Not sure where else this thread would fit! Hope it's ok here!
My little niece leaves for France next week for over 3 mths on student exchange! She is 16 (17 in October) and I want to get her a little going away gift. Was thinking a bracelet with a good luck charm on it but was going to see if anyone else had any ideas? Needs to be light and portable but something that will make her feel closer to us and home while she's away!
what about a photo book, with photos of the whole family etc. I know in the age of technology there is photos online (like fb, etc) but a tangible book is always nice, she can stick some of the photos up in her room, so she is always surrounded by family.
When we went on our 9 month trip to Europe we got lots of stuff. Photos are awesome, we had them up in our room all the time. We also got a travel journal which I wrote in all the time and I have so much fun looking back over it. If she has a Pandora bracelet then perhaps you could get her the suitcase or plane charm for it?
I'd vote for either the St Christopher idea - either a pendant or a charm on a bracelet - or a nice leather bound journal maybe with her initials on it so she can write all about her trip.
Depending on what she likes, if you got her the bracelet then she could add charms to it from all the places she visits - probably not going to have a big budget as a 16/17 year old but if you got it in silver it might be workable for her. I have a friend who did the backpacking year in Europe thing after finishing Year 12 and the charm bracelet that resulted from it is lovely, as well as being a great reminder of all the places she's been.
A charm bracelet would be a great idea.
I like Sopdets idea of a little photo book, you can buy small ones that hold say 100 photo's, fill a few pages with family etc and she can add any others she wants PLUS pics from her trip.
I got three st Christophers before i left on my travels. Maybe just sound it out first. Incorporating it with a charm bracelet is nice.
Photos are great. It's always nice to have actual real photos.
If she isn't religious in any way a st christophers may be inappropriate, I know that when I went travelling in my teens a friend of the family gave me one and I was highly offended that this person who had known me for years (and was fully aware of my pagan path) would give me something like this.
I think the charm bracelet (maybe with a little something which is "aussie" or "homey" is a great idea, if she would wear it
Something which I try to do for good friends is to write a long letter for them to read on the plane. Something to make them think and laugh and distract and to get them excited about the trip Something which they can re-read a bit if they get homesick or heartsick.
I like the photo book idea but instead of giving it to her now why not wait until she is back and do a coffee table type book of her travels.
Or put money towards the book or buy frames so she can put her favourites in.
I know when DD2 returned home she had so many pictures but couldn't afford to print them all out. We have some hanging up, some in an album and one day we will do the coffee.
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Something which they can re-read a bit if they get homesick or heartsick.
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