Gifts for French Family

We will be visiting some friends in France this summer. They have 2 teenage daughters. We%26#39;ll be staying with them a few days and would like to bring some gifts for the girls.

Any ideas on an appropriate gift for 2 french girls in their teens (17 and 19). I have difficulty thinking of a gift for an American teen!

Anything special teens typically like from the states?

thanks.

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You might get some milage out of UDub baseball caps - there won%26#39;t be any trouble with size, and the last time I was in Paris, you had to listen for the language to tell the French teens in their baseball caps from the American ones in theirs.

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Thanks for the idea!

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Unless you know the girls already, I wonder if it might be more suitable to simply bring a gift or gifts for that whole family. For instance, a coffee table book of Puget Sound or the Pacific Northwest or some distinctive Northwest delicacy (other than geoducks). It is the parents, I assume, who are the real hosts in this situation.

But again, it depends on how well you know the family already.

There have been many posts on similar topics before--do a search for %26quot;gifts for host%26quot; or something similar.

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