From: The Reid on 10 Aug 2006 04:43 Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate > The idea >of washing clothes daily doesn't appeal to me. Actually, the idea of >washing clothes at all doesn't appeal to me when on holiday. Last summer >we stayed in 4 different hotels in 4 different countries over two weeks, >and carrying enough clothes for a change every day (and then some!) was >no problem for me. Let other people wash their socks in the sink- I'll >have an extra wine on the terrace, thanks! :) Some people here seem to pack the way I pack for a mountain backpacking trip when going to a city! -- Mike Reid I will agree bendybuses are a good idea when they build bungalows on Mayfair Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on 10 Aug 2006 05:34 The Reid <dontuse(a)fell-walker.co.uk> wrote: > Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy > of city south and deansgate > > > The idea > >of washing clothes daily doesn't appeal to me. Actually, the idea of > >washing clothes at all doesn't appeal to me when on holiday. Last summer > >we stayed in 4 different hotels in 4 different countries over two weeks, > >and carrying enough clothes for a change every day (and then some!) was > >no problem for me. Let other people wash their socks in the sink- I'll > >have an extra wine on the terrace, thanks! :) > > Some people here seem to pack the way I pack for a mountain > backpacking trip when going to a city! Can't you just wash your socks in the sink in the back of your Beemer? :) -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
From: The Reid on 10 Aug 2006 07:59 Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate >> Some people here seem to pack the way I pack for a mountain >> backpacking trip when going to a city! > >Can't you just wash your socks in the sink in the back of your Beemer? >:) that's a caravan you're thinking of, I get drummed out of the boy racer owners club if seen near one! :-) -- Mike Reid I will agree bendybuses are a good idea when they build bungalows on Mayfair Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
From: B Vaughan on 10 Aug 2006 16:37 On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:39:38 -0700, poldy <poldy(a)kfu.com> wrote: [wheeled luggage] >In Florence, they sell them incredibly cheap (at least going by the >posted prices). Tourists there obviously already have luggage. So they >must have some utility for the locals as well. Wheeled luggage is the luggage of choice for about 99% of Italians, from what I can see. -- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
From: Miss L. Toe on 10 Aug 2006 16:38
"B Vaughan" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:4c5nd211ak8eal65i7r4ennaijhnvb63l0(a)4ax.com... > On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:39:38 -0700, poldy <poldy(a)kfu.com> wrote: > > [wheeled luggage] > > >In Florence, they sell them incredibly cheap (at least going by the > >posted prices). Tourists there obviously already have luggage. So they > >must have some utility for the locals as well. > > Wheeled luggage is the luggage of choice for about 99% of Italians, > from what I can see. Can you see 99% of Italians ? |