{"id":427,"date":"2013-07-03T19:16:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T17:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?p=427"},"modified":"2013-07-03T19:16:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T17:16:37","slug":"when-the-wheels-came-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?p=427","title":{"rendered":"When the wheels came off"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At Peterhof, Peter the Great’s summer palace in St Petersburg.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The wheels came off on the last leg of my trip. I don\u2019t, as you might imagine, mean that I went into a carb-crazed face-feast or behaved in a way injures to my health (JP might argue this point about my shopping) but what I mean is that just moments from our final London destination, I lost a wheel. I\u2019m not surprised. Years ago I abused the same hard-back American Tourista (read invincible luggage) on a trip to Venice when I was so infuriated by how far we had to walk to our hotel launch that I forced my through the throngs, up and down Venice\u2019s bridges bashing my case on each step which sounded like a mafia shootout in slow motion. \u00a0Last week, having shopped for more items than I had space to carry, I was bashing my poor bag up and down the steps of The Underground \u2013 much later did I think to rather change trains at wheel-chair friendly stations.<\/p>\n

I should not be allowed to own luggage. The best news, aside from the wonderful gear I purchased at half-price sales, is that the nice people at The Luggage Warehouse in Willowbridge replaced the wheel in the time I had the cheapest coffee in the last month and sent me on my way just with a bill for the replacement wheel. How Fabulous Is That?<\/p>\n

I mentioned my anxiety about coping with my eating plan while abroad. Eating on the ship <\/a>could have been easy as there were many perfect options but I struggled as it was so tempting to have wall-to-wall food, every minute, of every waking hour, and then free room service.<\/p>\n

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JP and I at Nyhavn, Copenhagen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eating right in London was very easy as I resolved I would rather spend money on shopping than eating out. I bought a Giorgio Armani vintage (okay, second hand) jacket from the Trinity Hospice Shop for 18 Pounds (R270) –\u00a0 the same price I paid for a chicken Caesar salad and cappuccino at Spaghetti House \u2013 not a Michelin-star restaurant. I found a vintage leather jacket at Camden Lock Market for 10 Pounds. At five pounds for a 1.5kg chicken and 2 pounds for broccoli, I was happily eating chicken and broccoli for less than I can buy it here.<\/p>\n

I did have a crisis while I was away and very nearly comfort-ate directly from a jar of peanut butter on the kitchen counter when I realised that I had left my brand-new Olympus TG 2 camera on the train from Edinburgh. It felt like I\u2019d been punched in the chest and was flushed with rage but I found just speaking (okay, I was shouting) the way I felt was enough \u2013 I didn\u2019t have to burry my emotions with food.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As much as I love being at home, I learn so much more about myself when I travel. I think we all do.<\/p>\n

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