Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Friends, please don't think me a bumbling idiot for crying wolf about going to Greece so quickly...... My S.O. and I have changed our plans and we are going to France for 16 days instead. Deep thanks to all of you who generously replied to my query about photography in Greece. NOW, a new set of questions.......photography and general travel in France.......recommendations? Yes, I have been there before, twice, but never with my Leica......I feel like a kid going for the first time and I know this will be the best trip so far since I'll have my 2 M6s with me! Again, the lenses I have to bring are my 35/2 ASPH, 50/1, 50/2, 90/2.8. I also have an R4, 100 APO, and 180/2.8. I would love to limit myself to an M outfit only, with 2 bodies with 2 lenses attached and maybe 1-2 more lenses in a pack around my waist. What do you recommend for France? I think we will fly into Brussels, then go by train to all four corners of France, ending up in Geneva for a flight home. Do you think it can be done comfortably in 16 days? How have your photographic experiences in France been? I speak fluent English, French, Spanish, and Italian so I will not have a language problem there. I would like to spend only 1-2 days in Paris and the majority of the trip cruising the heartland and the South, drinking real French wine the entire way! Do any of you have tips, experiences or ideas to share? Thanks, and I promise we won't change it again! Francesco