h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

When I travel on business, my daughters give me the mission, in each new country I visit, to locate the local girl guide office and bring back souvenirs. At times this has been most challenging, particularly so where English is not the native language. Nevertheless, it is encouraging to find the extended family in such a variety of places around the world.

Gee, that's great! The coolest thing I ever got when my dad travelled was coins from all the different countries.

One really interesting thing to look at in the different countries is the handbook(s) -- it gives you a look at what their uniforms are like, what kinds of activities they do, etc. Frankly, *I'd* love to collect uniforms from all over, but I know that would be impractical -- expensive and space-consuming.

If your girls are trying to keep track of which countries they've received girl guide/scout memorabilia from, they might be interested in a book called "Trefoil Round the World". It has a couple pages about girl guides/scouts in every country they have them, shows pictures, and gives the promise/law in both English and in the native language of the country.


Mikey