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How Do You Remember Your Travels?
by Claire O'Neill
October 07, 2013 4:52 PM
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Some vintage !oto "o#venir" $ %o#n& at t!e Marc!e
ea#va#()ligre in Pari"
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Sometime" it tae" traveling to a %oreign lace to "ee "omet!ing
-it! %re"! eye". /ie t!e"e vintage !oto"o#venir boo". ave yo# ever
"een t!em $ %eel lie $ must!ave in )merican %lea maret", anti#e
"!o",
etc. #t "ome!o- it &i&n't regi"ter #ntil recently.
ven +ic! +em"berg, a re"earc!er -!o makes a livinglooing at
ol& !oto", agree& -!en $ a"e& !im %orcontet: 6$ "ee
t!em a lot, b#t never really gave t!em m#c! t!o#g!t.6
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1 o%
$t'" robably beca#"e bac in t!e &ay, t!e"e t!ing" -ere a
&ime a &o8en. )bo#t t!e t!e "i8e o% a &ec o%
car&",t!ey #"#ally contain abo#t 10 "cenic lan&mar" or
lan&"cae" %rom a "eci%ic lace: t!e Colo""e#m, t!e
cat!e&ral in C!artre", t!e Matter!orn. $t'" robably al"o
beca#"e t!ey're !oto" t!at by no- -e've "een a million
time".
9!e"e &ay", o#r vi"#al c#lt#re i" one o% "#er"at#ration,
-!ic! mean" -e're really !ar& to imre"". On t!e one!an&,
it'" ama8ing to "ee !oto" %rom Syria in t!e "ame in%inite "croll a"
t!at retty ca#ccino lea%. #t
e%%ectively, it mean" t!at in a -orl& -!ere i&ea" are
increa"ingly comm#nicate& vi"#ally, every me""age i.e.,
image; !a" e#al -eig!t. /ie, $ "ee a !oto o%
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$t'" "omet!ing -e &on't nee& !el -it! to&ay. 9!an"
to t!e =orl& =i&e =eb, $ -a" "!aring !oto" o% my
travel" almo"t in real time. ere'" t!e -eir& t!ing: $ love
"!ooting %ilm, e"ecially -!en $ travel an& yet on arecent tri $
%o#n& my"el% almo"t ecl#"ively #"ing my !one. eca#"e it'" ea"y,
it'" %#n an& it'" in"tant
%ee&bac. 9!e one t!ing $n"tagram an& little "o#venir
boo" !ave in common: 9!ey're bot! evi&ence t!at -e
@#"t love to "!are.
#t by t!e en& o% my tri $ -a" craving "omet!ing tangible.
9!e"e c!arming little boo" are in no -ayrere"entative o% my
travel": $ &i&n't go to Nime" or t!e Pyrenee". #t my
%avorite t!ing -a" -an&ering t!ro#g!
maret", getting lo"t, %in&ing trea"#re". Aorgive me i% yo#
alrea&y no- t!i", b#t o#r -or& "o#venir come" %romArenc! se
souvenir,-!ic! mean" to remember.
)n& at lea"t er"onally, !y"ical t!ing" !el me remember. 9!ey
al"o !el me "!are "torie". So $'ve #t my
"o#venir", my memorie", on a co%%ee table, !oing t!ey mig!t "ar
a conver"ation.
Or -!o no-", maybe t!ey'll en& # bac in a %lea maret "oon
eno#g!.
taken from:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2013/10/07/230077702/how-do-you-remember-your-traels
