concession speech

In spite of your best efforts, you have given up hope of this journal ever catching up to real time, i.e., there is still so much from Provence you haven't posted, not to mention Venice (which you're leaving today), not to mention Paris-to-come, where you will meet Pamella this afternoon.  So you'll just post current events as they occur and play catch-up when you can.  You admit defeat.  Travelling is hard work.