a collection of pictures from ancient times

Days ago I saw a post about the fridge magnet collection and thought I got a nice little collection worth sharing. All my magnets are mainly from my travels, so I'll be adding links for my relevant posts. I also tried to organise my fridge magnets like a map, but overtime, the geography got a bit distorted on my fridge!

Starting from the top left corner is the Nordic and Baltics, I did a day trip to Odense in Denmark when I went there the year before last. The Copenhagen one might have been from a previous visit to Denmark. Then there's Tallinn in Estonia and Riga in Latvia. The latter two magnets were from my trip last year after attending the Hive Bee Con in Krakow, Poland.

Europe is further down. You'll notice the Dutch clogs, the EU magnet from Brussel, Wuppertal is from my Germany trip last year when I caught the suspended train ride, next to it is Warsaw. I went there after my Hive Been Con meetup. Tarnow is also part of the same trip, I still haven't posted about that yet. Further down where it says Achtung, means danger in German, is a piece of the fallen Berlin Wall - so I'm told by the person who sold it to me. Further down on the left is Porto in Portugal, I've only made one post about this trip, there are more to come. Then there's Madrid in Spain, which I've never posted about, and Seville, a rare single image short post from my early days. And finally, there's the Vatican. I thought I had posted about that, but seems like not.

I have a couple more European fridge magnets. The beer bottle opener is from Barcelona and I've put it separately mainly for convenience when I need to grab it quickly. Greece is the only place that I haven't been. My sister in law gave it to me coz she saw I had lots of magnets on my fridge.

Moving down my fridge map is America. These are all magnets from my recent USA trip. I decided against buying a magnet from every city I went to and only got some memorable places such as Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone

Here's the Southern hemisphere. Peru is one of my all time most memorable trips. Next to Peru is Colombia. This is the only post I made with grainy low quality images as I was desperate to get Colombia on my Pinmapple map. Then there's Rio in Brazil, I went to these two countries on the same trip. I remember when I went up to Corcovado to see the Christ the Redeemer statue, it was so foggy that I couldn't see anything. Such a disappointment. And finally, in the southern hemisphere is New Zealand.

Moving across is the Middle East. Petra in Jordan is another one of my most memorable trip. I wrote briefly about it in 2018 and I've been meaning to write a proper post about Petra all these years because it's such a special place. So special that I still haven't got round to do the job properly that it deserves. And then there is the UAE. Abu Dhabi was my last holiday before Covid blew up and our lives were put on hold for a couple of years. Little did I know this when I bought this magnet.

I have spent a lot of time in Asia, but surprisingly don't have that many magnets. Let's start with the pink elephant I got from Chiangmai. I went there after the SteemFest in 2019. Again little did we know that a few months later our chain would change forever. Above the pink elephant is a non la, a Vietnamese cone shaped hat. I've been to Ho Chi Minh City in the south and Hanoi in the north on two separate occasions, but I can't remember when I got this magnet. Next to Vietnam is Malacca in Malaysia, a lovely town about two hours away from the capital KL.

I have a few Taiwan magnets of course, my home for many years. There's a red ninja magnet next to the I ♥️ Taiwan round magnet. That's from one of my many trips to Japan. The chef on the right hand side is from Seoul in Korea. I went to see a percussion show called Nanta, brilliant show. And at the bottom is Okinawa in Japan. Okinawa is known as the Hawaii of Japan and locals don't really consider themselves as Japanese due to historical and culture reasons.

I also have some random magnets.

The pair of wings with a red dot in the middle is the logo for the RAF, the Royal Air Force. I bought it at an open day to support the veterans the other year. The ship next to it is the Waverley, the world's last seagoing paddle steamer, ie a ship that uses steam to drive the paddles. I went on a river cruise last year. I got the magnet Join the Rebellion 1068 in Nottingham in the UK. It refers to a rebellion against the King back in 1068. I think it started or was closely associated with Nottingham. And Coca Cola, yeah, that's a random magnet. Can't even remember where that came from.

Some magnets can be functional. Such as the pen holder, I really like this design, I think, but can't be sure I may have bought it from Denmark. And the one below you can open up a little to put misc things inside. By the way, the round one at the top is my latest purchase. I notice I don't have a magnet of my own home town Bristol. We're most famous for the suspension bridge and the hot air balloon festival each year. If you haven't heard of us, here's a good overview of the city

I hope you enjoyed the little tour of my fridge map. Let me know which ~~~~bus~~ is~~ is your favourite one.