Can I get these with me?

Moto2

We do a yearly supermarket raid over the channel, the place is stuffed with produce that isn't easily found here and certainly not under one roof.
I suppose if you're in a big city and toured the delis and specialist shops you can find most things given the time and patience.

agrinnall

Yolina wrote: »

Eh? I'm French, every time I go over, I then bring back to the UK a whole bunch of stuff that I can't find here. My hand luggage is full of biscuits and sweets :rotfl:

But you don't need to go to France to buy those things, you could just buy them online for delivery to the UK.

Moto2

agrinnall wrote: »

But you don't need to go to France to buy those things, you could just buy them online for delivery to the UK.

I suspect they don't go to France specifically to buy the items, just pick them up whilst there on other business, I also suspect the OP is doing similar.

Yolina

Moto2 wrote: »

I suspect they don't go to France specifically to buy the items, just pick them up whilst there on other business.

Yep - when I pop over to see family, or go on hols, I stock up on things I can't find here

And no agrinnall, not everything can be bought online for delivery to the UK, or delivery charges can make it an expensive exercise.

Gulash

FYI, I didn't have any problem at all at the airport

Magnolia

suki1964 wrote: »

I sat on a plane next to a fella who proudly told me he had packed salt/pepper and bread and butter for a self catering holiday in Greece

Being a tight Yorkshire woman we have our twist and grind salt pot already in the suitcase to go.

We also take butter but the spreadable kind as butter is so darned expensive in Greece.

Makes sense to me anyway;)

torbrex

Given the history of threads the OP has started, I have to ask what kind of Troll is this?

redpete

Gulash wrote: »

Many things can be beyond you and you have to deal with it and not make thick assumptions. It's a special flour and rice.

How is accusing people of being thick meant to encourage them to help you?

eDicky

Gulash wrote: »

FYI, I didn't have any problem at all at the airport

Not surprising at all. But you still haven't told us what's so special about your flour and rice...

I'm tempted to start a thread about the strange things people take with them when travelling - or has it been done already..?

Moto2

Magnolia wrote: »

Being a tight Yorkshire woman we have our twist and grind salt pot already in the suitcase to go.

We also take butter but the spreadable kind as butter is so darned expensive in Greece.

Makes sense to me anyway;)

I once saw many (at least a dozen) tubs of Utterley Butterly confiscated at Manchester airport.
I wasn't too surprised as I know the folk who inhabit the West side of the Pennines are a strange lot