DD's Essential Packing Tips

Many people have been asking me "What are the essentials for an interminable rail journey around Europe?"  Search me springs to mind but as D-day approaches the need for answers becomes ever more pressing.  Here's the advice that you won't find on those run of the mill sites.

 
First up is that absolute essential - flat pack bog paper. This chap has been to India three times and done the Warsaw - Amsterdam sleeper so already has invaluable experience. I wouldn't leave without it as I suspect that there are bits of the former Eastern Bloc where they still use Izal.

All GCERCers are under strict orders to bring a shot glass and a reserve. I'm hoping for a good placing in the 'Most Appropriate Shot Glass for a Train Trip' with my first choice. My back up is a natty little number from a set created  specially for West Lothian Council Housing Department and eventually given away so that the cupboard space could be used. Good to see council tax being used so imaginatively.  I am still swithering over whether to take the decanter with me.

I wouldn't dream of taking a train trip without my trusty thermos flask. Just place it on the table and you are almost guaranteed sole occupancy.



 


I have never been able to carry off the rugged stubble look so shaving kit is an essential for me. This trip I will be giving a debut to this mini size toiletry. Indian marketing gurus are brilliant. I would never have thought of calling a shaving foam 'Sliver'.


 

 The 'Holy Shreddies' campaign has produced excellent results and been extended to include 'Sunday socks'. Every day my luggage will get a little lighter.  One thing that will not be getting discarded is the hat.




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