Are there any foods you like so much you buy them when you travel or have friends send them to you? Absolutely! When I was on my high school exchange year, my parents sent me bimonthly care packages with sweets and pumpernickel (which may well have been available in bigger cities, but in my case the nearest metropolis had some eight thousand inhabitants). And I once travelled back from Asia with about six pounds of rambutan in my carry-on luggage because if they're available over here they're rock-bottom quality and shamefully expensive.
I used to pester people travelling to the US for stuff all the time (mainly peanut butter cups and baking ingredients), but I now live in a bigger city, where availability is better.
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Absolutely! When I was on my high school exchange year, my parents sent me bimonthly care packages with sweets and pumpernickel (which may well have been available in bigger cities, but in my case the nearest metropolis had some eight thousand inhabitants). And I once travelled back from Asia with about six pounds of rambutan in my carry-on luggage because if they're available over here they're rock-bottom quality and shamefully expensive.
I used to pester people travelling to the US for stuff all the time (mainly peanut butter cups and baking ingredients), but I now live in a bigger city, where availability is better.