How Do You Find Inexpensive Gifts And Unusual Souvenirs In Foreign Countries?
Some of the very best souvenirs and gifts from trips abroad can be found in food stores and druggists shops, and shopping with the locals gives you a great chance to meet people and try out your language skills. Before you travel, read about local food and beverage specialties, so you can sample these foods while you’re there and know what to look for in the stores. Visit the grocery store and politely ask local shoppers what they would recommend as a typical or unique food that they enjoy. Obviously this means either stumbling through the local language, or sweetly asking people if they speak English, but this can be a great way to meet people and learn about their country. Consider purchasing some of the following items: tea and coffee (especially in decorative tins), packaged cookies, chocolate, local varieties of potato chips, jams and jellies and spreads, olives, wine, cereal, olive oil and vinegars, jars of spices labeled in the local language, decorative paper napkins, etc. Reme
