This question is already asked here. But I found the answers unhelpful, so I would like to ask again, and narrow to the case the advisor is Italian (but has lived in the UK for 20 years).
I would like to buy a gift, so suggestions such as in the accepted answer "be someone who is easy to advise" is not helpful. I already finish my PhD anyway.
I am thinking of possible options:
- Chocolate (sound informal)
- Shirt (I don't know his size)
- My PhD thesis with beautiful hard-bound cover (I doubt that he will ever read it again)
- ...
Please give me some suggestions. I'm an Asian, and do not know much about European traditions. At first, I intended to invite him (and all people in the group) for a drink on my viva date, but it turned out he insisted to pay for all :(