Making a fictional travel journal feel like a trip

[washitangle]

I've been tempted to make a travel journal for somewhere I haven't visited, but I can see myself filling it with pretty pages and no sense of actually going anywhere. I'd start with one imagined day and include a route, a menu or ticket, and a few notes about the little things that took longer than expected. Those ordinary details seem like they'd help it feel like a trip, not just a moodboard. Has anyone found a simple structure that keeps this kind of project moving?