Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Travel
I really do blog more often than it appears, it's just that I don't have a cable connecting my head and this PC, so it never gets published.
Travel to a Middle Eastern Arabic Muslim country, next month! Eeek! It's so exciting! But it also has me realizing that my parents did a job and a half on me raising me to know that I am an equal to the male counterpart, so I stress over this issue of whether I can wear short-sleeved shirts in Syria. If my husband can, why can't I? I don't get it. It's just an arm.
Essentials of travel: I have a longish list, but I'll start with the top three.
- Silk sheets. That's right, you read it correctly. Silk travel sheets. Say that out loud, "Silk sheets" or en francais: "draps de soie". How elegant, how sensuous, how silky smooth, smoothing out any roughness of bed sheets in a less-than 5-star hotel.
- My buckwheat hull pillow. It's tiny, ridiculously tiny, but it has me realizing how ridiculously large standard pillows are. This is all you need, and it is so accommodating to the head and neck, it corrects and misalignment in the spine. Go for it. You won't regret carrying it.
- My Whiz Freedom. I waited too many years to find this product. In the countries where we travel, western hygienic standards are not found, toilets are not found, toilet paper is not found. With this baby, I can stand on the side of a road beside our vehicle and take a leak, just like Hubby, without exposing myself. I've done it. (No, I don't plan to do that in Syria, but it's a comfort to have and know that I can pee anywhere!) It's the best invention since sliced bread. Actually, when traveling staying hydrated is always a big issue, having bottled water, or rather safe water....not dehydrating myself because I don't know where the next toilet will be.....freedom to whiz!
