Europe shopping list

[Wilkensone]

Hey folks,

I'm heading to England, France and Italy for my honeymoon in about 2 months and thought it would be worth asking the question for any beer/general items anyone would suggest to look out for while I'm over there. The exchange is not my friend unfortunately but would love to hear any recommendations people have!

Wilkens

 

[spog]

Ah ha, very simple...see the " show me your glass collection" thread.
Here's how you do it.
1. A hard shell suitcase.
2. Acquire ( an Aussie overseas,yeah you get the picture.)
3. Wrap said valued acquirements by stuffing them with socks and jocks and place in the middle of the suitcase covered with other clothing ,ie,wrapped in shirts jeans etc to stop any damage from dropping etc.....read fck wit baggage handlers.
4. If the better half arcs up about such packing practices give her the suitcase,grab her ticket then place the glasses on the seat she would have had , that way you can nurse the glasses all the way home.
5. She'll get over it eventually........

 

[mr_wibble]

Pack your bag with everything you need. Then remove half of it. Clothes are heavy and of no use on a honeymoon anyway.
Take a stretchy elastic clothes line (with hooks, not just suckers), so you can wash the 3 or 4 garments you did take every couple of weeks when they need it.
You need only one, 1, one, ONE! pair of shoes. These don't need to be packed, because you're always wearing them.
(you wife may need 2x or more pairs though, DO NOT allow these to be placed into your luggage).

If you are buying beer glasses, and *really* like a particular glass, buy 3x of them, because that'll be the one that breaks.
The ones you bought after a few beers, but are scratching your head over a bit the next day - those will never break.
Or carry them onto the plane with you, this seems to be the safest method. But watch-out for the arse-hats who jam their oversized hard-shell carry-on into the locker.
Be ready to discard things. You can buy a pair of jeans anywhere, but that pair of Leffe Royale gold-rimmed quaffing goblets *FROM YOUR HONEYMOON*, now that's special.

On a more serious note: If you see something you like, and can afford - buy it. The more you like it, the lesser the chance is you will see it cheaper/better later, it's not like here where every ******* shopping centre is just riddled with chain-stores, selling the same shit. Even with an in-toilet exchange rate, chances are stuff is still cheaper than here.

If you can be more specific about your itinerary, maybe we could provide some sage advice.

 

[technobabble66]

Belgian Candi syrup. Get some if you're ever going to brew Belgian ales, especially the strong ones. Get the amber and dark ones I reckon.

******* [emoji185]

 

[klangers]

The home of beer glasses is Belgium. No where else seems to have such a bewildering (aka delightful) array of beer glasses.

Think of things you can't get here. Thanks to globalisation this list is getting smaller and smaller.

Eg, real ale beer engine from England.

France and Italy have big beer industries but are overshadowed by the wine industry.

 

[Dave70]

Elaborate packing procedures for glasses etc is for the birds. Anything fragile is better off posted and insured. Well known fact that zero fucks are given by the handlers, but further more, you may find yourself unpacking your bags for airport security when something outside the norm in your carry on shows up on the x-ray machine. No thanks.
We posted a cuckoo clock from Germany no worries so you'd imagine some glassware would be no biggie.

 

[mckenry]

I carried 2 * 1L steins in my backpack in Europe for nearly 8 weeks, along with some 'genuine' Grolsch brewery glasses and some others from somewhere I forget.
When I got home I saw 4 grolsch glasses for free with every 1.5L bottle.... Then I saw the steins were something like $8 each from the Lowenbrau...
Point is, glassware, unless extreeeeemly difficult to find in Oz is not worth the pain of lugging and packing them.
Unless of course you stole the steins! Yeah baby these puppies were smuggled out of the tent at Oktoberfest! Only bragged about it once because the response was very much "yeah, right. interesting..."
Just take a camera and viagra.Do with them what you will.

 

[mr_wibble]

When I got home I saw 4 grolsch glasses for free with every 1.5L bottle.... Then I saw the steins were something like $8 each from the Lowenbrau...
Point is, glassware, unless extreeeeemly difficult to find in Oz is not worth the pain of lugging and packing them.

Yeah, but ...

I bought a bunch of the Asashi beer + glasses packs that were on special just after xmas at Liquorland ($10 for 4 beers & 2 glasses).
On the very first wash most of the fricken' labels came off. It looks like the branding was about as well fixed to the glass as your typical Airfix model decal.

Next time I stop-over in Japan I'm getting some "proper" ones.

 

[spog]

Elaborate packing procedures for glasses etc is for the birds. Anything fragile is better off posted and insured. Well known fact that zero fucks are given by the handlers, but further more, you may find yourself unpacking your bags for airport security when something outside the norm in your carry on shows up on the x-ray machine. No thanks.
We posted a cuckoo clock from Germany no worries so you'd imagine some glassware would be no biggie.

"Posted and insured " piss off ! I can't remember now but when I was overseas about 2 yrs ago the postage back to Oz was horrendous .
And as for the unpacking of bags,no worries there just wrap the glasses in ya missus's undies,that'll trick em.

 

[Dave70]

"Posted and insured " piss off ! I can't remember now but when I was overseas about 2 yrs ago the postage back to Oz was horrendous .
And as for the unpacking of bags,no worries there just wrap the glasses in ya missus's undies,that'll trick em.

Nah, I wrap stuff in my own undies.

'Come on mate, you sure you don't want to unwrap it for a closer look?'

' Erm, no sir, all good. Please proceed'