I am traveling to Italy for a workshop &vacation. I want to take along some small gifts. Any ideas?

I live in northern Italy and bring See's Peanut Brittle back with me sometimes. It's different from candies that you can get here. The chocolates are just another brand though. there are many, many good chocolate makers throughout Europe. Italy hosts several chocolate festivals during the year including a huge Eurochocolate festival in Perugia in October. The keychains are a good choice and I like the bookmarks rather than postcards. You could also consider calendars with photos of the San Francisco area.

If you were visiting me, I'd want a loaf or two of sourdough bread. I was diverted through the SF airport on the way back to Italy from Denver last year and picked up a couple of loaves at the airport for the family that lives upstairs - that went over pretty well. If you're looking for handouts for people at the workshop rather than a couple of personal gifts, that isn't very practical though.

Plastic Cups with peoples names. There are also some skinny cups they are glass but very small so you can wrap around some clothes and they shouldn't break. Since your going to Italy maybe small replicas of the Tower of Pisa or the Trevi Fountain. But if you want to get gifts for many people the most economic and still a great git is a keychain especially if it has the person's name.

Hope I helped! and have a great trip!

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