Stories

The language idea is not a bad one, although feels less like the all-encompassing focus for the writing efforts, and more like a key theme that can be woven into the narrative along with other items. 

The newest inspiration is a fall back to some old thoughts.  The idea of a memoir-type recounting of past trips/visits in the form of a short story series.  It could form a sort of travelogue/guidebook/literary tale that checks a lot of boxes.  Different chapters with different place names, based on true stories but interwoven in unique and surprising ways to form a cohesive whole.  Some obvious and some unknown.  The kind of book that even if it never sells will be a worthy remembrance of the most formative travel.

Some early contenders - Havana, Antarctica, Great Wall, Luxor, Bunol, Kashi, Zanzibar, Cappadocia...  Starting to see an alphabetical theme emerging here.  Assuming 26 chapters is not too much, that might fit in with the whole language theme.  Will have a go tonight at setting out the parameters for a full list.  If you do it write / If you do it right, it might just work.