Hello all,
I've been pretty busy lately with all my traveling, crafting, and going to work. Recently, I started a personal project that will be rather time consuming, but fabulous in the end. As many of you know, I spent 6 weeks vacationing in Europe this year.
Putting a month and a half's worth of vacation memories into one book will be challenging, especially since I experienced so much every single day! The first order of business will be to come up with a method of organizing everything so the book flows smoothly.
So far, I'm still deciding whether to break the book down into countries or turn it into more of a daily/weekly log. I'm leaning toward the countries, I think... we'll see.
I purchased a 12x12 faux leather scrapbook with a window in the front cover at my local Michaels store. In the window, I placed a card with a hand written quote, "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."~St. Augustine.
As this particular scrapbook is dedicated soley to my trip overseas, the quote is quite fitting. It is also quite true, so great! A sprinkling of other quotes will also be incorporated throughout the book. Here are a few I found:
"One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things."~ Henry Miller
"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware."~ Martin Buber
"Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going."~ Paul Theroux
"A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles."~ Tim Cahill
"I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them."~ Mark Twain
"Not all those who wander are lost."~ J.R.R. Tolkien
"Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen."~ Benjamin Disraeli
"Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation."~ Elizabeth Drew
"Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind."~ Seneca
"It is not down in any map; true places never are." ~Herman Melville
"And that’s the wonderful thing about family travel: it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind."~ Dave Barry
"Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness." ~ Ray Bradbury
"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home."~ James Michener
"If God had really intended men to fly, he’d make it easier to get to the airport."~ George Winters
"I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad."~ George Bernard Shaw
"I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine."~ Caskie Stinnett
"A passport, as I’m sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between countries, so the officials can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly."~ Lemony Snicket
"The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see."~ GK Chesterton
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."~ Helen Keller
"No matter where you go, there you are."~ Unknown
"If you don’t know where you are going, any road will lead you there."~ Unknown
"Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter."~ Izaak Walton
"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware."~ Martin Buber
"Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey."~Pat Conroy
"It's not an adventure if you know where you're going."~Me
I've been pretty busy lately with all my traveling, crafting, and going to work. Recently, I started a personal project that will be rather time consuming, but fabulous in the end. As many of you know, I spent 6 weeks vacationing in Europe this year.
Putting a month and a half's worth of vacation memories into one book will be challenging, especially since I experienced so much every single day! The first order of business will be to come up with a method of organizing everything so the book flows smoothly.
So far, I'm still deciding whether to break the book down into countries or turn it into more of a daily/weekly log. I'm leaning toward the countries, I think... we'll see.
I purchased a 12x12 faux leather scrapbook with a window in the front cover at my local Michaels store. In the window, I placed a card with a hand written quote, "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."~St. Augustine.
As this particular scrapbook is dedicated soley to my trip overseas, the quote is quite fitting. It is also quite true, so great! A sprinkling of other quotes will also be incorporated throughout the book. Here are a few I found:
"One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things."~ Henry Miller
"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware."~ Martin Buber
"Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going."~ Paul Theroux
"A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles."~ Tim Cahill
"I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them."~ Mark Twain
"Not all those who wander are lost."~ J.R.R. Tolkien
"Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen."~ Benjamin Disraeli
"Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation."~ Elizabeth Drew
"Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind."~ Seneca
"It is not down in any map; true places never are." ~Herman Melville
"And that’s the wonderful thing about family travel: it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind."~ Dave Barry
"Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness." ~ Ray Bradbury
"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home."~ James Michener
"If God had really intended men to fly, he’d make it easier to get to the airport."~ George Winters
"I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad."~ George Bernard Shaw
"I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine."~ Caskie Stinnett
"A passport, as I’m sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between countries, so the officials can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly."~ Lemony Snicket
"The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see."~ GK Chesterton
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."~ Helen Keller
"No matter where you go, there you are."~ Unknown
"If you don’t know where you are going, any road will lead you there."~ Unknown
"Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter."~ Izaak Walton
"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware."~ Martin Buber
"Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey."~Pat Conroy
"It's not an adventure if you know where you're going."~Me
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