Pocket Memo #23: Trips Where You Take Photos, Trips Where You Don't

◾️Today's Pocket Memo
Girls' Trip, Married Couple, Photos

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When I was single, traveling meant going out with friends.

No matter what tourist spot we went to, it was fun.
We would line up, strike poses, and make funny faces.
In places with sculptures, we would mimic them and giggle while taking photos.



After getting married, it was all family trips.
Friends start their own families at different times.

Everyone gets busy with their own lives.
Leaving the family behind to go on a trip with friends is a very high hurdle.

Even so, when we went on family trips with the kids, I took a lot of photos.
I had a strong desire to capture their joy at going out and their behavior, which was different from their usual selves.


When the children became independent and it was just my husband and me.
We don't take any photos when we travel.
Trips with my husband are mostly about a relaxed feeling, a bit away from daily life.
It seems we aren't in the mood to take photos.

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I went on a girls' trip for the first time in 30 years.
We were excited to reunite at the station after so long, and we took one commemorative photo.

When we went to eat, we didn't forget to take photos of the food.

In front of the hotel sign, we struck weird poses and giggled.

I wonder how many photos we took in total.
I created a travel album online and stored the photos there.

Photos we took of each other.
There were over 60 photos from our two-day, one-night trip.

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The girls in the album are all laughing happily.

"I'm taking a photo. Line up!"
I can almost hear the voices.

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