I've always liked the 'Where I've been' maps that you see in hostels, restaurants, and even the online app. I've looked at a couple different ways of doing it at home. Including mounting a map on a large cork board, scratch off maps, wall decals ect. But I found it is hard to make something that doesn't look like I live in a hostel or dorm room.
There is also the problem of framing. MrFP got a large Asia map, and we had a hard time trying to find a reasonable frame for it's unusual dimensions.
I ended up hanging it with two $1 pants hangers from ikea.
So for my travel maps I chose to break it up a bit. Since, for the time being, we have only been to three continents, I made three maps. I google imaged - blank outline maps - and found blank outlines of North America, South America and Europe. I specifically looked for North America ones with province and state lines.
The colours represent places each of us has been.
Green = me
Blue = MrFP
Red = both of us
They worked out pretty well! And they will be easy to update or, one day, even add a continent.
this is a great idea sweetie, can't wait to see it and to see where you and MrFP have been
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