Although I do enjoy writing travel journals, as the chapter draws towards the end, it often gets more tedious. Â Historically, Cynthia and I become more productive towards the end of a holiday. Â Perhaps we are more used to the holiday rhythm. Â Or perhaps since we often cover the cultural aspect of the trip before the scenic aspect, I end up having more photos to work on in the later part of the journey. Â I do not make a lot of micro adjustments to the photos, mainly to apply digital filters if necessary. Â White balancing is taken care of by the grey card we use in almost every composition, fortunately. Â The most time consuming activity is the addition of captions to each and every photo that I have selected for the album of the day. Â I have to cross reference my notes with the printed materials I have as well as the information available online. Â Also, as the days go by, the camera sensor and lens begin to get dirtier. Â And it takes time to zoom into each and every photo and to comb through the image (the sky especially) and remove those spots. Â Not that I am complaining. Â The end result is worth it, to the two of us that is.
Day 8, we have visited St-Tropez, a town by the sea. Â Ramatuelle. an ancient town with strange life size figures everywhere (see photo above). Â Cannes, another town by the sea and no, we did not manage to meet any celebrity. Â And St-Paul-de-Vence, another ancient town that has a very special personal memory: Never ever try to drive into an ancient town again.
As always, below are the options to read more.
- A travel journal of about 1,100 words.
- A photo collection of 54 photos.
- A quick look at a selected set of photos below.