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03-11-2010, 06:58 PM | #19 |
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03-11-2010, 10:30 PM | #21 |
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03-12-2010, 07:42 AM | #22 |
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Yeah, it's funny how things work in the world. I have friends in the UK whose son is addicted to Froot Loops, but they can't get them there. When I was living in Bratislava, we found the US Embassy commissary in neighboring Vienna and loaded up on Coke and peanut butter. We let the young ladies who worked the reception desk in the hotel we lived in try it, and they were disgusted by it! Considering some of the foods we ate there, that was surprising!
I agree with tomato, find something unique to your area and it will be well received. Being in Texas, and especially San Antonio, it's easy to find something that represents the local culture and/or history...even if it's made in China! Cheers! M2
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Wow @ everyone's responses. You guy's really out did yourselves, i GREATLY appreciate each one of your ideas...thank you!
Sorry for leaving you guys/gals in the dark..."member, sex" guessed it...I will be planning to go to Japan...i think~~ :-/ Quote:
tomato - My host family is Japanese..4 members total, 3 this time because I dont know if their daughter will be there this summer~ I stayed for about a week at their house...They treated me like their own, i kept calling them Father and Mother....i dont know their personality nor their age whatsoever, the language barrier doesn't help. I couldn't decipher them, only communicated in little bit of japanese haha. But they are around age 50 or so...or more~They are somewhat conservative though, if that answers your questions. Quote:
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I have found that they dont have Coffee Mate there..i could buy that, since they drink coffee there a lot. Thats so cool, I will consider that for their son. Didn't know we had those! I hope they dont break in the luggage~ Quote:
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I did not know that Obama gave an Ipod to Queen of England, good fact. I'm trying to budget wisely on this trip as I need the saved money to take trains to places... LOL tomato..parents won't be interested in that, but may be their son? Hmm...I love you're responses And thank you for the SFGate link :) Quote:
Hmm Ghirardelli...would work for my host mother. LOL thats funny about the pen w/ US flag on it Would you happen to know the shops name on Grant and the one on Haight St by any chance? Hehe too massive to fit in 1 luggage. Quote:
I will try to do that, although nothing comes to mind of what makes "Fremont" so unique and popular...LOL...maybe i can try San Francisco~ Everyone, you're all awesome, thanks for the ideas/suggestions...keep them coming. I will refer back to this thread during the coming months! |
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03-13-2010, 01:35 AM | #25 |
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i can't remember if it is Lee brand or Levi brand jeans, but if you take a bag full of them overseas, you can make a pretty penny selling them, so those would be a good idea... american jeans are made in other countries, but seem to only be sold in the u.s. another thing that i have heard is american marlboro cigarettes... just a note... take with grain of salt...
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03-13-2010, 12:24 PM | #27 |
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Yeah, when I was stationed in Germany we would meet with the German Air Force on a regular basis. When we went to their base in Trier, we bought wine; and when they came to visit us at Ramstein, they bought Levis!
As a matter of fact, I used to buy Levis for my German BMW mechanic in appreciation for all the great work he did on my cars. Kongo, we actually have ALDI stores in the US. Not down here in south Texas, but they are starting to show up in the northern part of the Lone Star State as well as up in Pennsylvania where my wife's family lives. Cheers! M2
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03-13-2010, 01:48 PM | #28 |
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That is interesting, i did not know ALDI is already in the US.
Well i know another brand which is popular here. Abercrombie & Fitch shirts are not that easy to get because they have no stores in Germany. As far as i know the got some in the UK. I bought mine via eBay but you never know if you get a rip-off. |
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03-13-2010, 03:54 PM | #31 |
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Well, made in is one thing, but American football is pretty much only played in America. I know of no other sport in any other country that uses an egg shaped ball like that.
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03-13-2010, 09:11 PM | #32 |
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Rugby's "ball" is rather similar.
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03-13-2010, 09:57 PM | #33 |
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ahh so it is. a little less pointed though. hmmm it should be called rugby then. its closer to rugby than soccer...
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03-13-2010, 10:03 PM | #34 |
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If they like Coffee, get them some Jamaican Blue Mountain. It is about $40 a pound here and is even more in Japan $60-80 a pound. I have a lot of coffee from around the world, and Blue Mountain is the best!
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03-15-2010, 12:26 PM | #35 |
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Its nothing special that you will get only in America.Except the price variation.But to visit America will be really very good and great gift for your family members.
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