Gifts from Europe?
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Anonymous
| My boyfriend is taking a week long trip to Europe starting in a couple of days. I've never traveled to Europe and he said that he wants to bring me back a gift. I am at a loss in regards to figuring out what I would like. He'll be in London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Germany(maybe Berlin or Frankfurt). A friend of mine travel to his native country and brought back currency and a Native Middle Eastern dress, which I adore. I would prefer something that can't be purchased here in the US. Any suggestions? |
Anonymous
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Everything can be purchased here in the US. Its an open market and an international economy.
Get some French perfume or something and be done with it. |
Anonymous
| A diamond ring |
Anonymous
| Christmas ornaments from Germany. Delft (or weed) from Amsterdam. Macarons or shoes or a nice Sauternes from Paris. A Barbour coat or ginger biscuits from London. |
Anonymous
| It's all pretty much the same junk as we have, even all the cheap souvenirs we see at tourist stores. With the euro still being worth more than the USD, not many deals anymore. |
Anonymous
Your boyfriend is going to a lot of places in just one week. He won't have much time to shop 
Something from a shop at an airport or train station....hmm....generic local brands of chocolate or candy? Perfume from duty free? When I was little back in the 1980s and wasn't accompanying my parents on their European travels yet, they always brought back one or two local board games. That's how I ended up with the British and German versions of Monopoly. It was great fun trying to figure out the cards in German. Not sure if you want a gift like this
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Anonymous
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I just shipped a care package from Germany to the US. I included the Deutch monopoly game, several different brands of chocolates (Milka, Ritter), some mustard (don't laugh, the Germans do mustard like no other), some cookies that my family likes.
You could always ask for a dirndl (traditional German outfit). Ask him to pick you up a few bottles of wine (if you drink). It's very inexpensive in Europe and very good. |
Anonymous
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Parisian here. I used to return with boxes of Lenotre chocolate for my friends. They are excellent, but he will need to find a Lenotre chocolaterie, the airport Maxim stuff is nowhere near as good. Macarons don't last past 48 hours at the most, and those he can get at the airport from Laduree, so it's a good excuse to polish off the whole box as soon as he comes back! Now what I do, since my friends are all artsy-farty, is to go to the Louvre gift shops and buy art-oriented baubles - but not the same stuff that you can buy at the National Gallery of Art. They have plenty in the Marie-Antoinette line, great stuff for children, particularly the most gorgeous (and expensive) duchess and duke costumes for kids, so if there is a special child in your life... For food, he can buy tiny Maille mustard assortments, that's always fun, or tins of butter cookies from Brittany (Bretagne). |
Anonymous
| Chocolate. Always chocolate. |
Anonymous
| Kinder eggs! |
Anonymous
+1000 |
Anonymous
I picked some up over the winter and was unimpressed with them now, they've changed. |
Anonymous
FYI- Kinder eggs are banned by U.S. customs & border patrol. (Don't get caught) http://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/2012-03-23-040000/cross-border-travelers-are-reminded-kinder-egg-ban |
Anonymous
| Kinder eggs are illegal. They take it very seriously too. Not worth it in my opinion. |
Anonymous
| Do you like Birkenstocks? One of the few things that are significantly cheaper in Europe compared to US. |