Finally got that horseshoe out of there

Jenn has been saying it for a long time: we've been extremely lucky on this trip. A little too lucky if you ask her. Things have been going so well for us in terms of weather, missing high seasons, catching lucky breaks with transport, good health, and on and on... surely we are due for a bit of misfortune, no?


Except for a bit of unforeseen snow in China we've had awesome weather throughout our trip: I've been carrying around an umbrella that has been unfurled only once. We haven't been robbed though we rarely use safes nor insist do we on super secure hotels; and despite our best efforts we haven't lost anything of great value (we left a camera behind at a restaurant in Japan and we left our laptop at a street side market in Egypt - both were returned to us). We even had a broken camera miraculously start to work again - now I can experience the joy of taking pictures of Jenn taking pictures.

We have had a bit of misfortune - but hardly anything worth mentioning. Jenn did have to pitch a broken hair straightener and we've both left some clothes behind (absentmindedly or on purpose because they ceased to fit), but that's about the worst of it. Not too bad for 6+ months on the road, huh? Well, maybe the stars have shifted... or maybe that bum shaman's curse finally took hold. Who knows, but our streak is over. The hammer has dropped. We finally had a bad day.

The other day we were on a train from Bulgaria to Hungary. Long trip - got to see a lot of mountains do some reading and writing. Perfect, right? Well it was EXCEPT.... when we woke up our laptop was missing. We tore our little two person cabin apart, but someone somehow snuck into our locked room at night and made off with it. We loved that little thing - bummer, huh?

To make our day just a bit worse, as we dejectedly stepped off the train I realized that my shoes have finally eaten it. They are no longer even remotely water resistant. AND THEN!!! We were trying to cheer ourselves up at the police station (needed a police report for insurance) by taking pictues of my shoes... while reviewing the shots I realized that I am balding! Jeepers.... what a bummer of a day.

But don't worry your pretty little heads. It's not all that bad. We have traveller's insurance that should cover the computer (we'll make updates when we see how well World Nomads treats us). Luckily our short bad streak seems to be over already. Jenn has since left her purse at a restaurant only to have it returned. On arrival to England we caught the last bus of the night from the airport only to have a free $12 ride because we didn't have British pounds. Seems like that horseshoe has found it's way back home where it belongs.