
The lavender fields of Provence in summer
Toronto-native Janice Chung has visited France 34 times since 1978. “Going to France brings me to my happy place,” she says. An introvert by nature, Chung is more outgoing and comfortable meeting new people there, especially since she’s become proficient in the language.
During her career as a school principal, she seized every opportunity she could to spend summers and holiday vacations abroad. After retirement, the trips became longer and more frequent. Her last 12-day visit (to Menton, Nice, and the Côte d’Azur) was in March 2020, just as COVID-19 cases were surging. As might be expected, Janice is sticking close to home right now—deriving pleasure from the memories and photographs she took during those past trips.
Like Chung, many travel enthusiasts have accumulated hundreds (or thousands) of digital…