It's that time of year again.....

Erica<3

So I'm going away next saturday to Italy for about a month, and i have zilch idea of what things to bring with me in terms of beauty stuff...

Obviously stuff like imodium, motillium, panadol, anti histamine etc is essential, but apart from that and razors and shampoo I can't actually seem to make a proper list of stuff.


HELP!!!!

rugbug86

Suncream is a must.

With airline restrictions etc, if you're not too fussy, wait and buy your shampoo/conditioner/shower gel when you're there. Can work out much cheaper.

1) Clothes - you know yourself what you'll need

2) Toiletries/medications - as you said, motilium, immodium, paracetamol, anti-histamines, get a script from your GP for thrush capsules, maybe some canesten cream - wet swimsuits + hot weather... and don't forget contraception!

3) Other - ipod, ipod charger, phone charger, adapter, books, puzzle books, magazines, guide book...

Erica<3

rugbug86 wrote: »

2) Toiletries/medications - as you said, motilium, immodium, paracetamol, anti-histamines, get a script from your GP for thrush capsules, maybe some canesten cream - wet swimsuits + hot weather... and don't forget contraception!


thrush cream is a good one actually, COMPLETELY forgot about that, thank you.

magneticimpulse

Theres a Boots in Dublin Airport Duty Free section in The Loop, so you can stock up on a lot of holiday stuff there. (to avoid bringing it through security)

Cystitis sachets if your having sex...as heat and sex equals burning up inside and urge to go to toilet all the time and inflated belly...so definitely good to have.

Toilet paper, tampons and hand anti bacteria gel. Toilets are very bad standard on the continent and never have soap or tissues in them. If you ever need tampons, towels etc they are tiny doll size ones and its very expensive if you do find Tampax (€10 for 20) so you better bring some.

Face cloth, to carry in a small backpack (to wipe sweat, dry hands).

Wet wipes are also good....but then the hand anti bacteria gel is good.

Anti Mosquito body spray, citronella and the room plug-in anti mosquito things.

Dont really bother with hair straigthners as in the heat and humid weather it will be fuzzy and dry anyway... also not much make up to bring as it will just melt off. I find NARS Sheer Matte is good (I live in South of France). All the MAC stuff lasts. Prob waterproof eye makeup...Smashbox have even waterproof eyeshadow...as it will be dripping off you.

Pocket camera like Canon Ixus/Powershot

Bring a small backpack for walking around as lots of pick pockets in Italy (or anywhere, but tourists are targets). Even better bring the fold away backpacks from "Go Travel" range.

A waterproof body waist bag to go under your clothes to hold passport and money. Think hot sweaty day...you going to need to keep the money and passport dry...get the ones they sell for surfing. The usual "Go Travel" brand sells them. Prob get it in boots too.

European adapters, again "Go Travel" do a handy 2 plug one, which can connect 2 appliciances.

Travel Kettle (but not essential, depends how much you like tea, as you prob just get small espresso coffees everywhere...if you like coffee, ask for Latte or Cappacino as otherwise they just give you Espresso Shot)

If asking for Meat (steak etc), ask for it well done as normally Medium on continent is like an Irish Raw level and Continent Well Done is like Irish Medium.

sam34

plasters for cuts/blisters from flipflops/sandals - nightmare if you're without them!

Neyite

Suncream is usually cheaper abroad. buy it when you get there.

vaseline is a necessity - rub on inside of shoe straps to prevent blisters.

i colour coordinate a capsule wardrobe so i dont have loads of outfits to bring.

dont pack much makeup - you wont wear it.

get travel sized toiletries, or decant into smaller bottles.

caseyann

What part?

No socks

ztoical

Does everyone seriously bring that much stuff with them when they travel? Passport, change of clothes and some local currency does me.

Blobby George

Condoms

metrovelvet

Italy is not the Congo. You dont have to bring half a chemist with you.

magneticimpulse

Haha you be surprised

What I mentioned is stuff i cant live without on the continent and I live here

Erica<3

metrovelvet wrote: »

Italy is not the Congo. You dont have to bring half a chemist with you.

Magneticimpulse is right, you'd be surprised, I live in Italy part time so i have my own house, but this time i'm not going for months, and i'm travelling more so i'm trying to minimalise everything.

And the imodium, motillium and anti histamine is essential, the medications there are different so you just have to be careful with what you're taking i.e better to take your own.

Plus no one likes to be on a day trip, and caught short

Neyite

forgot to say, if you use nurofen plus, they dont sell it in italy

ztoical

Erica<3 wrote: »

Magneticimpulse is right, you'd be surprised, I live in Italy part time so i have my own house, but this time i'm not going for months, and i'm travelling more so i'm trying to minimalise everything.

And the imodium, motillium and anti histamine is essential, the medications there are different so you just have to be careful with what you're taking i.e better to take your own.

Surely if you live there part time you know what's there and not so why do you need help making a list?

Seriously not getting the masses amount of stuff people bring away with them....it's like when Irish people first started going overseas on holidays and you find people packing corn flakes and the like to bring with them.

metrovelvet

metrovelvet wrote: »

Italy is not the Congo. You dont have to bring half a chemist with you.

I was wondering if I was the only one thinking that? Immodium? A travel kettle? Thrush cream? I didn't bring half this stuff when I actually was going to third world countries. You don't need to take shampoo and conditioner. They sell that in Italy. Same with suncream, and most of the stuff mentioned here. I'm starting to understand how so many people have massive suitcases for a 2 week holiday now!

princess-lala

Italy do sell things!

Actually my brother is just home from Italy with his wife and she got LOADS of stuff there to actually bring home cause it was cheaper there!

annainez

Haha I usually only bring carry on luggage if going for less than two weeks... bringing your whole bathroom is crazy! And I'm a 17 year old girl you'd expect me to be bringing a load of make up and everything mais non! Just bring the essentials!

deiseash

Why the thrush cream?? Never knew that it was a holiday essential!!

magneticimpulse

Living on the continent, I had to tell people to bring over lemsip, bonjela canestan thrush cream and cytitis sachets. They dont have Boots etc and you cant get stuff in the Supermarket like Tescos. You've to go to the Pharmacy for everything and do you really want to waste your holiday going to Pharmacy. Not to mention that they normally close for lunch between mid day and 2 pm. They are also closed on Sunday. Also you have the language barrier to deal with and explain what thrush is...as most dont speak English. Or explain that you have a period??? Usually holiday resorts are out of the middle of no where, unless your going to a city centre. Seriously have you ever seen the size of the Tampons made by "o.b."?? they are like a 1 cm long...You dont want to be caught out with the ****s etc. Going to another country, even European, means different hygine standards...whether people wash their hands etc..many dont wear gloves when preparing food and handle coins at tills etc when they are also perparing food. The water is different, add heat, insects and lots of walking around, drinking and clubbing....seriously you can get very ill compared to just being back home. Ive just spent a week with friends and there was someone ill or injured at any one time.


Seriously all this stuff fits into a tiny soap box.

I usually bring a small soap box which i got in Boots and put 1 sachet of each thing in the box. Usually all the medicine and blasters fits. Had friends visiting last week and the amount of times they asked for blasters, anti histimine, savon cream. One friend got funny heat rash on his foot and cuts from flip flops and it went green. Other friend fell in nightclub and got nasty cut.

Thrush spreads more quickly in humid temperatures. All my female friends get thrush in hot humid climates more so then back home. Had a really bad dose of it in Thailand. Also you can get very bad Athlete's foot walking around in flip flops all the time and if they get damp via puddles or by the pool. So Canestan cream works for that as well.

The Corinthian

Erica<3 wrote: »

Magneticimpulse is right, you'd be surprised, I live in Italy part time so i have my own house, but this time i'm not going for months, and i'm travelling more so i'm trying to minimalise everything.

And the imodium, motillium and anti histamine is essential, the medications there are different so you just have to be careful with what you're taking i.e better to take your own.

Plus no one likes to be on a day trip, and caught short

If you're there for 12 hours or a day perhaps, and if you cannot speak Italian, I could understand, however Metro is right on this one. Go into any pharmacy in Italy and chances are you'll see exactly the same pharmaceutical brands as you do in Ireland - this is an inevitable consequence of the EU open market. The only thing you might note of difference is that many of these products may be cheaper than in Ireland.

However, unless you feel you will need Imodium, Motillium or anti histamine before you get a chance to get to a pharmacy in Italy, you're frankly exaggerating.

magneticimpulse wrote: »

They dont have Boots etc and you cant get stuff in the Supermarket like Tescos.

Actually you can get many if not most of those things in supermarkets there.

Going to another country, even European, means different hygine standards...whether people wash their hands etc..

My experience of hygiene levels, especially with restaurants, is that they are a lot better in Italy than Ireland.

The water is different, add heat, insects and lots of walking around, drinking and clubbing....seriously you can get very ill compared to just being back home. Ive just spent a week with friends and there was someone ill or injured at any one time.

I think that has more to do with drinking the local Grappa than the local water, by the sounds of things.

rugbug86

deiseash wrote:

Why the thrush cream?? Never knew that it was a holiday essential!!

Wet swimsuit + hot weather + increase in sugar intake (alcohol, fizzy drinks, ice cream) = excellent conditions for yeast growth

ztoical

magneticimpulse wrote: »

Going to another country, even European, means different hygine standards...whether people wash their hands etc..many dont wear gloves when preparing food and handle coins at tills etc when they are also perparing food. The water is different, add heat, insects and lots of walking around, drinking and clubbing....seriously you can get very ill compared to just being back home. Ive just spent a week with friends and there was someone ill or injured at any one time.

As someone who travels alot I have to say I've never [touch wood] fallen ill while overseas. I've drunk the water, eaten the food, put up with bugs and never had any issues. The standard of hygine in most of Europe is a hell of alot better the what I've seen around Ireland. Go to somewhere like Japan and you'll really see what it means to be clean and you'll never be happy with the standards in Ireland again. Seriously bringing half the pharmacy with you is just paranoia.

metrovelvet

Seriously, wouldnt you be better off learning a couple of phrases in Italian instead of loading yourself down with all that stuff that you probably wont need? Are you going to be in a rural end of nowhere with no car?

Xiney

there's also the fact that you might just LIKE the stuff you're used to.

When I visit north america I stock up on the meds that I'm used to and can't buy here in Ireland.

Malari

Surely this list depends on what you use day to day at home, in terms of make-up, etc?

I mean, I know that I can get tummy problems sometimes even here, so I like to have immodium and motilium with me. I get hayfever so I bring anti-histamine. It's handy, I can take something the second I feel symptoms coming on. I wouldn't dream of bringing thrush cream as I've never in my life had thrush! But I know I can get it in any pharmacy in Europe.

It's a difficult thing to do to virtually pack someone else's toiletries bag for them. I don't think my boyfriend, mother or best friend would even get that right!

Piste

I get overly paranoid when travelling. I brought a first aid kit which had a hypothermia blanket on holidays with me last year, it was ~35 degrees most days :pac:

jackiebaron

magneticimpulse wrote: »

Living on the continent, I had to tell people to bring over lemsip, bonjela canestan thrush cream and cytitis sachets. They dont have Boots etc and you cant get stuff in the Supermarket like Tescos. You've to go to the Pharmacy for everything and do you really want to waste your holiday going to Pharmacy. Not to mention that they normally close for lunch between mid day and 2 pm. They are also closed on Sunday. Also you have the language barrier to deal with and explain what thrush is...as most dont speak English. Or explain that you have a period??? Usually holiday resorts are out of the middle of no where, unless your going to a city centre. Seriously have you ever seen the size of the Tampons made by "o.b."?? they are like a 1 cm long...You dont want to be caught out with the ****s etc. Going to another country, even European, means different hygine standards...whether people wash their hands etc..many dont wear gloves when preparing food and handle coins at tills etc when they are also perparing food. The water is different, add heat, insects and lots of walking around, drinking and clubbing....seriously you can get very ill compared to just being back home. Ive just spent a week with friends and there was someone ill or injured at any one time.


Seriously all this stuff fits into a tiny soap box.

I usually bring a small soap box which i got in Boots and put 1 sachet of each thing in the box. Usually all the medicine and blasters fits. Had friends visiting last week and the amount of times they asked for blasters, anti histimine, savon cream. One friend got funny heat rash on his foot and cuts from flip flops and it went green. Other friend fell in nightclub and got nasty cut.

Thrush spreads more quickly in humid temperatures. All my female friends get thrush in hot humid climates more so then back home. Had a really bad dose of it in Thailand. Also you can get very bad Athlete's foot walking around in flip flops all the time and if they get damp via puddles or by the pool. So Canestan cream works for that as well.

Here's what I would recommend:

Tampons
Painkillers (for hangovers and periods)
Multivitamins
Something for diarhoea
Baby oil / moisturiser / sunblock
Mosquito repellant / sting soothing cream

That's pretty much all the nasty or uncomfortable scenarios covered.
After that you just need the stuff you would bring anywhere for a holiday:

Toothbrush, hairbrush, toothpaste, shampoo and conditioner, towels a bit of lippy and other warpaint and condoms if Giovanni or Giuseppe are too stupid to have any.


Anything else is not necessary or can wait until you go to the shops and if you get anything more serious than the trots, sunburn, diarhoea or the like, then you're not going to need a chemist. You're going to need the consulate, a doctor or a priest.

Ciao bella!

magneticimpulse

The Corinthian wrote: »

If you're there for 12 hours or a day perhaps, and if you cannot speak Italian, I could understand, however Metro is right on this one. Go into any pharmacy in Italy and chances are you'll see exactly the same pharmaceutical brands as you do in Ireland - this is an inevitable consequence of the EU open market. The only thing you might note of difference is that many of these products may be cheaper than in Ireland.

However, unless you feel you will need Imodium, Motillium or anti histamine before you get a chance to get to a pharmacy in Italy, you're frankly exaggerating.

Actually you can get many if not most of those things in supermarkets there.

My experience of hygiene levels, especially with restaurants, is that they are a lot better in Italy than Ireland.

I think that has more to do with drinking the local Grappa than the local water, by the sounds of things.

Well sorry my experience is that is was not better and i couldnt get any medical stuff in supermarket

I got a stomach bug (sh*t and vomit every 5 mins) in Netherlands from the milk, unexpectly got early period in Holland and had to buy the silly OB Tampons...which needed to use 10 of them at a time as they so tiny. I was too sick to leave the hotel.

I got extreme heat rash in Italy and needed anti histimine and was camping, so pharmacy would have been miles away. I also got my period there unexpected and again same thing with tampons. Toilets were a hole in the ground and I kept dripping pee on my shorts and underpants everytime I tried to aim for the toilet. Sorry I wasnt drinking any alcohol so it had nothing to do with that. Had to bring toilet paper and soap in handbag (and still do this in france) as they never have any. Come on a hole in the ground????

My brother fell and cracked open his jaw and blood everywhere, so it was handy to have bandages and another time he got servere sun burn and ended up in hospital. So yes accidents do happen abroad and more so as your in surroundings and temperature your not used to.

Got thrush too and I never get thrush and ex boyfriend got athletes foot which started to smell really bad.

Seriously you can fit 1 blister pack of each thing into a soap box and its not huge. I have it all the time as my little 1st aid box.

Fine you dont have to bring this stuff. Its what I bring and I managed to go backpacking for 2 months around South East Asia with a 20L backpack and still managed to carry a little 1ST aid box.

No they dont speak English in Pharmacy...Even in France they dont know what a "Period" is. Its called Regles or something like that. And they dont have the products on the shelve. You have to ask, as they usually only have beauty products on shelf and the rest is in draws and behind in the back.

ztoical

magneticimpulse wrote: »

unexpectly got early period in Holland and had to buy the silly OB Tampons...which needed to use 10 of them at a time as they so tiny.

Ger yourself a mooncup, never have to worry about unexpected periods overseas again

magneticimpulse

ztoical wrote: »

Ger yourself a mooncup, never have to worry about unexpected periods overseas again

Whats that?

ztoical

magneticimpulse wrote: »

Whats that?

Mooncup

magneticimpulse

magneticimpulse wrote: »

Well sorry my experience is that is was not better and i couldnt get any medical stuff in supermarket

I got a stomach bug (sh*t and vomit every 5 mins) in Netherlands from the milk, unexpectly got early period in Holland and had to buy the silly OB Tampons...which needed to use 10 of them at a time as they so tiny. I was too sick to leave the hotel.

What do Dutch women use then?

I got extreme heat rash in Italy and needed anti histimine and was camping, so pharmacy would have been miles away. I also got my period there unexpected and again same thing with tampons. Toilets were a hole in the ground and I kept dripping pee on my shorts and underpants everytime I tried to aim for the toilet. Sorry I wasnt drinking any alcohol so it had nothing to do with that. Had to bring toilet paper and soap in handbag (and still do this in france) as they never have any. Come on a hole in the ground????

Doesn't everyone know that about the hole in the ground toilets? You can use them easily with a little practice, I managed to do it when I was 4. The soap and toilet paper thing is true, but both can be purchased anywhere in Italy or France. No need to pack them.

My brother fell and cracked open his jaw and blood everywhere, so it was handy to have bandages and another time he got servere sun burn and ended up in hospital. So yes accidents do happen abroad and more so as your in surroundings and temperature your not used to.

A bit of care cuts down on these things. No reason to get sunburned when factor 50 suncream, hats and shade are readily available.

No they dont speak English in Pharmacy...Even in France they dont know what a "Period" is. Its called Regles or something like that. And they dont have the products on the shelve. You have to ask, as they usually only have beauty products on shelf and the rest is in draws and behind in the back.

What's the big deal about asking? If you live in France, you should be able to speak enough French to ask for tampons , tbh. I've never had a problem anywhere in Europe obtaining what I needed in a pharmacy. I was in a small town in Japan last year and managed to obtain Coldsore cream and an anti histamine. I think people are exaggerating here.

The Corinthian

Travel does not sit well with you magneticimpulse, by the sound of things.

Another thing is can one get anti histamine over the counter? I've never needed them, but I had a friend who died as a result of an allergic reaction, so it would seem unwise to have something so potentially dangerous freely available.

magneticimpulse wrote: »

No they dont speak English in Pharmacy...

Dreadful - why can't everyone have the decency to speak English...

The Corinthian

[quote=[Deleted User];66674275]What do Dutch women use then?[/QUOTE]
An image of a little Dutch boy and the dyke just popped in my head...

magneticimpulse

The Corinthian wrote: »

Travel does not sit well with you magneticimpulse, by the sound of things.

Another thing is can one get anti histamine over the counter? I've never needed them, but I had a friend who died as a result of an allergic reaction, so it would seem unwise to have something so potentially dangerous freely available.

Dreadful - why can't everyone have the decency to speak English...

Travel does not sit well with me??? Haha ive been traveling on my own without parents since I was 8 years old. Im expert on traveling. I live in France. And I know how different things are on the continent compared to that of Ireland.

Pack of Tampax tampons is €7 for 20 in the Pharmacy, and yes I do know how to ask for them in French...but I also know, not even doctors know how to speak English. Like for example Thrush is "Fungi" here. Ive had many medicals in French, but I do know how difficult it is to communicate in another language. Its like saying why dont people speak lots of languages in Ireland besides English?

When my brother got stitches in Italy after the fall (he was about 10 yrs old and slipped by the swimming pool on a broken tile) he went back to Dublin to get them taken out, and they said they had not seen stitches like that in 50 years. He also has extreme white ginger skin and yes he does get burned...despite what you said. Its not me, im fine.

In Holland they do have Tampax, but only in the bigger Pharmacy, the little ones (and in France too) only carry the OB range. Me thinks they must not get heavy periods on the continent. ]

As for pissing in the ground in the hole toilets, my pee thingy is lobsided and aims towards my leg. Sorry i dont have a penis which I can aim with. So if Ive to do that it runs down my leg and then i get a nasty rash.

People here also use their hands to handle ice to put into glasses and they also take money/coins when they are making food. Ive never seen that in Ireland as they use scoops. The only place ive seen them using gloves is in the Zumo Smoothie place and thats Irish!!!

Nevyn

The Corinthian wrote: »

Another thing is can one get anti histamine over the counter?

Yes you can, esp when it's hayfever season.

sounds like you could done with one of these magneticimpulse
http://www.shepee.co.uk/

magneticimpulse

ztoical wrote: »

Mooncup

Can you wear the mooncup all the time???

My problem in Holland, was that my period came 10 days after another period, so it really was unexpected. It was very annoying looking for Tampax in Schipol airport and just getting the OB Tampons.

The Corinthian

magneticimpulse wrote: »

Travel does not sit well with me??? Haha ive been traveling on my own without parents since I was 8 years old. Im expert on traveling.

You may be an expert on travel, but not and doing so in good health it seems.

Its like saying why dont people speak lots of languages in Ireland besides English?

Actually people in Ireland should, IMHO.

When my brother got stitches in Italy after the fall (he was about 10 yrs old and slipped by the swimming pool on a broken tile) he went back to Dublin to get them taken out, and they said they had not seen stitches like that in 50 years.

TBH, it would be difficult at present to find worse health care than in Ireland. So I'm surprised at that story, unless you were in the arsehole of nowhere down south.

In Holland they do have Tampax, but only in the bigger Pharmacy, the little ones (and in France too) only carry the OB range. Me thinks they must not get heavy periods on the continent. ]

Or maybe they do exercises to tighten their pelvic muscles?

As for pissing in the ground in the hole toilets, my pee thingy is lobsided and aims towards my leg. Sorry i dont have a penis which I can aim with. So if Ive to do that it runs down my leg and then i get a nasty rash.

"Pee thingy" - No wonder you have difficulty explaining yourself in medical examinations

magneticimpulse

magneticimpulse wrote: »

Travel does not sit well with me??? Haha ive been traveling on my own without parents since I was 8 years old. Im expert on traveling. I live in France. And I know how different things are on the continent compared to that of Ireland.

And you still can't use hole in the ground toilets and don't know how to say 'period' in French?

Pack of Tampax tampons is €7 for 20 in the Pharmacy, and yes I do know how to ask for them in French...but I also know, not even doctors know how to speak English. Like for example Thrush is "Fungi" here. Ive had many medicals in French, but I do know how difficult it is to communicate in another language. Its like saying why dont people speak lots of languages in Ireland besides English?

Well of course thrush has a different name, it's France. Do you really think someone could turn up to the doctor in Ireland and be spoken to in French or Italian? Highly doubt it.

When my brother got stitches in Italy after the fall (he was about 10 yrs old and slipped by the swimming pool on a broken tile) he went back to Dublin to get them taken out, and they said they had not seen stitches like that in 50 years. He also has extreme white ginger skin and yes he does get burned...despite what you said. Its not me, im fine.

If you wear sunscreen and a wide hat and stay out of the sun in the hottest hours, you will not get burned. Plenty of people manage it. Prevention is better than cure.

In Holland they do have Tampax, but only in the bigger Pharmacy, the little ones (and in France too) only carry the OB range. Me thinks they must not get heavy periods on the continent.

Well obviously that's not true.

As for pissing in the ground in the hole toilets, my pee thingy is lobsided and aims towards my leg. Sorry i dont have a penis which I can aim with. So if Ive to do that it runs down my leg and then i get a nasty rash.

I don't have a penis either, and neither do 50% of people in France.

People here also use their hands to handle ice to put into glasses and they also take money/coins when they are making food. Ive never seen that in Ireland as they use scoops. The only place ive seen them using gloves is in the Zumo Smoothie place and thats Irish!!!

Everyone in Ireland handles money with the same gloves on they use to make food.

ztoical

magneticimpulse wrote: »

Travel does not sit well with me??? Haha ive been traveling on my own without parents since I was 8 years old. Im expert on traveling. I live in France. And I know how different things are on the continent compared to that of Ireland.

No honey I'm sorry you don't travel well. I've been traveling since I was 10 days old and have never had any of the issues you seem to have had. My dad was in the UN so have been to some pretty messed up places with no running water or power and didn't half the crap you've packed to bring on holidays. My grandparents are both 90 and go to Spain on holidays every year and they don't bring half that stuff cus and quote my grandmother here "they have it all out there anyway".

magneticimpulse wrote: »

yes I do know how to ask for them in French...but I also know, not even doctors know how to speak English. Like for example Thrush is "Fungi" here. Ive had many medicals in French, but I do know how difficult it is to communicate in another language. Its like saying why dont people speak lots of languages in Ireland besides English?

If you went and asked for something for thrush in the states they'd look at you funny and they speak english. In the states it's a yeast infection. Even in english speaking countries there will language issues that's half the fun of traveling. Most fun I ever had was getting lost in Korea and having some really helpful locals try so hard to help me, it was fantastic. Yes can be annoying and sometimes scary but it's also a wonderful way to meet new people and cultures.

magneticimpulse wrote: »

As for pissing in the ground in the hole toilets, my pee thingy is lobsided and aims towards my leg. Sorry i dont have a penis which I can aim with. So if Ive to do that it runs down my leg and then i get a nasty rash.

I'm a girl and have used those toilets in eastern europe and japan and never had any problems and I'm overweight so frankly if I can do it anyone should be able to.

magneticimpulse wrote: »

People here also use their hands to handle ice to put into glasses and they also take money/coins when they are making food. Ive never seen that in Ireland as they use scoops. The only place ive seen them using gloves is in the Zumo Smoothie place and thats Irish!!!

Seriously you've never seen someone handle money and food in Ireland? I see that all the time both in Ireland and the UK and pretty much everywhere except Japan were you put the money on the little tray beside the till. As a veggie I'm forever asking places in Ireland to clean counter tops after cutting raw meat products and then cutting veggies using the same knife they also haven't cleaned and they might wear gloves but they don't change them half the time between touching cooked food and raw food.

ztoical

magneticimpulse wrote: »

Can you wear the mooncup all the time???

You wear it for about 8 hours depending on how heavy the flow, take it out, empty, wipe clean, pop it back in. You can even swim wearing it.

magneticimpulse

ztoical wrote: »

No honey I'm sorry you don't travel well. I've been traveling since I was 10 days old and have never had any of the issues you seem to have had. My dad was in the UN so have been to some pretty messed up places with no running water or power and didn't half the crap you've packed to bring on holidays. My grandparents are both 90 and go to Spain on holidays every year and they don't bring half that stuff cus and quote my grandmother here "they have it all out there anyway".



If you went and asked for something for thrush in the states they'd look at you funny and they speak english. In the states it's a yeast infection. Even in english speaking countries there will language issues that's half the fun of traveling. Most fun I ever had was getting lost in Korea and having some really helpful locals try so hard to help me, it was fantastic. Yes can be annoying and sometimes scary but it's also a wonderful way to meet new people and cultures.



I'm a girl and have used those toilets in eastern europe and japan and never had any problems and I'm overweight so frankly if I can do it anyone should be able to.



Seriously you've never seen someone handle money and food in Ireland? I see that all the time both in Ireland and the UK and pretty much everywhere except Japan were you put the money on the little tray beside the till. As a veggie I'm forever asking places in Ireland to clean counter tops after cutting raw meat products and then cutting veggies using the same knife they also haven't cleaned and they might wear gloves but they don't change them half the time between touching cooked food and raw food.

I lived in US, UK, France and South East Asia. Maybe because ive traveled so many places ive encountered many things. Im in a different country every 2nd week. So go figure.

But then what would i know...im just sitting here in the South of France in 35C with about 10 mosquito bites, headache from heat, slapped up in suncream and period on the way. Dosing myself in Ibuprofen and Gel Apaisant Soin Apres Piqure.... But then I wouldnt know what its like outside of Ireland????

ztoical

magneticimpulse wrote: »

I lived in US, UK, France and South East Asia. Maybe because ive traveled so many places ive encountered many things. Im in a different country every 2nd week. So go figure.

But then what would i know...im just sitting here in the South of France with about 10 mosquito bites, headache from heat, slapped up in suncream and period on the way. But then I wouldnt know what its like outside of Ireland????

Hon I've traveled as much if not more then you, lived in New York, currently live in London, have lived in Kosovo, East Timor, Liberia and spent time in south east Asia, Japan and Korea etc I've encountered alot of things as well and I've never had to go to a hospital once while traveling, never broken anything, never cut anything. Biggest issue I've ever had was not having cash on me and finding the place I was staying didn't take credit cards so the only travel advice I think everyone should follow is to have some cash on you and don't assume everywhere takes plastic. I'm not doubting you've traveled and not doubting you've had alot of mishaps happen when you do, what I'm saying is your the exception not the rule.

Also if you don't mind me saying you don't seem to like France so why are you there?

WindSock

magneticimpulse wrote: »

Toilets were a hole in the ground and I kept dripping pee on my shorts and underpants everytime I tried to aim for the toilet. Sorry I wasnt drinking any alcohol so it had nothing to do with that. Had to bring toilet paper and soap in handbag (and still do this in france) as they never have any. Come on a hole in the ground????

You know you are supposed to squat over them and not stand, right? :pac:

magneticimpulse

WindSock wrote: »

You know you are supposed to squat over them and not stand, right? :pac:

Haha very funny i do. But like i said my pee hole is lobsided. Think about it...shorts, and underpants, your squating but usually you have to put your feet either side of the hole. Now unless i go out with no underwear and wear a dress there be no problem. But yep my pee hole likes to aim into my underpants

magneticimpulse

magneticimpulse wrote: »

I lived in US, UK, France and South East Asia. Maybe because ive traveled so many places ive encountered many things. Im in a different country every 2nd week. So go figure.

My grandparents have been to loads of places, they're still awful travellers who can't deal with anything foreign.

But then what would i know...im just sitting here in the South of France in 35C with about 10 mosquito bites, headache from heat, slapped up in suncream and period on the way. Dosing myself in Ibuprofen and Gel Apaisant Soin Apres Piqure.... But then I wouldnt know what its like outside of Ireland????

Oh no, mosquito bites and period on the way, how do you survive? These things are not a problem for most people. You don't need to bring half a pharmacy to survive in the south of France. The only people who do that are tourists who don't know how to cope in other countries/climates. French women are not in bits every summer sitting next to the fan popping loads of pills.

magneticimpulse wrote: »

Haha very funny i do. But like i said my pee hole is lobsided. Think about it...shorts, and underpants, your squating but usually you have to put your feet either side of the hole. Now unless i go out with no underwear and wear a dress there be no problem. But yep my pee hole likes to aim into my underpants

So stand with your legs further apart. Pull your underwear up rather than down. Wait until you find a non-holey toilet. This is really a non-issue.

magneticimpulse

[quote=[Deleted User];66677955]My grandparents have been to loads of places, they're still awful travellers who can't deal with anything foreign.[/QUOTE]

Good for them.

[quote=[Deleted User];66677955]Oh no, mosquito bites and period on the way, how do you survive? These things are not a problem for most people. You don't need to bring half a pharmacy to survive in the south of France. The only people who do that are tourists who don't know how to cope in other countries/climates. French women are not in bits every summer sitting next to the fan popping loads of pills.[/QUOTE]

He yeah they do!!! Yeh should have seen them last weekend at the Wine Festival. Ye think South of France is always 35C haha, no its not. And we were out with a bloke who lives in Bangkok!!! The French were running for any mist fan they could find!!! Hmm but then im not a traveler or tourist, i lived here past 4 years...which you seem to be missing the point. And yes mosquito bites are uncomfortable, have you seen the size of them here? Oh surprise, the french dont like bites either. My god. And if you must know, my french friends made an order on BOOTS last week, got it delievered to my British Friends house, who brought it back to France with her...to give to the French Friends!!! Why??? Because ye cant get the same stuff in French Pharmacy's like you can in BOOTS. But hell, what would I know, i dont live in Ireland

[quote=[Deleted User];66677955]So stand with your legs further apart. Pull your underwear up rather than down. Wait until you find a non-holey toilet. This is really a non-issue.[/QUOTE]

No i just take underpants off and its fine.

magneticimpulse

magneticimpulse wrote: »

He yeah they do!!! Yeh should have seen them last weekend at the Wine Festival. Ye think South of France is always 35C haha, no its not. And we were out with a bloke who lives in Bangkok!!! The French were running for any mist fan they could find!!! Hmm but then im not a traveler or tourist, i lived here past 4 years...which you seem to be missing the point. And yes mosquito bites are uncomfortable, have you seen the size of them here? Oh surprise, the french dont like bites either. My god.

I know exactly what France is like, I used to live there as well. Of course they were running for mist fans, it's 35C, but you're going on as if you're living in the tropics and suffering from dengue. No, mosquito bites aren't pleasant, but so?? They're mosquito bites, they happen when it's hot. French mosquitos aren't bigger than the mosquitoes in the rest of the world. You don't need to bring half a million medications to deal with such common, minor problems. You say you've lived there for 4 years, but you appear to be living and acting like an inxperienced tourist. I wouldn't bring half the stuff you listed for a trek up the Himalayas. Ibuprofen for period pains and a headache? I've taken the stuff once in my life, when I got my wisdom teeth out and developed dry socket. I see no need to be bringing it on holiday. I've never had a problem finding tampons, suncream, after sun shampoo and paracetemol in any country I've been to, including the time I went to the Sahara desert, and I've never found the tampons too small. What do you think French women and the rest of Europe do, change them every 10 minutes?

magneticimpulse

[quote=[Deleted User];66678738]I know exactly what France is like, I used to live there as well. Of course they were running for mist fans, it's 35C, but you're going on as if you're living in the tropics and suffering from dengue. No, mosquito bites aren't pleasant, but so?? They're mosquito bites, they happen when it's hot. French mosquitos aren't bigger than the mosquitoes in the rest of the world. You don't need to bring half a million medications to deal with such common, minor problems. You say you've lived there for 4 years, but you appear to be living and acting like an inxperienced tourist. I wouldn't bring half the stuff you listed for a trek up the Himalayas. Ibuprofen for period pains and a headache? I've taken the stuff once in my life, when I got my wisdom teeth out and developed dry socket. I see no need to be bringing it on holiday. I've never had a problem finding tampons, suncream, after sun shampoo and paracetemol in any country I've been to, including the time I went to the Sahara desert, and I've never found the tampons too small. What do you think French women and the rest of Europe do, change them every 10 minutes? [/QUOTE]

No I was out everyday at the weekend from 9 am til 4am for the wine festival in the sun...drinking WINE...in the SUN!!! I might as well have been in the tropics. Hence the tablets for the headache (not due to period).

Yes some shops/pharmacy only stock O.B. MINI Tampons!!! They are not suitable for me. Good for you if you found normal ones. I had to search in many Pharmacy to find normal Super Plus Tampax.

MY GOD...How is:
1 sachet of Lemsip
1 sachet of Cystitis Stuff
1 small tube Canestan 2 ml (travel size)
1 small tube of bonjela and savonlon cream (travel size)
1 blister pack ibupfrofen contain (6 tablets)
1 blister pack anti histimine (contain 3 tablets)
1 blister pack of charcoal
1 blister pack of anti sh*ts tablets (6 tablets)
1 blister pack of Rennie's (6 tablets)
1 plaster which you can cut to size
Alot??? It all fits into a SOAP BOX!!!!!
3 super plus tampons throw in
and small 100 ml bottle of sun cream.
10 ml bottle anti bacterial gel (travel size)
There ye go. Sorry but i take that and will continue to always have that in my 1st aid box no matter if im in France or Laos. I travel for work and I bring a tiny 20L back pack....im no way an inexperienced traveler and have been always traveling. I LIVE IN FRANCE

ztoical

magneticimpulse wrote: »

MY GOD...How is:
1 sachet of Lemsip
1 sachet of Cystitis Stuff
1 small tube Canestan 2 ml (travel size)
1 small tube of bonjela and savonlon cream (travel size)
1 blister pack ibupfrofen contain (6 tablets)
1 blister pack anti histimine (contain 3 tablets)
1 blister pack of charcoal
1 blister pack of anti sh*ts tablets (6 tablets)
1 blister pack of Rennie's (6 tablets)
1 plaster which you can cut to size
Alot??? It all fits into a SOAP BOX!!!!!

But why do you need all of it in the first place? I don't have any of that stuff in my house let alone my bag when I go traveling.

How big is this soap box? When someone says soap box to me I think of those things you stand. And just cus someone travels alot doesn't make them an experienced traveler. My dad had to travel with the UN all the time and he was bloody useless.

Whispered

Yeah well I've been to Rome right, and the canaries yeah and even france. So there.....

What the hell is going on in this thread?