At least once a year I try to go and travel internationally to a new country that I’ve never been to.
I just started this travel goal of mine last year.
Last year we went to Europe and i was very shocked because there is hardly any air conditioning used in restaurants and in hotels! A lot of the buildings that are in Europe are historical and not a lot of homeowners and business owners install central heating and cooling. I vividly remember having dinner on a really hot day at this small mom-and-pop restaurant. The windows were open and I can remember sweating and needing a lot of ice water to drink just stay cool. If there was any way that we can move our table outside just so I could get some sort of breeze and circulating air. As an American and being very spoiled by a lot of businesses, homes and hotels that have central heating and cooling installed and going to a country that has very limited heating and cooling was just something I was not used to. The worst part about our trip was the fact that there was no air conditioning in our hotel bedroom. I’m the type of person that always has to sleep with a fan on or have the room extremely cold when I go to bed. For two weeks I had to experience a very hot and humid room with no air circulating, I was complaining at least every night and I’m sure my friends were getting annoyed with me. There were nights that we would open up the windows but there were no screens to keep the bugs out. Once we got off the plane from our trip I was so excited and looking forward to sleeping in my home’s air conditioning system!