COLLECTING memories
On the first day of our summer holiday, my family will no doubt begin our search for the one memento we always bring home from a trip: a fridge magnet bearing the flag of the country we are visiting.
The tradition started off as a joke years ago, when my husband and I first moved in together. He came home from a business trip to America proudly clutching the Stars and Stripes. A tiny gift for me; something to say ‘I was thinking about you’.
Later, we thought it would be fun to buy one on our first holiday together, to Spain. Then we picked one up on our honeymoon in Japan. And, suddenly, it became a custom of sorts.
The chosen magnet is very specific. A flag, of course, but with no text and no additional pictures or mascots from the country. Often, it becomes our mission of the holiday, running in and out of various
