While trudging 220km of the Camino de Santiago last week, I walked between the rain worn adobe houses between Burgos and Leon. Build from mud bricks, adobe houses generally last for about 75 to 100 years, and are usually in a state of roundedness.

It crossed my mind that brown house-shaped soaps, gradually wearing down like the houses themselves, would be a nice reminder of the trip.

Also, after trudging 220km across Spain, soap is lovely.
-- Fishrat, Apr 03 2006

Gardener's Clay Soap http://www.leevalle...cat=2,42551&p=51891
It isn't Spanish, it isn't house-shaped, and it isn't exactly adobe, but clay soap can also be very nice and comes close to filling the bill. [jurist, Apr 04 2006]

It's a castle made of soap...and some other things http://www.soapshap...products.php?cat=11
[xandram, Apr 04 2006]

+ I love this idea, as we tend to bring home 'reminders' of our trips that aren't as useful as this...and in such an artsy way.
-- xandram, Apr 04 2006


Consumables make for great momentos of a trip. Everything else requires storage space and dusting. Pastry.
-- ed, Apr 04 2006


The soap should have pumice and straw in it, so you can have that textural rememberence as well.
-- NotTheSharpestSpoon, Apr 04 2006


Or maybe you could build an adobe out of mud-brick-shaped soap...?
-- DrCurry, Apr 04 2006


Ahhhh.   Awww.   Nice. Could come in cactus, desert flower, even tequila scented versions.
-- reensure, Apr 04 2006


I like transience
-- wagster, Mar 13 2020



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