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A glass of chilled rose served with shaved black truffles over baguette slices at Ayme Truffe in Grignon, where guests on the inaugural Soulful Epicurean Expeirence itinerary went on a truffle hunting excursion.

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A taste of Provence

A glass of chilled rose served with shaved black truffles over baguette slices at Ayme Truffe in Grignon, where guests on the inaugural Soulful Epicurean Expeirence itinerary went on a truffle hunting excursion. Photo Credit: Nicole Edenedo

A glass of chilled rose served with shaved black truffles over baguette slices at Ayme Truffe in Grignon, where guests on the inaugural Soulful Epicurean Expeirence itinerary went on a truffle hunting excursion.

Gordes, a famous village in France's Provence region whose hillsides covered in stone-colored homes have come to be synonymous with the idyllic French countryside.

Bouchon Les Lyonnaise in Lyon, a cafeteria-style restaurants where locals and visitors go for traditional Lyonnaise cuisine.

Tripe sausage with poached eggs and potatoes, a traditional Lyonnaise dish served at Bouchon Les Lyonnaise in Lyon, where the Soulful Epicurean Black heritage itinerary docks for two nights while on the Rhone River in France.

Tata Sénégalais de Chasselay, a cemetery and a World War II memorial for the nearly 200 Senegalese servicemen who were massacred by German Nazi forces in 1940 in the open field surrounding the memorial site. It's a stop on the Soulful Experience cruise, which operates on the Colors of Provence itinerary on the Rhone River between Arles and Lyon.

Close up of a terracotta sculpture that's part of a series of clay sculptures focusing on fertility and childbirth by Senegalese sculptor, Seyni Awa Camara, who is a featured artist at Fondation Blachere in Bonnieux, Provence.

Street art portrait of an Afro Caribbean woman painted on a garage door in Little Africa, a cultural hub and neighborhood in Paris, where the Soulful Experience itinerary takes guests on an afternoon excursion.

The author rests underneath a Paris sign honoring Josephine Baker, an African American entertainer and expat who made France her home and became a national icon of the country. Part of a stop on the three-night extension to Paris for the Soulful Experience river cruise itinerary.