“There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.” – Bertrand Russell
I have a lot of things that I must do while I travel. Any time we are on a cruise, I have to get at least one photo of the sunrise. It depends on how often I wake up early while on vacation. This might surprise, but I still wake up early while I travel. Another thing that I always do is seek out unique dining opportunties. My goal is to eat at restaurants that are not local to where I live. I try to avoid chains, but there are some chains that are not local to me that are pretty good. The main thing that I do while I travel is try different coffee shops. During our last trip to Georgia, we stopped at a different coffee shop each day we traveled. We avoided Starbucks, and only hit the local shops to the area. We did the same thing when we took our trip to Alaska last year. That was some of the best coffee I had ever tasted. Even though I know coffee doesn’t grow any where close to there, it was still some of the best I had.
One stop on our trip that also had great coffee was Victoria, Canada. Victoria is a beautiful place. We visited there while they were having some kind of music festival. The city was packed. We took a cab that was on a bicycle to get us to the main city from the port. We walked over ten miles that day. The best stop that we had was when we stopped for coffee at the Milano Coffeeshop in downtown Victoria. I usually don’t get lattes, and just stick with a good iced coffee with light cream. The barista convinced me to try a drink called the Stove Top. That drink was delioious. This was a great coffee shop with awesome vibes, and next time I am in Victoria, I am going to head back there.
I wanted my photos to have that classic look, so I used a lens I purchased from Retropia. I love this lens because it is lightweight. This makes it perfect to bring with me while on a walk. I also love that it is made from recycled disposable camera lenses. Lens gives the look of the shots being captured with a film camera.
Through Griffin's Lens 