What souvenirs do you keep from foreign trips? (1 Viewer)

[Andy Adcock]

I always retain a nice bank note, here are just a few of my favourites.

 

[delia todd]

LOL I always seem to end up with an odd bank note, which doesn't seem a large enough one to get changed.

No, I don't bring back anything to actually keep (except pictures) as I've enough junk in my flat I don't want any more LOL. I may bring back leaflets of reserves etc I've visited.

But my main thing is locally made chutney or jam that is made from something different that I can't get here.... like Rosella jam... gorgeous.

 

[birdboybowley]

Same here, always bring back a clean, low denomination note.....and a fridge magnet!

 

[Mike Crawley]

I haven’t been on many "real" foreign birding trips but here a small selection of my birding trip related fridge magnets, although having a fridge built into kitchen cabinets these have been forced into becoming "radiator magnets"

 

[delia todd]

That's a good idea, never thought about putting on radiators.

 

[Kits]

Fridge magnets. My daughter brought one back from a school trip 22 years ago, and I now have a huge collection. They are displayed on three large magnetic boards in my kitchen. One is for UK magnets, one for European and one for long haul.

 

[Mike Crawley]

That's a good idea, never thought about putting on radiators.

we use them to hold up the various drawing the granddaughters produce when they visit.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

That's a good idea, never thought about putting on radiators.

What's a radiator?

I haven't seen a radiator since I was a kid.

 

[delia todd]

What's a radiator?

I haven't seen a radiator since I was a kid.

Doesn't it get cold in PA Jeff, or do you have underfloor heating?

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

I keep multiple bank notes - anything up to a value of roughly $25 equivalent. And if I go back to a country and they've changed their bills, I gather a new set. I have about 4 binders full of them so far.

I also pick up the occasional fridge magnet.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Doesn't it get cold in PA Jeff, or do you have underfloor heating?

Oh, it gets cold. It's about 8ºC this morning.

The house I grew up in was built in the 1920's. It had radiators. But most new construction in the US has some form of central heating, either electric, oil, or gas. My apartment has an electric heat pump that also works as central air conditioning in the summer.

 

[Jos Stratford]

Like a few others, banknotes - many dozens of different country's notes now.

Plus quite a bit of furniture - chairs, tables, etc

 

[Jos Stratford]

One of the tables, from Eswatini ... somehow managed to get that on the plane as hand baggage 😅

 

[MiddleRiver]

Same! I try and get a nice new'ish bill, if possible with iconic image. One of these days I'll put them is some sort of album...

I always retain a nice bank note, here are just a few of my favourites.

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[Mike Crawley]

The house I grew up in was built in the 1920's. It had radiators. But most new construction in the US has some form of central heating,

My house was built in the 60s and we have gas fired central heating, the picture is the top of a 6 foot, upright, radiator. Incredibly efficient, compared to the gas central heating system in my first house (1982-ish)

 

[lgonz1008]

If there's a different currency, then coins and bills.

But usually I like taking a small consumable that can be enjoyed months after, coffee, chocolate, etc. Not enough to last more than a few months but enough to get you smiling remembering that trip and "wean you off" the trip's high/travel mindset.

 

[Ignatius]

Photographs. Food recipes.

 

[ovenbird43]

If there's a different currency, then coins and bills.

But usually I like taking a small consumable that can be enjoyed months after, coffee, chocolate, etc. Not enough to last more than a few months but enough to get you smiling remembering that trip and "wean you off" the trip's high/travel mindset.

Same! Also quite often a bottle of some locally-produced liquor or wine.

Once in a great while I'll also purchase some small piece of artwork. I have a coffee cup with a hand-painted sunbird on it from my trip to South Africa in 2010, it's still one of my favorites.

 

[Mono]

My best souvenir is a piece of bamboo that had been chewed by a wild Giant Panda.

 

[jurek]

I remember that Madagascar had especially nice wildlife banknotes.

I often bring small pieces of rocks or such. I also used to bring bird feathers.