The Joy of Doing Laundry on the Road

As any traveler knows, sometimes the most mundane chores and tasks become the stuff of great memories when you do them in a new place: Grocery shopping, getting a haircut and, yes, even doing laundry can suddenly become an adventure.

I’ve had some great travel experiences while doing laundry overseas—a particular encounter in a Chamonix Laundromat comes to mind.

So I was happy to read Daisann McLane’s piece on this very topic in National Geographic Traveler:

Every time I travel, there comes a moment when the stress of planning, of anticipation, logistics, timetables, and anxieties lifts, and I’m flooded with relief and a great sense of joy: Yes, I am really on the road.

For some reason, that warm, delicious Ahhh almost always happens when I am in the hot sun, wringing the last drips from some freshly washed T-shirt.

McLane is a World Hum contributor, filing this terrific essay for us from Greenland.

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