Comments on: Travel Tip Tuesday: Does Your Favorite Traveler Need One of These? http://my-bellavita.com/2009/11/17/five-gift-ideas-for-travelers/ Living and Traveling in Calabria, Italy Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:26:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sarah Fontó http://my-bellavita.com/2009/11/17/five-gift-ideas-for-travelers/comment-page-1/#comment-11243 Sarah Fontó Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:49:35 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=3058#comment-11243 Oh I want the Lightweight Luggage Scale. Sick of that panic induced by unknown weight of suitcases. Standing on people scales trying to hold the thing is not accurate enough. <strong><em>Ha. NO it is not. I used to do that, as well. The scale I use costs about $10 and I couldn't imagine traveling without it. (PS-they aren't paying me to say that! ha) </em></strong> .-= Sarah Fontó´s last blog ..<a href="http://homeschoolinitaly.blogspot.com/2009/11/italian-housewifey-tip-1.html" rel="nofollow">Italian Housewifey Tip 1</a> =-. Oh I want the Lightweight Luggage Scale.

Sick of that panic induced by unknown weight of suitcases.

Standing on people scales trying to hold the thing is not accurate enough.

Ha. NO it is not. I used to do that, as well. The scale I use costs about $10 and I couldn’t imagine traveling without it. (PS-they aren’t paying me to say that! ha)

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]]> By: Liz http://my-bellavita.com/2009/11/17/five-gift-ideas-for-travelers/comment-page-1/#comment-11179 Liz Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:35:53 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=3058#comment-11179 Great ideas! I packed a cheap-ish pashmina on my last trip, and it was fantastic on the plane. No need to use the scratchy and often gross airplane blankets (which were still free then but...) Cherrye, do Italians in different parts of the country start decorating earlier/later? I was in Rome the first week of December and there was pretty much no Christmas activity at all except the Vatican nativity scene (covered in scaffolding). Went to Florence in the middle of the week, and they had decorations all over. I even saw someone dressed as Santa. Returned to Rome the next day and poof! Overnight the lights and trees had gone up. Maybe they were just waiting til I was looking the other way... <strong><em>Ha. That is funny. They must have been waiting on you! ;-) To be honest, I'm not really sure if they start at different times. I have noticed over the last few years, though, that they are decorating earlier here in Calabria than in the past. My husband blames the "Texas wind." ha! </em></strong> Great ideas! I packed a cheap-ish pashmina on my last trip, and it was fantastic on the plane. No need to use the scratchy and often gross airplane blankets (which were still free then but…)

Cherrye, do Italians in different parts of the country start decorating earlier/later? I was in Rome the first week of December and there was pretty much no Christmas activity at all except the Vatican nativity scene (covered in scaffolding). Went to Florence in the middle of the week, and they had decorations all over. I even saw someone dressed as Santa. Returned to Rome the next day and poof! Overnight the lights and trees had gone up. Maybe they were just waiting til I was looking the other way…

Ha. That is funny. They must have been waiting on you! ;-) To be honest, I’m not really sure if they start at different times. I have noticed over the last few years, though, that they are decorating earlier here in Calabria than in the past. My husband blames the “Texas wind.” ha!

]]> By: AmyEmilia http://my-bellavita.com/2009/11/17/five-gift-ideas-for-travelers/comment-page-1/#comment-11165 AmyEmilia Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:18:54 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=3058#comment-11165 Some good suggestions, Cherrye! My personal don't-leave-at-homes include: - a Moleskine notebook. Often my notebooks are full of things besides journaling. For instance, lots of pressed flowers and leaves! - an expanding file of some kind, for all the papers and other flat things I accumulate on the road. I tend to collect maps, brochures, feathers, cards, bits of wrapping paper... - a cheap ($10) fake pashmina as an airplane wrap/blanket. Cheap means that if I lose it, no big deal. - laundry supplies for handwashing clothing. Current favorites include soap leaves and a braided rubber clotheline from Magellan, and inflatable hangers. I look forward to Travel Tuesdays - thank you! <strong><em>Great list of things to pack, AmyEmilia. I like the cheap pashmina, as well. They always end up kinda dingy anyway, don't they??</em></strong> .-= AmyEmilia´s last blog ..<a href="http://anormallife-amyemilia.blogspot.com/2009/10/home-again.html" rel="nofollow">Home again!</a> =-. Some good suggestions, Cherrye! My personal don’t-leave-at-homes include:
– a Moleskine notebook. Often my notebooks are full of things besides journaling. For instance, lots of pressed flowers and leaves!
– an expanding file of some kind, for all the papers and other flat things I accumulate on the road. I tend to collect maps, brochures, feathers, cards, bits of wrapping paper…
– a cheap ($10) fake pashmina as an airplane wrap/blanket. Cheap means that if I lose it, no big deal.
– laundry supplies for handwashing clothing. Current favorites include soap leaves and a braided rubber clotheline from Magellan, and inflatable hangers.

I look forward to Travel Tuesdays – thank you!

Great list of things to pack, AmyEmilia. I like the cheap pashmina, as well. They always end up kinda dingy anyway, don’t they??

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