re: Souvenirs from places you visited

Coffee cup and a decent tshirt if they have one

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When I cleaned house several years ago to de-clutter, I tossed almost every souvenir I had. Once I looked at them for a few minutes and recalled how I acquired the thing, that was good enough for me. My kids don’t want piles of stuff that doesn’t mean anything to them.

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Now that I'm retired, I've done similar. Unless it has monetary value, then no one else except me gives a shite. If you aren't going to display it, get rid of it. Otherwise, it just takes up space, and someone else will eventually have to dispose of it.

Like the themed socks

I get shot glasses. I have a pretty fun collection.

I have a conch shell i got from the Bahamas, when I bought a live conch and brought to a restaurant and ate fried conch fritters from (decent)

I have lava rock from Hawaii... also have scars from when I skateboarded halfway down a volcano on that trip

Fake Rolex from a DC street merchant in 6th grade

Hat from Canada

Molcajete from Mexico

Pressed Pennie’s are cool

I bought one on my kids a t shirt when I was Spain that had bulls on it with each wearing a letter on their shirt that spelled out BULLSHIRT.
I was told she could not wear a shirt like that at daycare.

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I’ve gotten sand from Omaha Beach. Rocks from the Matterhorn, Croatia, Ireland, Acadia National Park, Kauai, Norway.

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basically theft

leave shite as you find it

I acquired some typical souvenirs from many places that are no where to be found anymore in my home. However, 3 things from long ago have stayed with me through many decades regardless of where I have lived.: A beautiful mountain stream weathered, somewhat large, rock picked up from a stream while descending Mt. Le Conte in the Smokies Mountains. An ivy plant cutting from Esrnest Hemingway's courtyard in Key West that I have kept alive as a normal house plant for 35 years now. And to my delight, a twisted Hickory walking stick that I used countless times hiking in the Appalachian, Smokies, Rockies, Tetons, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and British Columbia in my younger days. This Moses type staff has now become my preferred walking aid that I use whenever I need to walk some distance on uneven terrain even in So. La. due to some balance issues that now affect me in Senior life! Even with it's weathered look from some of the scratches acquired mountain hiking over the years, I still get folks wanting to see it up close and complementing me about it when I use in public. These are among the types of souvenirs that can become treasures.