Hello! Let me introduce myself.
Hi, I’m Simone, thanks for stopping by.
I travel, I wander, and I tell stories. Some people come home with postcards or magnets. I do too. But I’ve also always loved bringing back coins and banknotes, small, ordinary objects that carry history, art, and traces of the places they’ve been. They taught me early on to pay attention to the details most people overlook.
What started as a childhood hobby slowly became a way for me to connect with the world. My mom was the one who first got me into collecting. She passed down a few coins and gave me my first coin books when I was about nine. I didn’t realize then how much that way of noticing would stay with me, but it did.
Over time, collecting became less about the objects themselves and more about the stories behind them. A coin picked up as change in a café. A note folded into a pocket after a long day of walking. The quiet moments that linger long after a trip ends.
Why This Space Exists
This blog is a place for those stories.
Sometimes that looks like travel, short trips, longer stays, and learning how to move through unfamiliar places on my own. Sometimes it’s reflection, what movement teaches you about yourself, especially during seasons of change. And sometimes it’s the small details: photos from city walks, objects I’ve kept, or moments that didn’t seem important at the time but stayed with me anyway.
Coins and banknotes still appear here from time to time, but they’re no longer the whole story. They’re one thread among many, a way of remembering, a reminder that meaning often lives in ordinary things.
What You’ll Find Here
Travel & Place — cities, walks, and moments from the road
Reflections — personal writing about change, solitude, and becoming
Photo Walks — quiet visual stories
Objects & Memory — including coins and banknotes, when they have something to say
Beyond This Blog
When I’m not traveling, I still like to wander. I take photos, go on long city walks, camp when I can, and try new foods whenever possible. I’m curious about languages, history, and the small design choices that reveal something bigger about a place. Like why a certain symbol or animal ends up on a coin.
This space may also grow beyond the page, into conversations and storytelling in other forms. The format might change, but the intention stays the same: noticing, collecting, and remembering.
Thanks for Being Here
I’m glad you found your way here. Whether you collect, travel, or simply enjoy thoughtful stories, I hope something here stays with you.
For me, the things we bring back, objects, photos, words, aren’t just souvenirs. They’re reminders of where we’ve been, who we met, and who we were becoming at the time.
