Febreze!

Sometimes it's the little things that matter, right?

I love Febreze. A miracle of the space age (literally - it's used on the International Space Station) it's a wonder substance that doesn't hide odours, it neutralises them. I think it's wonderful.

Now one of the problems with extended travel is odours. Not keeping things clean; that's surprisingly easy, especially in hot weather. Water is abundant and soap is cheap. But when everything's bundled in a pack (or moped top-box) day after day, on the road, in hot weather, it just starts to smell a bit. Clean as much as you will, nothing's getting well aired so it starts getting stale.

I've been looking for Febreze everywhere since leaving the UK but it's been fiendishly elusive. Until today. An unassuming grocery store here in Florence ... and there it was, sitting chirpily on the shelf as though to say, "Oh, were you looking for me?"

Tonight everything I own will be hung around the room I'm staying in and liberally juiced. And can I just say: come on a journey like this one, discover the magic of Febreze three weeks in, and you'll understand my joy ...

///gushes.flasks.rebounds