Gift for a traveller
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Gift for a traveller
I considered that this might be the best place to put this request being as the folk on here are all seasoned travellers!
My 29 year old godson is going overseas in a month or so (Germany, Russia, Scandinavia) and I want to get him a useful gift. He is pretty well organised with appropriate clothing, power adaptors, luggage etc. I was looking at thingies that hold a charge for phone/ipad etc, but he reckons most of the tour coaches have a power supply, and the aircraft as well. He doesn't reckon to sleep on the plane, so no need for a blow up neck cushion!
So I am scratching my head a bit. Thinking tickets to some event in the various cities he is staying in, but I really only know that he will be in Berlin initially, for almost a week, and I looked on visitberlin.de or somesuch, and there doesn't seem to be any events on for the dates he is there. He joins a tour from Berlin, so I guess most things will be organised from then on. He will be visiting Norway on his own towards the end of his trip - mid to late August.
Any ideas though for Berlin, St Petersburg, Moscow, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm or Oslo would be appreciated, as I think he has some spare time in these cities.
So. Does anyone have any ideas? I want to get him something that he will actually use/need rather than some crap that is going to take up luggage space - or worse, just stay at home.
Useful/funny/inappropriate responses all welcome!
My 29 year old godson is going overseas in a month or so (Germany, Russia, Scandinavia) and I want to get him a useful gift. He is pretty well organised with appropriate clothing, power adaptors, luggage etc. I was looking at thingies that hold a charge for phone/ipad etc, but he reckons most of the tour coaches have a power supply, and the aircraft as well. He doesn't reckon to sleep on the plane, so no need for a blow up neck cushion!
So I am scratching my head a bit. Thinking tickets to some event in the various cities he is staying in, but I really only know that he will be in Berlin initially, for almost a week, and I looked on visitberlin.de or somesuch, and there doesn't seem to be any events on for the dates he is there. He joins a tour from Berlin, so I guess most things will be organised from then on. He will be visiting Norway on his own towards the end of his trip - mid to late August.
Any ideas though for Berlin, St Petersburg, Moscow, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm or Oslo would be appreciated, as I think he has some spare time in these cities.
So. Does anyone have any ideas? I want to get him something that he will actually use/need rather than some crap that is going to take up luggage space - or worse, just stay at home.
Useful/funny/inappropriate responses all welcome!
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A small pack of currencies, notes and coins, for each country, and a conversion chart with each. Always useful on arrival to be familiar with the local currency and to have some on hand.
(RU, DK, SE, and NO have their own currencies, DE and FI are Euro).
Phrase books?
(RU, DK, SE, and NO have their own currencies, DE and FI are Euro).
Phrase books?
From what one hears, US Dollars will do, and a handful of brown envelopes. This kit should smooth out any border-problems or minor transgressions of the law. 
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From: The world's most liveable city
Yeah, thinking the money option, though a cop out, might be the better plan. I'm sure he'll find something to spend it on - the birthday money from relatives always seems to get passed on pretty quick, but the paper clips I bought him for Christmas are still unopened! I'll probably get them given back to me this December - same as two years ago!
