I usually like to hear about people’s travels to xyz. I find it less interesting to know about who had a baby, who’s engaged with whom etc. but baby pictures are kinda cute. Usually though the purpose of hearing people talk about there trip is to tell another mutual friend/family member that “person abc went to country xyz” or “had a baby with xyz”. It can drag on after a while so when some anecdote goes on too long I try to fast forward towards the end of the trip or ask “did you bring anything back?” As the last question before changing the subject.

I like telling anyone who’s interested about train stuff, and I’ll share my travels in conversation, but I try to limit it to showing one or two pictures/videos off my phone.