Taking the Kids: Having a souvenir strategy
Get a cable car toy to take home!" Laylani, 12, said, or "a mini Golden Gate Bridge as a souvenir," said Alex, 10. They live in San Francisco.
Or something sports related. "A Dodgers (baseball team) bobblehead," suggested Rogelio, 16, Los Angeles. "A mini-bat from Padres Stadium," said Hannah, 11, of San Diego. Cubs or White Sox gear in Chicago; or anything Red Sox in Boston.
One year in France, when my daughter Mel was about six, she insisted on getting a kind of umbrella hat from a street vender. It didn't cost much and she danced around Versailles all day with it on her head, thoroughly embarrassing her older sister.
"It will be great when it rains at home," she declared.
The hat, of course, was trashed before we even came home. But I still smile at that memory. And those are the best souvenirs!
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