First off, shout out to my friend and travel buddy Maria for buying me my scratch map!
The first time I heard about a scratch map was on my trip to Toronto last October, and from then, I knew I had to get my hands on one. This was way before I had started my travel blog and it was around that time that I decided to make this year my year of travelling, which I have since decided to extend indefinitely lol (too many countries and so little time).