The Magnet Travelogues

Nrk is strange sort of a pack rat - he collects the weirdest things - boarding passes from every flight he has ever taken (over 150); plastic cards from grocery story membership to expired credit cards; and touristy brochures. The collectible I find most normal though are his magnets.

R stumbled upon this hobby when he started traveling extensively for work few years ago...I am not much of a collector but who knew that the ubiquitous magnet could be such a great story teller? Now no magnet goes on the fridge without my nod of approval! We usually buy a magnet that most represents a place or reminds us of something special like a view or an activity we enjoyed in that place. It makes for wonderful memories and doubles up as a great conversation starter when friends come over.


My favorites are a Scottish bagpipe that plays "Scotland the Brave" , a flip-flop from Florida, a bunch of magnets reminding us of our wonderful honeymoon in Malaysia, a huge red lobster from Maine and a San Francisco cable car with tiny passengers inside. I will let the pictures do the talking...

One side effect though is that our fridge doors are jam packed with these tiny story-tellers and creak every time I open them. Soon we will need to buy a new fridge coz we aint stoppin' travelin' baby!