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Posted by Amanda Kendle Jul 6, 2006 |
Souvenir shops and me have a love-hate relationship. The tacky pencil sets, cheap and nasty T-shirts and pushy salespeople drive me crazy.
But I also like to have something nice to take home from a special destination which really impressed me. If I look around me, I can see a colorful woven pencil case which I brought back from Vietnam; a green fountain pen I bought in Vladivostok; I realise I'm wearing a T-shirt from the Arctic Circle in Finland; and on the wall hangs a St Petersburg calendar showing the months and days in Cyrillic letters.
This week's article Russian Souvenir Shopping gives some tips on buying souvenirs in Russia: check it out to learn more about those cutesy nested dolls or buying a McLenin's T-shirt.