Since 2014, I have made a list of countries travelled to by friends and family. In five years the list is:
Thailand, Ecuador, Peru, Sweden
Germany, Australia, Canada
China, Japan, Mexico
Scotland, Iceland, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Spain, England, France, Holland, Italy
Switzerland, Israel, Argentina
Jamaica, Haiti
My interest in world travel started early. My grandmother brought dolls in native dress home as gifts for my sisters and me. (Perhaps that is another post.)
From an early Elfcroft post (and a suggestion for my globe trotting friends):
What happens when you rummage through Grandmother’s end table? The risk is discovery of something that needs to be dealt with, such as hundreds of postcards sent and received over three decades (1964-1994) of world travels with teacher groups. The first sort was to separate sent from received. Then, thanks to Mom saving itineraries, the post cards are arranged by trip, in chronological order. I used three binders, two for Mam-ma’s travels and one for friends and family.
Mam-ma’s world travel
I chose binder pages so the cards could be viewed from both sides without removing from the sleeve. The text, date and postage from country of origin are easily observed. Post cards from Iceland are featured in the photo below.
Why use a camera? Buy post cards.
Having reference maps was essential to understanding the many regions Mam-ma travelled. Originally, I was going to remove the pages from atlases purchased at Half Price Books, however many times I wanted to use both sides of the pages in different section of the binder. Solution: I made color copies from the atlases.
Maps provide context
Itineraries as table of contents
Mom saved all Mam-ma’s itineraries typed in the format shown above. This was very helpful with sorting. World travel of our grandmother’s life time ready to share with inquiring minds.
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