Browsing Junkgirl™ blog archives for September, 2010.
A great piece of advertising work
Love the combination of the look on the panda’s face and the song – True Love Ways by Buddy Holly
Never say no to Linda too.
Deciding whether to use trolley bags
or backpacks. Trolley bags aren’t necessary the best option. It depends on the type of travelling that you will be doing. If you are planning to remain in one or two locations throughout the trip, trolley bags are the best option. You just need to get from the airport to your accommodation and back. However, if you will be doing lots of moving around from one location to another, then backpacks might be more suitable. This is especially so if you will be travelling on trains in Japan. Elevators, if any, are difficult to locate. And it isn’t easy trying to get the trolley bag down or up a flight of stairs. I read that this is also the case in Europe.
Backpacks should always be kept inside a dufflebag when checking-in as baggage. Otherwise, the throwing around is most definitely going to ruin the bag. If even one of the straps breaks, the bag will be practically useless. Backpacks, when worn correctly, distributes the weight around the body. Every strap has a function and none of the strap should be left unfastened. My fit is 55 and DT is a 65. From memory, it should end around the neck area.
This time, two trolley bags may be a problem because we will be moving around to different locations and there will be some travelling on trains. It probably was a little safer in Japan. I don’t have strength to get the bag down or up the stairs. DT would take one bag up or down the stairs and I would stay with the other trolley bag. Then when he comes back for the bag, I would go to get the first bag. It was probably amusing watching this task of ours. One time, a station master walked past and saw me standing there with the bag at the beginning of a flight of stairs. He asked ‘daijoubu‘ which means ‘are you alright’. I replied ‘daijoubu‘. However, Paris is notorious for petty crime and it is definitely not a good idea to leave your luggage unattended, even for just one second. So we are considering this combination – a trolley bag and a duffelbag. The duffelbag will be folded and stored in the trolley bag until the return trip, when there are bound to be purchases.
And the little packs as carry-on luggage, as usual.
And the toiletries bag. Got this from Muji during the initial Japan trip.
It may seem large but there really isn’t a lot of space in the bag. Travelling light is one of the most important rule for travellers. Our rule of travelling light is not not to bring anything. Necessities such as cameras and equipment, laptop and equipment, and universal adaptor should never be left out. A small bag of medicinal supplies containing panadol, band-aid, antiseptic cream and nailclipper. What can be minimal is…clothing. We will most certainly do some shopping so we always cater for that by bringing minimal clothing.
A handy tool to bring along
Here again for a cut and colour refresh. It’s going to be a few hours down the drain
Sometimes life gets busy and to get on top of everything, you give less priority to taking care of yourself. Going to bed without flossing and moisturizer, just a quick brush. Exercising. And no breakfast this morning.
Tea after coffee. I always remove all three earrings and give my hair a good comb through before I leave for the hairsalon.
All done
The colour was a little different to what I had in mind. I wanted this colour
Off to the temple now
With only a week to go, I’m flat out. Work to be completed. Toiletries to be purchased. Things to get organised. Hair to be cut and coloured. Nails to be painted. Errands to run. Packing to be done. Anxiety level rising. Wonder if there is any time left to build up a little stamina to prepare the body for lots of walking.
A large half Fire Eater, half Capriciossa pizza with Puff pastry crust from Dominos.
This caught my eye on the TV so i did a little search to find out more. It’s a place located in Turkey, known as Pamukkale.
What an amazing place. Almost unreal.
on the corner of Lonsdale and Russell CBD. This Greek restaurant has been around since I came to Melbourne close to two decades ago.
Sketo (Greek coffee)
Lamb Souvlaki was quite good. A little difficult to eat but that’s the same with all souvlakis and kebabs
Saganaki (Grilled cheese)
Open 24 hours. Melbourne has the largest Greek population outside Greece.
This is a great service offered by Australia Post. We use it every time we go away. There is no need to rely on anyone to get the mail and the risk of people losing the key to our mailbox and matters like that. There are certain things that i don’t trust others with. If you can resolve it yourself, why rely on others. And if you try hard enough, there is always a way.
a TED presentation from this interesting site
something to get for the home when we get back.
