holiday was a wonderful experience. While Robert worked on various boat projects to prepare Juno for our eventual Atlantic crossing, I focused on setting up our new home and ensuring that we had delicious meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We enjoyed our stay at Port d\u2019Hy\u00e8res marina, as it was easy to drive to nearby hypermarkets. Using Google Translate, I had a blast exploring and finding tasty local treats, especially cheese and cured meats, which were so much cheaper than in the US!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To a foreigner who speaks no French, it\u2019s evident that Christmas embodies a celebration of gastronomic indulgence for the French. I was captivated by the shelves in the stores, filled with candies, chocolates, and foie gras. The vibrant energy in the shops and the determination of French customers to create a lavish feast were infectious. One cannot help but marvel: how do the French achieve such slender figures amid these delights?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I returned to one of the hypermarkets just two days after Christmas and noticed a significant change. Entire sections of the grocery store that had previously been dedicated to candies, chocolates, and foie gras were completely removed! In their place, I found new shelves stocked with cleaning products, towels, and bedding. I was really impressed by the speed and cold efficiency of the store operators. The message was clear: holiday treats are only for special occasions! There would be no more indulgence after Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are some treats we enjoyed during Christmas in France on board Juno<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Duck Confit with roasted potato. Canned Duck Confit is such a convenient yet impressive main course for a cruising boat.<\/em> Better yet, Canned Duck Confit has only three ingredients: Duck, Salt, and Duck Fat. I used the duck fat to roast potatoes and other veggies. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chestnut Apple Cake (Gluten Free)<\/em>
I discovered an excellent gluten-free baking flour \u2013 Chestnut flour. Since Robert is gluten sensitive, we avoid French pastry shops. I cried a little inside each time we drove by one. Nonetheless, I managed to bake some delicious Chestnut and Apple mini cakes to spice up our Christmas with some local flair<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A meat and cheese board was our daily afternoon snack while in France \u2014 what a treat!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Talk about analysis paralysis \u2014 so many foie-gras options in Carrefour!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My minimalistic Christmas Decoration! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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As someone who loves food and cooking, spending a few weeks in southern France during the Christmas holiday was a wonderful experience. While Robert worked on various boat projects to prepare Juno for our eventual Atlantic crossing, I focused on setting up our new home and ensuring that we had delicious meals. We enjoyed our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[25,45,47,7,46],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ports-of-call","tag-amel-54","tag-christmas","tag-foie-gras","tag-travel","tag-yacht"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingjuno.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingjuno.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingjuno.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingjuno.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingjuno.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/sailingjuno.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276,"href":"https:\/\/sailingjuno.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions\/276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingjuno.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingjuno.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingjuno.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}