When I visit a new country, one of my favorite types of shopping is buying, some piece of clothing with the name , map , or some icon of the place , printed on it. I have no intention of wearing the piece, just keep it as a memento.
From Moscow, (visited in 2015), I've got three cotton shirts . Two of them (one black, one blue) have the map of the Metro in the middle, under the russian name of the city 'Mockba' ( I was very impressed with the city's Metro system).
The front of the third shirt, a white one, has the CCCP letters which stand for USSR - an abbreviation of Soviet Union Socialist Republics. In addition , under CCCP, it has the symbol of hammer & sickle representing proletarian solidarity between agricultural and industrial workers (adopted at the russian Revolution at te end of world War 2.
The back of the shirt is covered with the hymn of the Soviet Union in russian language.
In October 2016, I visited the greek island of Crete .I bought a white cotton cap and a black fine cotton shirt with the name Crete on both items. The little white cap has , in addition, a tiny, delicate map of the island. Now, autumn 2023, I wear that for the first time and feel good with the outfit.
One of the advantages of age is that you don't care about what people might think or say. So, there's a name or map there. Big deal.
By the way, I liked everything about Crete, so much so, that I even considered getting myself a small living unit and try life there for a year or two. Even now I'm inclined to do that; however, islands , in these days of climate change, are a scary option.
