Fall is perfect time to travel down South. It is cooler there that sometimes you do not feel like going outside anymore, while down there, it is cool enough that you actually want to go outside… Luckily, beautiful fall light does not depend on temperature, and early morning walks through historic Savannah were full of beautiful pictures of light and shadow. And really, color was not needed anymore…

I was waiting for the summer trip to Ho Chi Minh in great anticipation. I was planning all those amazing photographs I was going to take – only to find myself lost in the noise, crowds and constant movement of the city. Instead of filling three cards, I filled a two thirds. And yet, when I look at my favorites I do not regret.

OK, so I did not get to see the floating market … At least I did see the rice fields, the traditional boats, ate some fruit strait of the orchards, and went down the channels in the rain. 

San Antonio missions trail is a perfect way to spend late spring weekend day. Just get one of the rental bikes, and drive from one to the other. Each one is so very different, in size, in atmosphere, even in how well it is preserved – it is almost like nothing but the name connects them. Not all missions were so surrounded in colorful flowers. Surprisingly, the last one and the one with the smallest church, more like chapel really, Mission Espada looked like it was in the middle of the well kept garden.

For me, it is not about the parade and crowded square and waiting an hour and a half in a line to get lunch. It is a first outdoor event of the season, a first chance to really get out of the house and do something outside. It is also about having something very colorful and exciting to photograph in all it’s abundance. Such a variety of colors, shapes, types – who would think a simple tulip comes in so many varieties?

To make the point, we went on Sunday this year, and hit the square before leftover  Tulip Timers got up.