Folding Envelopes

Brett's mesh cubes came in this week and I also ordered some "folding envelopes" from Magellans.  They allow you to fold your shirts, pants and dresses into a uniform size and keeps them together in a convenient envelope. I bought one for both of us. I think Brett will benefit the most considering all of his polo-style shirts that I'm sure he'll be taking. You can see from my attached photos how handy these will be for us! Anything that can help keep our packing and unpacking time to a minimum is AWESOME.  You can see here how small the envelope is compared to my 4 t-shirts:

Here's the instructions and an example of how to fold the shirts using the handy-dandy plastic guide:

After folding the shirts around the plastic guide, they are all the same size.  Then, you just stack them in the middle of the envelope and fold the 4 sides up around the items. Lastly, you secure with the velcro.

Perfecto!  (Excellent in English) I think these are going to be great!  It will keep all of our items separated into small groups.  This way, we can abstain from stringing every individual item out of our bags looking for one specific thing...YAY!!!

Another thing I am currently working on his how to get from the airport in Rome to our apartment. We will obviously have our luggage and basically have 2 options.

1. We can take the "Leonardo Express" from the aiport to the central train station (a.k.a. Termini) for about 9.5 euros = $12 US dollars per person. From there, we will take a metro (subway) ride to about 3 blocks from the apartment for about $1.30 per person.
   


2. We can take a taxi directly to our apartment for about 35 euros = $45.

Why would we take the taxi for $45 when we could go the other way for about $27? Well, they main concern is safety. Although Rome is a considerably safe place, pickpockets are rampant at the Termini station. This would not normally concern me because Brett and I are both usually aware of our surroundings. However, we will have our luggage, which is not as easy to keep an eye on as a purse or small bag. Surprisingly, Brett thinks taking the taxi is a good idea (surprising b/c he's pretty frugile), so I just need to make sure we make the right decision. I'll keep you updated on our taxi vs. metro delimma.

Side note: What's up with criminals???? Why do they have to mess with everything? This would be a no-brainer if we didn't have to worry about pickpockets. ughh....

Just for fun: Here are my abandoned pics for this post...there seems to be a recurring reason why these photos didn't make the cut...lol...I LOVE my dog!!!