MM Sticker Found Under A Bus In Switzerland

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Rj may hate it or love it, I'm not sure.

Pretty good chance, since we know at least one person who wears joggers staying there.

Here are a few more things, now that I've slept off our afternoon out without our kid. 

I mentioned this earlier, but I'll elaborate on couchsurfing. My wife has never actually surfed, but we have met people from the website who list their profile as willing to "meet for coffee." No, it's not some secret swinger code, but it is people who live there that are interested in meeting new people. A couple in Paris invited us to their apartment; they had a big spread of fruit, cheese, and wine as well as a couple friends who came over to hang out. I brought a baseball with me as a souvenir and gave it to them - at least one or two of them had never even held a baseball. We drank, ate, and talked about what life was like in our respective countries. We also got the insider scoop from them on places to go/eat. I've surfed while flying solo and it's a fantastic way to travel cheap and meet locals. A dude in Toronto gave me the keys to his apartment while he was at work; this was after a night of scotch, weed, and burgers on his deck. I can neither confirm nor deny we also visited a gentlemen's club.

For credit card, check on your benefits for luggage replacement, travel delay compensation, and medical evacuation. Most of the travel themed cards have it, but check anyway. This way you get all the benefits of travel insurance without actually having to pay for it. Also, carry a second fee-free card in case the first gets compromised. We had a Visa chasing us around Japan for like 10 days because the FedEx overnight couldn't manage to deliver the replacement before we kept changing hotels.

Leave your passport locked in a hotel safe. You won't need it most places and losing it is a major pain in the ass. Carry a photocopy of it if you're worried about evidence of your citizenship.

US Dollars almost always work in a pinch. I usually have a few $20 bills as backup.

If you use a hiking backpack, put the rain cover on backwards (bundling the shoulder straps) and use straps to keep it in place if checking and/or out of sight. Property crime are usually ones of opportunity, so having everything bundled up (and zippers locked) means thieves move to an easier mark. 

Carry a few locks and cables to secure your luggage if you have to leave it somewhere. These can be cut, but again, you just don't want to be easiest target. The best use of these I've had to date is locking our stroller to a tree behind the grandstands at Monza.  https://amzn.to/2OurIDZ  https://amzn.to/2FvtAbA

If you have food allergies, print and laminate a few key phrases about it. I took a small card that had three different sentences in Korean, Khmer, and Vietnamese about my carrot allergy. This way you can show them the card when you order and not have to worry about if they understood you. I had native speakers at work translate the sentences for me, so they could impart the necessary level of urgency in the phrasing. You won't really get that with Google Translate. 

Download offline maps for your phone. Google Maps will still provide navigation directions if you have no signal, as long as the maps are downloaded. A large metropolitan area should be <200 mb.

Keep your head on a swivel and be aware of your surroundings. Europe is pretty safe, but burying your nose in your phone can make you a target for pickpockets.