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No photo travel journal1/20/2024 ![]() On the road I’ll spend the last 15 minutes of each day doodle drawing some cartoonish pictograms – I’m not after lifelike renditions, I’m more after the experience – such as flying through the air in Canada down a series of zip lines, the first being a 30 storey drop! Story map travel journals – Zip lining in Canada When it comes to travel memories – story map travel journals are my poison of choice. They’re quick to produce (so don’t consume precious holiday time) and are even quicker to flick through and relive those special moments. Even though I’m not particularly artistic, even I have managed to create some passable story maps of my travels and it has been both tremendous fun and a great way to remember a trip – I really urge you to have a go at this! My lovely friend Linda of Journey Jottings has taught me so much over the years, and I’m so glad she was happy to contribute to this post by talking about her story map travel journals. When I’m back at home, I love being able to curl up in a chair and flick through the pages, reminiscing about past trips and re-living the happy memories in my mind. The diaries are a great way to re-live my holidays. We often hire a car in Europe so I jot down the cost of fuel each time we fill up to keep a running tally. My travel diary is also the place I record the cost of various purchases. Carolyn’s hand-written travel diary – I have to admit it’s much neater than mine! I also like to stick in any special tickets or mementos from the day. I buy a new travel diary at home and use it to record an outline of our itinerary, any email addresses or contact numbers I’ll need for the trip (property owners’ details for rental apartments, etc.) and this is the first thing I pack in my carry-on bag.ĭuring my trip I update the diary each night with our location, daily activities, weather details and any highlights. ![]() I’m definitely in the old school mode when it comes to recording my European travels and I’ve kept every travel diary since my first trip way back in 1988. Carolyn of Holidays to Europe is the same so I completely relate to this! I must confess that the most common method for me even today is to use a handwritten travel diary, because it’s something I can do anywhere, anytime. Still a place for handwritten travel diaries It’s great to have this souvenir handy rather than having to get the computer and show the photos that way. The kids often get one down and have a flick through or show one of their friends. When the photo books arrive, the kids all sit down and go through each page and it’s amazing to flick through the pages and see what they recall from the photos I added to the book. Sally makes great photo books to keep her travel memories alive and I love them! You can have as many pages as you like, my last one for Japan was 150 pages. Online programs enable me to make my own books and set them out just how I want, in the order that we did things with pictures of where we went and who we met. I came across personally made photo books. When it comes to the crunch we find that we are very busy when we are away and by the time they get to bed at night they are too tired and exhausted and sleeping is a much better option.įor this reason I thought I would find another way to ingrain the awesome holidays we’ve had into their memories. We have been travelling with our kids for a while now and I always have the best intentions of getting them to keep a diary while we are away, even if it was only a few hand drawn pictures. I particularly love that the kids even use them to show their friends! Sally from Our 3 Kids v the World does something I often try to do, but have only succeeded in doing a couple of times – she creates gorgeous photo books (there are so many good companies who do this for very reasonable prices these days) of each of her trips. Gone are the days when a simple handwritten travel diary was the only option. When you travel the world, how do you remember the experiences you have? I was chatting with some fellow bloggers about this recently and these conversations reminded me just how many variations on a travel journal there are.
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