Saturday, July 7, 2012

Euro2012 – Souvenirs

 

Pictures of some, but not all, of the souvenirs we brought back from the trip

2012-07-04-SwagCroatiaBag

We collect recyclable grocery bags; that’s our thing and has been our thing for a few years now.  And this trip, until England, was a huge bust on that front.  Visited a few stores in Barcelona; nothing.  Nothing in Italy.  The only one we were able to get was from a small grocery store in Dubrovnik where we stopped to get some drinks and snacks before heading to the beach…

Google tells me it says “With you through life and nature conservation”

2012-07-04-SwagLondonHamleyBag

Now this is a bag!  Look at those rope handles!  From Hamley’s, the big toy store in Piccadilly Circus, the bag was pricy but well worth it.

2012-07-04-SwagLondonTowerBag

We also  picked up bags from the Tower of London and the Globe Theatre

2012-07-04-SwagLondonSoccerCards

Picked up football cards at Hamley’s…..Matthew very geeked by this move

2012-07-04-SwagPositanoBowl

First big purchase of the trip; this bowl from a ceramic shop in Positano…

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Side view

2012-07-04-SwagPositanoVase

and a flower vase.  Suzanne was trying to decide on which one to get when I walked in…I said both.

2012-07-04-SwagSorrentoLimoncello

Limoncello from Sorrento/Positano.  We purchased the smaller bottle in Sorrento not knowing that we were going to get the larger bottle as a ‘thank you’ from the limo company we booked the private tour through (we got two bottles actually; we have more limoncello than we can drink!)

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Wine and olive oil from Tuscany

2012-07-04-SwagVeniceMask

and Christopher’s mask from Venice….the mask, papier-mâché, got a little damp in a bag with water bottle much to the big guy’s chagrin.  But, it hardened back into place and all looks to be well.