[Leica] Back from my trip, and PAW# 27...

[joelct at singnet.com.sg (Joseph Low)]

             Hi Aaron

             Can you share some pictures of Cinque Terre?

             Thanks

             Joseph / Singapoe

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of Aaron
Sandler
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 02:31
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: [Leica] Back from my trip, and PAW# 27...

LUG:

I had a wonderful time on my three weeks around England, Switzerland, and
Italy.  My wife and I got to see friends, revisit old favorite
destinations, explore new ones, and introduce each other to places one or
the other of us had been to previously.

I carried a small (30liter) backpack with clothes, toiletries, spare film,
gifts, etc, and a separate camera bag containing my M6TTL, a 21/4
cosina/voigtlander, a 35/2 pre-asph summicron, a 90/2.8 elmarit-M, and film
for the day.  It came as no great shock to find that I used the 35 most of
the time, there were many times I was glad to have the 21, and the 90 was
rarely used except during my cousin's wedding, when I wouldn't have liked
to be without it.  Altogether I carried about 45 rolls of film without the
cannisters in ziploc bags.  I had no trouble getting hand inspections
during the 3 trips through security in the US (those magic words
"professional film" came through again), I was able to get hand inspections
of my TMax3200 (but not my 800 or lower) during the 2 trips through London
Heathrow, and I was unable to get anything, even the 3200, hand inspected
in Zurich.  I don't notice any effects on the 800 after 3 passes, and I
haven't developed the 3200 yet, but I figure one pass is nothing to lose
sleep over.

Camera-wise, I saw two other Leicas: a black M6 and a CL.  I had maybe 2 or
3 people comment on my M6; a bit fewer then I get in the US.  There were,
as expected, plenty of digi point and shoots and a fair number of digi
SLRs, but I had actually been expecting more; there were a surprising
number of film point and shoots and film SLRs running around everywhere we
went.

Perhaps my favorite place that I saw this trip was new for me: the Cinque
Terre on the Italian coast.  Absolutely amazing.  They're five little towns
connected by boat, train, and walking trail.  We walked between them all
and marvelled at the views of cliffs, vineyards, fruit orchards, and
ocean.  In addition to the natural beauty, the towns seem to have managed
to maintain their identity despite the influx of tourists.  All the locals
came out in the evenings to chat or watch the soccer games on the beach,
any restaurants with a great view that we tried also had great food...they
need it to attract local customers...unlike in many major tourist
destinations.  I'd highly recommend it, if you get the chance.

I'm working my way through the photos I took, and will catch up on my PAW
postings as I am able.  (There's always so much work waiting after a
vacation!)  For now, I present four photos from my cousin Lucy's wedding in
Wales (the excuse for the trip):

I like to think my PAW captures some of the happiness and cheer that my
English relatives seem especially full of:
http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2004_27/index.html

My alternates are snap-portraits; of my wife, and two of my cousins.  They
each seem to me to show something of the personalities, but perhaps that's
because I know them:
http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2004_27/pages/alt1.html
http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2004_27/pages/alt2.html
http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2004_27/pages/alt3.html

Thanks for looking, and comments always welcome,
Aaron

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