Dear Passport…

78 thoughts on “Dear Passport…”

1. Beautiful photos! You should try visit korea.

   1. I’m afraid that I’m not very good in hot and humid countries any more

      1. Oh! Korea is cold, december until march. 😊

2. Wonderful! What a lot of memories for the future!

   1. Still one or two places to write about, but I think I may have covered most of them. My blog will hopefully bring these places alive for me again in the future.

      1. Excellent! I’m dotage planning at the moment 😉

3. Oh I love this post, Jude. It’s like those unfolding postcard wallets that you used to get with a myriad views of Wales. But yours is so much more wonderful – what places you have see. You’ve reminded me, too, of how bereft I felt when I had to replace my 1990s passport which was filled with evidence of my comings and goings in Africa. I loved having stamps from Lusaka. The immigration people were so lovely there. 🙂

   1. My older passport was full of interesting stamps too, this last one was quite boring really apart from the India Visa! And of course no European stamps 😦

4. A great post and some classic places! I’ve just had to replace my passport – it felt a little poignant as if you’re somehow leaving those places behind. At the moment it’s bare, waiting for my first journey of the new era!

   1. That’s sort of what I felt Susan. It seemed a shame just to file it away without paying some respect to where it had taken me. How exciting to have the new, blank one waiting for the next journey though 🙂

      1. Yes, you’re right. It’s also interesting to see photos from the era, especially as time passes. I visited China and Hong Kong on my old passport, but I’d guess they’ve both changed more than I can imagine.

5. Gorgeous post Jude. I LOVE the Venice washing shot. How the heck do they get the washing up there in the first place? As for those colourful huts in Muizenberg, I think I might have seen those a few times myself 🙂

   1. Thanks Karen! Yes you may be well acquainted with the beach huts – my favourites 🙂

6. you have made that little red book worth every moment of its tenure – so many beautiful memories you’ve captured too. Wishing you many more with the new one!

   1. Thank you Laura – somehow I think this one will not be as well used. I am a little tired of flying for one thing.

7. This is a great idea for a post. 🙂 You have been to a wide variety of places – some I have been to, and some that are on my list. I always think it is a shame that we don’t get our passports stamped when we visit European countries now (or maybe you can request it?) – if we did, mine would be quite full!

   1. Ha! I have just said the same in response to Pete’s comment 🙂

8. We were only discussing this recently. I was actually wondering if it will be worth renewing mine when it runs out. As long as we have Ollie, we are unlikely to leave him, or the country. Somewhere, I still have my original, old-style passport. They cut the corners off, so I could keep it for the memories.
   That has all the ‘best’ stamps in it.
   This would be a good idea for one of your challenges Jude, though your extensive travels might make (some of) us feel as if we have hardly travelled.
   Regards as always, Pete. x

   1. I was saddened when they stopped stamping passports in Europe, I like looking at all the pretty stamps, one of my earlier passports has loads of stamps, more recent passports have loads of empty pages left. I think you should only have to renew a passport when you run out of room!

      1. My first passport (the old blue UK one) is quite exciting because it has stamps from Europe, and a visa and residence permit for other countries. When I had to renew it, because it contained a current visa, it was fastened to my new one with a fancy ribbon and seal – I felt very important!

         1. I have an old blue one somewhere too!

9. What a wonderful memento of all your travels Jude – your passport has taken you to some beautiful places over the last 10 years. How did you find Geneva and Lisbon? Both possibilities for us next year. Have been through Geneva by train but never stayed there – though it might make a good base for Lake Leman and even going up into the mountains. We had lunch once by the lake in Montreux – it was wonderful (we’d caught the Golden Pass train over from Lucerne and Interlaken) 🙂

   1. Geneva is VERY expensive. I had a simple salad there that cost €20! One nice thing though is that you get a free travel pass from the hotel you stay in which is a bonus for getting around and transport is easy to use. A nice old city and good trips on the lake to other towns along the lakeside including Yvoire in France. I have heard that Annecy in France is a good place to stay in and you can access Geneva from there.

      Lisbon on the other hand is very reasonable and a city you can walk around (as long as you don’t mind the hills and cobblestones). Good transport system, even getting to Cascais and Sintra by train for a day out. I’d probably stay in Cascais and visit Lisbon on a day trip or two.

      1. Thanks Jude for such a comprehensive reply – very useful! 20 Euro for a salad my goodness. We have stayed a few times in Switzerland but I don’t remember it being quite that pricey. We could always buy bread and cheese from Migros, which I did when backpacking as a student in Switzerland! I have heard wonderful reports of Annecy too and it has the lake and mountains, which we love. We’ll be on a tight time frame though so it may be easier to stay somewhere like Geneva with its good travel connections especially if you can get a free travel pass from the hotel. Our daughter has recently been staying in Sintra (her London housemate comes from there and she stayed with her and her parents for a few days). She says it’s gorgeous and you can catch the train in to Lisbon (which she also did as a day trip). I actually love the sound of the hills and cobblestones so that doesn’t put me off. Thanks for all the info 🙂

         1. You are very welcome 🙂

10. Love this post Jude. Might get mine out!

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