Well, if you come to the Mediterranean Sea, you might as well swim in the Mediterranean Sea. See yesterday's photo.
The water is cool but comfortable. I am working on my tan, something I will rarely do when I get home. As I said, I am not a beach person or a sun worshipper, though I will spend many years as a boater.
Anyway, the sun eventually disappeared and we went back to the room for the afternoon. From the way the diary entry is written, I am guessing we went back to Barcelona on the boat this evening. While my diary makes no mention of it, I do remember well an incident that happened on that return trip.
When Shar and I were planning our trip, our friends who had previously gone had suggested that we each pack a few rolls of toilet paper cause we were going to need it. Believe it when I tell you that I still have, in my diary, three pieces of European toilet paper that are rather unbelievable. I can understand why grape leaves may be a better option.
Anyway, on the boat back to Spain I asked Shar if she remembered to grab the roll of toilet paper out of the hotel bathroom and she said she thought I had taken it. OMG. It was a half of a roll we left behind. I am guessing that hotel maid must have been in seventh heaven when she found it. Good old American Charmin tissue, LOL.
My expenses today are $12.84.
Waxed paper, sandpaper. I remember newspaper in one Parisian café
ReplyDeleteMy samples are rather hard to describe. But unfortunately, nowadays some places are using this same kind of cheap stuff in the hopes of saving money. Even the local hospital uses some pretty awful paper and you have to use at least twice as much to keep your hands dry. Same with that awful paper towel they have in the auto-dispensers.
DeleteI wonder if it is the same these days with the toilet paper. I don't see myself going to Europe, but if I do, I might have to remember to bring a roll or two with me.
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They arecmuch improved. Haven't really noticed an issue on recent trips.
DeleteHahaha! I agree. European toilet paper is still akin to sandpaper in some areas. Germany, for sure. Or, the plumbing is so bad, (Greece), that there are signs everywhere warning you not to flush the paper down the toilet, but dispose of it in the bin provided.
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And then there was the time my husband and I left a week's worth of laundry in the hotel in Oregon. We had to buy new clothes in California and had the hotel send our bag of laundry to our home in Michigan. We were on a very long road trip.
DeleteYeah....I am not into sandpaper or disposing the tissue in an extra bin...bleccchhhh. We have it so nice here
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