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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Look For Gifts and Souvenirs at the Grocery Store

Part of the fun of travel is bringing a little bit of it back with you to remember your trip. If you look in typical places like airports, souvenir shops and gift shops you can wind up paying a lot for something very cheap. Having relatives that live in Greece we definitely get to see the "real" Greece and that included going to the grocery store. There I was able to get some Metaxa and Ouzo to take back for friends to try and it was soooooo much cheaper than the duty free stores. I also found the chocolate that I always bought to take back at more than half of what I used to pay in the specialty shops.

Even in American tourist areas, always check the big super stores like Wal-Mart and K-Mart. In high tourist areas some will have t-shirts. My daughter always goes to Panama City Beach, FL with her dad every summer. In the Wal-Mart, they have an air brush place and she gets a shirt from there every year. Although still a little pricey, she still pays much less than the places along the beachfront.

You might also look for souvenirs that you don't have to pay for. When in Germany, we took the coasters with us from the tavern where we stopped to have a beer and bratwurst. We've taken place mats from our favorite restaurant in Savannah, GA since it has a recipe and written history of Chatham Artillery Punch. The staff are accustomed to people asking and don't mind giving you a clean one to take with you. We always get a postcard for ourselves, too. Even though they cost money, they are super cheap. When we remodel our basement, we've decided to take all our postcards and line the stairway with them.

Share your ideas of some of the unusual you gotten for souvenirs. I'd love to hear from you.

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