The Italians have no idea they are missing out on warm, fluffy towels right out of the dryer. You know why? Because there are no dryers here!!! Nothing like wrapping yourself with a stiff, slightly below room temperature towel because I leave the windows open. Heaven. Again, not a shock to me, but definitely missing it. Having to fold the towels right out of the dryer never seemed to be a chore to me as a kid. I loved the feeling of them! Of course as I got older the excitement died down a bit, but I will admit there's a hint of it when I fold a load of laundry from the dryer and all of my socks have a pair. What a thrill!!

But I digress. While the Europeans are much more progressive in certain areas when it comes to energy conservation than the Americans (i.e. censored lights in hallways so they aren't always on - only when needed, having to put your key in a slot to have your hotel lights work) they are lightyears behind in the washing machine efficiency. If I were to put my towels and sheets in the "cotton" cycle, that would take 2:12 hrs. Over 2 hours for one small load! And being I love shortcuts, I don't shy away from them in this category. I throw mine in the "cotton express" (that's not really the name of it) for just 0:59 min. What a time saver!

And then the synthetics. Which take a good day or two longer to air dry then the sheets and towels, just FYI. If I were to put on the "jeans and darks" cycle, 1:15 hr. "Express", 0:59 min. Are you seeing a pattern here yet? And here is what my room looks like when waiting for things to dry.

That's just one half. There are pants hanging over every cabinet door I can reach! The experience of sleeping among wet clothes is definitely a new one.

So maybe it's best they don't have dryers here because if a proper wash of cottons takes over 2 hours, I can only imagine how long it would take to dry them all. There goes your afternoon!!