Once a "theme" or focus of travel has been selected, spend some time exploring locally. If someone were coming to your town or city looking for your "theme" what would they find, where would they go, how would they get there, who would they talk with?
Using "tea" as the theme I recently spent time in the coffee/tea/hot chocolate aisles of the major grocery stores in my city, the local health food stores and the specialty coffee shops checking the variety of teas available in my area. I also looked for "tea" in the specialty aisles where imported items are shelved and made a note of web sites listed on the boxes of teas that I found interesting. Text on the boxes can also be used to enhance the pages of your traveler scrapbook, so buy the product, brew the tea and make a note of your reaction. Add this as a journal entry to your scrapbook.
Visit the web sites listed on the packages and download information and quotes to supplement the travel notes from your trip journaling. The resources from the web sites may also provide contacts and locations to visit.
Shopping trips and virtual visits to companies that sell tea help you prepare for the journey that will eventually fill your scrapbook.
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