And now to something completely different.
When Wille turned nine, almost six years ago, we went to Egypt, partly to celebrate his birthday. He was really into all things Egyptian at the time and we thought it would be fun and educational to see some of the sights IRL.
Before leaving to go there we made a pact not to bring home a zillion little souvenir trinkets because no matter how cool they look in the shop they are mostly just clutter when you get home. Wille was a bit of a shopaholic when it come to "cool stuff" at the time (no longer so) so I could sort of see all things Egyptian invading our home on returning.
The deal we made was that Martin and Wille would build an Egyptian temple after we got back and only artefacts worthy of being in the temple could be bought. It was great fun being in those little shops and discussing whether or not an item was temple worthy.
After we returned home Anubis, Horus and the rest of the gang soon found their home in this MDF replica of a Valley of the Kings temple and have lived there happily ever after. The End.
Supercool! I'm all envy... :)
Posted by: AnnaA | January 21, 2009 at 04:46 PM
You guys are so freakin' cool.
Posted by: Patia | January 21, 2009 at 05:03 PM
Great idea!
Posted by: A Thrifty Mrs | January 21, 2009 at 05:08 PM
Very neat - where does the temple live when not being photographed for our viewing pleasure? :)
Posted by: Katie K | January 21, 2009 at 06:52 PM
Very cool! It is so true that most souvenirs end up as "junk" when you get them home. I try to be careful, too.
Posted by: Miss VanDroo | January 21, 2009 at 07:14 PM
What a great approach to travel shopping! And you ended up with such a beautiful souvenir.
Posted by: librarianism | January 21, 2009 at 08:55 PM
Verkligen superfint litet hus! Kul sätt att spara souvenirerna på. Och jag måste säga att jag verkligen gillade din islampa där i förra inlägget! Måste ha missat det av någon anledning. Skulle aldrig fungera här för tillfället dock... bara i frysen :)
Bästa hälsningar Jenny
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Posted by: Milla S | January 22, 2009 at 01:01 PM
"The deal we made was that Martin and Wille would build an Egyptian temple after we got back and only artefacts worthy of being in the temple could be bought."
What an amazing idea! I really hate all this souvenir-clutter, so I usually buy just some music CD with local music on it. And something to eat or some spice.
Posted by: jja | January 22, 2009 at 03:22 PM
I love it! I should probably do something like that to cut down on my clutter too.
Posted by: Annady L. | January 22, 2009 at 04:32 PM
A really nice idea. Last time we went to Sweden we bought all these wonderful glass things from Målerås and we bought some lights at the shop, too, to display them immediately. To enjoy them and not to find them stuck anywhere they look like clutter.
So maybe that's a bit like your idea. And you made a great choice by buying things that go into a temple.
Posted by: Franziska | January 25, 2009 at 08:10 PM