It's ridiculously easy to spend your life savings in a Copenhagen design shop. We somehow managed to exercise restraint by choosing a few select stores and keeping things small-scale.
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All in Souvenirs
It's ridiculously easy to spend your life savings in a Copenhagen design shop. We somehow managed to exercise restraint by choosing a few select stores and keeping things small-scale.
Here are some things of beauty we brought back from Ecuador to give away or (greedily) keep for ourselves.
The legend of the Rooster of Barcelos tells the story of a dead rooster's miraculous intervention in proving the innocence of a man sentenced to death. The rooster has since become the unofficial symbol of Portugal.
I spent a few weeks traipsing through the jungle and island hopping in Panama and Costa Rica, with only a backpack (and a fiend). Needless to say, spare room was scarce, but this stuff really was worth cramming in there.
I could have packed a shipping container full of beautiful objects we saw in Japan, but alas, I was sensible and brought back just a few gems.
My father spent much of his life traveling. On his first solo trip in the 60s, he found himself in a youth hostel, in Lausanne, Switzerland. On the dirty floor, near his cot he spotted a small plastic figurine.
Wouldn't that be the perfect introduction to a new city? A great map and a sugar high to keep you walking.
A few of you have asked me how to pronounce the name of the coffee pot: Džezva • jez-vah (jez as in Jezebel)
Would you like a hand-made souvenir? Who would't right? I'll happily ship it anywhere in the world.
I can't remember the last time I recieved one. Perhaps it's been 10 years, maybe more...?
"On a rugged carved mountain not far from Barcelona lies one of the most popular destinations of the Catalan region and Spain: the statue of the Black Madonna."
"The Argentine guerrilla and modern Cuba’s co-founding father has been fashioned into a hipster icon."
A round-up of desserts from my childhood in Serbia. I can still get my hands on a few of them, and often just the crinkling of the wrapper is enough to trigger a flood of memories.
If you don't want to break any international laws and bring back delicious cheese products from Serbia (yep, I'm talking 'kajmak' here), then here's a list of more customs-friendly souvenirs.