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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/43303
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I am not sure of what _you_ expect from a travel story, but after what you described I would think of a **coming of age** story: characters are naive and learn valuable life lessons throughout their adventures.

Being in another country, confronted with new cultures and ways of thinking, may be a good starting point for characters that are ingenuous, had lived in their comfort zone for a long time, and have to compose with people they would have never met in their previous lives.

Not all characters may learn something, or they may learn and grow, or learn and toughen themselves, not necessarily in a good way.

The example I would give for such a story is _[L'Auberge Espagnole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Auberge_Espagnole)_, a french movie about an exchange student who went living in Spain for a year because he is unsure of what he wants to do later in his life, meeting others students from all across Europe. Coming there with stereotypes in mind, eventually, he will learn to live, love and what kind of person he wants to be.

Speaking of the locations you picked, Reykjavik is a beautiful town and Iceland a definitely great place for growing characters: I went trekking in Iceland years ago, and I definitely learnt alot, from setting up a tent to knowing more deeply the people I went with, earning and losing friendships, and discovering marvelous landscapes that will stay forever in my memories.

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