For her, all roads lead home to Maine

0 Comments | USA TODAY, August, 2009 | by Kelly Carter

Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart writes a quarterly travel column and includes her personal photos in her magazine, Martha Stewart Living. She takes readers to Maine, where she owns a vacation home, in the August issue, on newsstands through Aug. 16. She shares her travel highlights and tips with Kelly Carter

for USA TODAY.

Q: Where have you been recently that you liked or were surprised by?

A: I recently visited the district in France near Moustiers where the lavender is grown for the perfume industry. It is extraordinarily beautiful, rustic, educational -- and fragrant! I've always wanted to see the purple fields. We took a helicopter there, which made the trip even more visual. It's my favorite way to travel when sightseeing. You can cover a lot of...