5 WAYS TO WANDER: How Fairytales are Written & Souvenir Skills
7 March, 2025 | Welcome to 5 Ways to Wander. Here are five fresh ideas to inspire your next adventure!
#1 This Week’s Travel Hack:
🔗 The Best Free Souvenirs You Can Collect. Forget overpriced trinkets. Some of the best souvenirs cost nothing.
✨ Collect a postcard from each city you visit and write a memory on the back before sticking it in a journal/mailing it to someone you love.
✨ Start a ritual of filling a jar with shells from your favorite beaches or pebbles from every hike you’ve done.
✨ Grab a napkin with a signature/message from the chef of a hole-in-the-wall restaurant you had the best meal of your life at.
These souvenirs tell way better stories than any keychain ever could.
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#2 Destination of the Week:
🇮🇹 Venice, Italy. Most cities have sidewalks, Venice has canals.
It’s the city of misty waterways, crumbling grandeur, and dreamy gondola rides.
It’s also a city where getting lost is a travel strategy. Wandering aimlessly is practically a requirement here. Turn down an unmarked alley, and you might stumble upon a hidden courtyard or a rickety stone bridge with no one else in sight.
Yes, it’s touristy. Yes, it’s expensive. But Venice is one of those rare places that are still worth it. Romantic European cities like Paris may wow you, but Venice (literally) sweeps you off your feet! 🌊
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#3 Cultural Insight:
📖 Germany’s fairytale roots. Steeped in mystery and magic, Germany’s landscapes are the stuff of legends. The lush forests, towering castles, and quaint villages have long served as the setting for countless fairytales , especially those by the Brothers Grimm.
You can follow the Deutsche Märchenstraße – the official Fairytale Route – where small villages breathe life into tales like Hansel and Gretel and Sleeping Beauty. And if you want more storybook beauty, take a drive down the Romantic Road . Just, you know, maybe don’t take candy from strangers.
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#4 Travel Quote to Ponder:
🌍 “The world is too big to stay in one place, and life is too short to do just one thing. ”
― Anonymous
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#5 Question for You:
❔What’s the best thing you’ve ever brought home from a trip that didn’t cost a cent?
(Memories? A life-changing conversation? A weird but wonderful rock?)
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