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T Reading materials

T Travel journal/note pad and pens

T Home address book

T Photos or post cards from home, small gift for Home-Hosted Visit

T Phrase book

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T Pocket-size calculator for exchange rates

Home-Hosted Visits
Many of our adventures feature a visit with a local family, often as part of the A Day in the
7TQP experience. It is customary, though not necessary, to return your hosts’ generosity
with a small gift. If you do bring a gift, we recommend that you bring something the whole
family can enjoy, or something that represents your region, state, or hometown. Get creative
and keep it small—peach jelly from Georgia, maple sugar candy from New England, orange
blossom soap from California; something that can be used or used up is best. When choosing
a gift, be certain to consider the local culture as well. For example, we do not recommend
alcohol in Muslim countries because it is forbidden in Islam, and your hosts may be religious.
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you depart.

Electricity

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same shape.

Voltage

Electricity in Spain, Portugal, and France is 230 volts. In the U.S. it is 110 volts. Most of the
things a traveler will want to plug in—battery chargers, MP3 players, tablets or computers—
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or a hairdryer—you can bring a transformer to change the current. (But transformers tend to
burn out, so it might be better to leave whatever it is at home.)

Plugs

The shape of plugs will vary from country to country, and sometimes even within a country
depending on when that building was built. To plug something from the U.S. into a local
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only need types C, F, and E for this trip, it may be easier to purchase an all-in-one, universal

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