The Tale of the Toilet Kit

Le conte du kit de toilette (The Tale of the Toilet Kit) – When we left Buenos Airs, we also left our toilet kit behind. This is not just any toilet kit, it’s an Orvis Kit. For those of you who don’t know the brand, it’s an upscale fresh water fish rod store with upscale accessories. I have had this kit for years, but never used it since it was too elaborate and fancy for business travel.
Well the first hotel we stay at, we leave it behind, but all is not lost. My friend, Christian, from Western Union Buenos Airs comes to the rescues and sends it to Pairs where we hope to pick it up during our stay. After 5 days in DHL space, the kit travels to Paris and back Buenos Airs. It appears the content description was not good enough for the French to get through customs. In the kit is Lynne’s extra bottle of contact eye solution. We will try again and this time the word medicine is used to describe the bottle.

The bottle gets to Paris in days, but held up while DHL writes my friend, Gregory, from the Western Union Paris asking more details on the contents and a copy of my passport. Being a seasoned traveler, I have copy of the passport in pdf format. So I write back explaining that it is not medicine and send the passport all by email. Isn’t technology great? I have been tracking this shipment all the time while in Portugal hoping it will arrive, the one day we are back in Pairs on our way to Belarus. That was a mistake because I see that DHL has now sent the kit to India and give up hope of ever seeing it.

The night before we leave Lisbon for Paris, I see the kit is now back in Paris and ready for shipment. We check into our airport hotel and then head into Pairs. I lost the bet, Gregory come s out of the elevator with a big smile and the kit. We end the kit story with a nice lunch at Le New Balal near the Western Union office where use to eat once a week. This restaurant has the best Indian/Pakistan food with chicken and lamb that melts in your mouth.