Are you passionate about travel souvenirs? Do you buy one in every trip you go? How many of them do you have at home? Well, as a traveler, I have collected many of them throughout the years. Most are back at home in Brazil, the ones from the past 4 years are here in Munich with me.
My dear blogger friend Indah from Indah’s: story & photography had the brilliant idea of dedicating a post about souvenirs, Souvenirs that matter. She invited and inspired other bloggers to do the same. Addicted to souvenirs of any kind, I decided to join in and share some items of my collection…
Postcards
As most souvenirs can be expensive or just heavy to bring back home, in the past years I decided to buy a postcard from the places I visit. I have a board in my kitchen where I like to put them there. Some I bought, others I received from friends.
The one below was from Vlad from Eff it, I’m on Holiday!
Hotel amenities
I guess I am not the only one with this addiction! Yes, I always bring back hotel and airplane toiletries. Though, room for them is becoming a problem, so W is trying to keep an eye on me so I don’t bring some more to the collection.
Other souvenirs include this oil painting that I bought in Paris in 2013…
This lamp and camel were bought on my honeymoon in Dubai, and the little sultan with his little donkey, as well as the little carpet under the camel are from Istanbul…
I love key chains, back in Brazil I have a bunch of them from everywhere I went, though I decided to stop with this crazy addiction and the only one I bought in the past years was this one from Dubai…
This cookie tin was bought in Montmartre, Paris, with some delicious chocolate cookies from La Cure Gourmande. Nowadays is where I keep my sweets…
While I lived in Geneva, I found this motorbike plate on the floor and decided to keep it… is it legal to have it?!
I love mugs, each on of these has a story, especially the one in the middle, from the UN… it was a gift from a very special friend back in Geneva.
I also love bowls, and these ones are from Disneyland Paris…
I am a wine lover, so when I visited the beautiful San Marino, I bought some bottles of local wine, including this Tessano one, only produced and sold there. I wonder when I will decide to open the bottle…
My most recent addition was a Caipirinha glass from Brazil, which I bought at the airport when I was leaving last January…
Apart from these souvenirs, I like to keep flight tickets, metro maps (I still have one of Paris from the time I lived there in 2008), airplane magazines, luggage tags, hotel pens, bookmarks, museum tickets, corks from the wine I drink while traveling, coins from other countries’ currencies and much much more! I might like souvenirs just a little bit!
