Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/05

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Subject: [Leica] oops! Going to France instead....
From: Five Senses Productions <fls@home.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 01:09:46 -0700

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