A note about laundry

You'll soon start seeing us 'repeating' clothing, so a note about the laundry situation. We have a washer and three Rick Steves travel laundry lines (very cool, with velcro loops to attach them where ever and braided rubber lines that mean you don't need clothespins) - no dryer. Because we attempted to pack light (and hey, we're gone for 2 weeks - it would be frightening to bring clothing for 4 people for 2 weeks, even if we did have large enough wardrobes), we need to do laundry while here. We have a fairly reasonable system going - one load in at night, hung during the day; another in during the day, hung at night.

I'm sure M. Valat is frightened by the amount of water we use, given that we shower every day and change clothes daily too, but its been hot for much of the time we are here. We're trying to re-use the dark pants that don't seem too dirty.

When we get to Bayeux (Normandy) there will be a laundromat close by (and I am secretly crossing my fingers that either the hotel or the laundrette will have a service that could do it FOR us, but I'm prepared that the odds are not in my favor).

Now that the laundry is hung, its off to our adventures for the day....