Laundry

 Laundry is such a pedestrian topic. When you travel for up to 2-3 weeks, you could get away with carrying enough clothes for the whole trip. 

If the trip gets longer, you need to think about laundry, even if it’s just t-shirts and underwear. 

It has been known for people to stock up on disposable underwear, to avoid this drudgery. They can be purchased from the online Chinese behemoths in packs of 50 or more. They could be paper-adjacent, like hospital use. They could just be super cheap cotton, perhaps 2nds or 3rds from a factory making better ones. 

For the rest of us, some version of washing will be the order of the day. Most hotels we have stayed at around the world offer this as a paid service. 

For example, where we are now, a shirt will cost 9 euros, a pair of trousers would be 12 euros, and an underwear item would come in at 6 euros. 

So 6 euros a day just for your undies. I don’t even think mine cost that much to buy, particularly a 5-pack in the K-mart aisle of value. 

So the final option is to wash them in the bathroom sink, with frequency based on available drying room. 

I can do that. I haven’t yet reached the age where, to quote Jack Nicholson, you learn to not trust a fart. So no hazmat suits required yet. 

By the way, Sarah has already warned that, the day that this inevitable event occurs, she will start checking out the yellow pages for a retirement home. 

I have been warned. To be fair, she may not choose one as nice as what my daughter would choose for me. 

Just sayin’