E is for Emotions {FREE Printable}

We made it to day 5.

Yay!

For those of you wondering what I’m talking about, this is Day 5/Letter E of theA-Z Blogging Challenge. I’m doing prompts for a kid’s travel journal. So far I’ve done A, B, C, and D.

And today is E. Day 5.

Everyday throughout the challenge I’ll write a prompt for a travel journal for kids, write some words about, and give you a free downloadable that corresponds to the prompt. By the end of the month you’ll have a 26 page travel journal ready to go (if you follow every day). Follow now, though, come mid-May, the printables will be gone.

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Kids Travel Journal: E is for Emotions

There are certain moments in my travel history that will be forever engrained in my mind.

The Eiffel Tower at night.

The third time I saw the Eiffel Tower it was at night. I was living in Germany and met up with one of my high school friends who was visiting Paris with her school. I was, unfortunately, an obnoxious teenager living in Europe. The Eiffel Tower? Been there. Done that. But, I wanted to hang out with my friend and that’s where they went.

I have no idea where we were, but we turned the corner, and there it was. The Eiffel Tower at night. If I could draw a picture of how I felt at the moment, I’d have to find a way to mix absolute wonder with a newfound appreciation for being appreciative of the opportunities in my life.

Landing at the Beijing Airport

Awe. I was sitting on the plane listening to Coldplay’s “Fix You”. I know absolutely nothing about music, but the combination of the instruments, words, and what I was seeing out of the window was the closest to a spiritual connection I’ve ever had. And when I hear that song today, it takes me back to that moment.

Hogmanay’s Torchlight Procession

This is one of those events that I constantly tell people they have to experience once. We took our one year old to Edinburgh to experience Hogmanay. Little did we know that most of the three day festivities weren’t too child friendly. But, the one event where hundreds (thousands?) carried fire on torches? Perfect.

This was another night time event. We walked from Edinburgh Castle to Calton Hill. Bagpipes. Trails of people as far as you can see both ahead of us and behind us. All topped off with more bagpipes and fireworks. And one of the best beef sandwiches I’ve ever had.

My feeling here? Maybe this was the closest I’ve ever had to a spiritual connection, really.

Travel, You got me feeling emotions

So many people say they don’t want to travel with their kids because their kids won’t remember it. And while that is accurate, kids likely won’t remember it (and I say that because I don’t remember all my trips either), but they will feel it. I doubt there’s a kid out there that could go to a new place, experience something they’ve never experienced before, and just think – meh.

They may not always be able to articulate how they felt, they may not always remember it, but they can write it down. So that’s the travel journal prompt today.

The download makes this a little simpler. A circle to draw the feeling felt when visiting a site, and a box to write where they were.

Download the pdf by clicking on the image below.

Update: The download is now only accessible for newsletter subscribers. Subscribe here. Subscribers also get access to the resource library which includes free downloads once a month. If you’re still looking for something to download on this page, I created a one-sheet list of the prompts created for this challenge. Click on the image to download

Question for the commenters

I know a big part of the A-Z Challenge is meeting other bloggers and leaving comments. So, to help those of you leaving comments, you can either comment on something above or let me know –

Obviously, I have to know? What was one of your most emotional travel experiences?

And next…

Every day during the challenge I’ll be linking to another participant. TodayI introduce…

Along Came a Dog who is writing the Diary of her Dying Mother-in-Law.