Documenting travel memories

Recently a friend contacted me to get the inside scoop for her upcoming trip to Sicily.  She is headed to the beautiful Italian island in a few months, and she was hoping to get travel tips and "must do's" from us since we traveled there a few years ago (2008).  Thankfully, Sicily was the sole trip that we made a DVD after the fact.  The DVD was set in chronological orders, where each day/destination had its own chapter.  The DVD included pictures and some video clips we were able to capture.  Watching the DVD really helps us to remember where we went, what we saw, and the basic order of the itinerary.  The plan is for her to come and watch the DVD and we can discuss her planned itinerary.

I know for sure that if we did not make this DVD, I would be scrambling to put together pieces of our journey by going through email accounts, looking at photos, and probably some internet research (again!).  

One of the main reasons that we never made a DVD again was because it actually takes time and thought to go through it and make the video/slide show look "perfect."  This includes finding the perfect music to go with the slideshow.  We actually started to make a DVD from a vacation in 2010....but it is still not done...

It's quite sad that with the advent of digital photography, I have been more and more lackadaisical about documenting my journeys (before this blog, of course!).  Previously, I developed photos (back in the 35mm days) and made scrapbooks and even jotted down notes in the margins so I could remember certain key points.  But with digital photography, there is no place to really jot these extra notes down that make some of the pictures so special.

(image from: http://www.richardsartsandcrafts.com/SCRAPBOOK.html)

It is my goal with this blog to better document our journeys.  Maybe I will even be so bold as to pledge to write some key items from previous journeys (Sicily anyone?)

What do you save from your trip? How do you compile your memories?