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In Saint-Paul-de-Vence (Alpes-Maritimes), on the main square, in the shade of the plane trees, pétanque lessons are given to tourists. You learn to shoot or point, in the rules of the art.
Just strain your ears to hear the petanque game in the distance. AT Saint-Paul-de-Vence (Alpes-Maritimes), we play there all year round and in all languages. Today it’s in English, with German tourists. For an hour, and for 8.50 euros, we will teach them the rules of the art. First the beauty of the gesture: rolled arm, very supple wrist, always. Simple but essential. Heads or tails, the gentleman wins. That’s good, the game is his birthday present. He is delighted. “You have to concentrate, and have a swing”he said.
Above all a state of mind
“It’s really easy when you play every day, but for me right now it’s not easy, it’s the first time“, admits a tourist. It is up to Olivier Scagnetti to initiate, to tell Saint-Paul, petanque and its illustrious players: Montand, Ventura. “And that’s what makes Saint-Paul-de-Vence“, says the host. Petanque in Saint-Paul is above all a state of mind.
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