For this issue, we asked our contributors, “What’s the best thing you’ve ever brought home from your travels?” Click on the pictures for their answers and links to their websites.

I have scored plenty of awesome souvenirs, sure—a red squirrel resin necklace from Ohio, handspun alpaca from Vashon Island, WA—but I love it when I can spend a day doing the exact same things I love to do on a normal weekend at home. That means going for a walk and exploring grocery aisles, movie theaters, crafty boutiques and coffee shops. Living like a local in a totaly foreign place heightens all my senses and renews my appreciation for lovely quotidian routines. And bonus, I get to people watch!!
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