Travel Journal: Escape to the Lot
For a little window this summer, Covid-19 seemed to be retreating, and me and my young family escaped our city home to run around the french countryside for two weeks. I decided to turn it into a zine (you can buy a copy here).
We had booked this holiday in December of 2019, when Covid-19 was a mere small rumbling far away, and just never canceled - hopeful that the whole thing would have blown over by then. It didn’t, of course, but the owners of the house we were renting assured us we could keep our reservation and move it at no cost last minute if needed.
We ended up getting lucky, able to travel legally and safely during this brief window of time where it seemed like Covid was on its way out. It felt odd, a bit scary, and liberating at the same time.
The zine talks about our nervousness traveling through this Covid-world, French food, pigeon poop, French medieval settler towns, castles, and how exhausting holidays can be with two adorable but intense little toddlers.
I hope you feel inspired to get a copy (please? I’ve got like two boxes of them in my mini studio now) and that It may provide some distraction as we head into the second wave. And if you do, let me know what you think!