My husband and I will be travelling to the Czech Republic in May to meet and visit members of my grandfather's family that I located through my genealogy research. I have been corresponding via e-mail with my second cousin for two years, and she will be our guide and interpreter. We will be meeting relatives of all ages, from teens through the seventies. I have been told that it is customary to bring everyone small gifts. One of my relatives visited the Czech Republic a few years ago and felt quite embarrassed when her relatives showered them with gifts and she had nothing to give them in return. Can anyone on the list give me some suggestions for appropriate gifts to bring to them from the U.S.? Thanks!

Hi! Bring a softback picture book of the city you live in, a calendar of the state of city I live, or last time I had knit fun fur one skein scarves for the ladies and calendars for the guys. those did not take up much space. Fun fur had not hit Europe yet! They also liked the collage of pictures of my dad or mom's family. Postcards of your city are good and pictures of my family. I am sure others have good hints, too. Rosie in WA State On Mar 29, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Joanne Brown wrote: > My husband and I will be travelling to the Czech Republic in May to > meet and visit members of my grandfather's family that I located > through my genealogy research. I have been corresponding via e-mail > with my second cousin for two years, and she will be our guide and > interpreter. We will be meeting relatives of all ages, from teens > through the seventies. I have been told that it is customary to bring > everyone small gifts. One of my relatives visited the Czech Republic > a few years ago and felt quite embarrassed when her relatives showered > them with gifts and she had nothing to give them in return. Can > anyone on the list give me some suggestions for appropriate gifts to > bring to them from the U.S.? Thanks! > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > Please do not repost the whole digest when replying to mail. >