Smoke in the hotel room
SALZBURG – This is how you cook your travel iron.
1. Follow the directions. Even though the maker of the travel iron promises this gadget is made for the 220 volts of European electricity, as opposed to ours which is half that, it is not.
2. Plug it into the outlet and go into the washroom.
3. Smell the smoke.
4. Step out of the washroom and see a gray smoke plume swirling into the atmosphere.
“But this iron is supposed to work in Europe,” a bit of reason flashed through my head.
Fortunately I had the wherewithal to unplug the iron before any damage was done to me, the room or the gadget.
And even more fortunately I had a converter that enabled me to resume ironing. Always take an electrical converter. Once I cooked a printer in my dorm room in Madrid and vowed to never cook any other gadgets. The flames came fast, mighty and created a rainbow of colors.
That was the most exciting thing that happened in Münchenland.
Now it’s all about Salzburg. I knew the pictures on the travel guides were lovely but I had no idea just how gorgeous this place would be. Beyond post card perfect. Got here safely at 2 p.m. and am all settled into my flat right on the square next to the Salzburg Museum.
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Samuel,
You mean to tell me that you don’t travel with your giant “press” iron? I remember when you first bought it, how proud you were of your crisp dress shirts. To this day, John and I still talk about it. John, who irons his jeans, was so envious when I told him you had bought one. Keep the blog posts coming! Happy travels!
Phuong
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