Health Tips for Travel to Tuscany

Your personal pillow...
Tempur World also manufactures the Tempur Travel Pillow™ -- anatomically shaped in such a way that it gives maximum support to your neck and ensures correct sleeping posture (whether you're snoozing in a silk sleeping bag or lolling in a five-star hotel). Forget lumps and bumps -- this comfy travel product has a built-in memory -- once you lift your head, the pillow goes right back to its original shape, ready for you to lie down the next time. And, if you're picturing a huge rectangular pillow that you must lug under your arm while you're moving from one place to the next, forget it. This nifty product can be rolled up (compressing the volume by 70%), and put into its smart black carrying pouch measuring less than a foot long, and four and a half inches in diameter.

Lovely lavender oils...
Carry some aromatherapy lavender oils in a tiny bottle. Learn how many drops to use in your evening soak and how many to put on your pillow case. Lavender is known for its lovely ability to help you relax and sleep like a baby. P.S. I always wrap my own bottle in a plastic cling material like Saran™ before putting it into my cosmetic bag. If the bottle should leak everything in the suitcase would smell and smell and smell like lavender. Not good!

Stay calm, not wired...
Coffee, tea, chocolate and wine are all stimulants and will keep you awake if you're susceptible to them. In the evening, I try to drink calming teas like chamomile and I keep my wine intake to a minimum. Of course, drinking wine can be a pleasure but especially when travelling solo or during an important business dinner, I want to be fully alert and be able to think clearly about where I am and what I am saying. P.S. I always carry chamomile tea bags as well as an assortment of other decaffeinated teas in my backpack. These are my beverage of choice on long haul plane rides, as well.

Late dinners are not winners...
Part of the enjoyment of travelling comes from all the different foods we want to try. As a result, we usually eat more and differently than we normally do at home. Just try to remember that overindulgence at dinner makes your body work very hard well into the night.

The alternative is to have your largest meal at lunch which is a far better idea for several excellent reasons. (1) Even the most exclusive restaurants in town serve an affordable lunch menu. This allows you to test many high-end dining spots rather than just a few. (2) At lunch there will be many other solo business diners and you won't feel conspicuous eating alone. (3) You'll have all afternoon and evening to walk off the extra calories you've consumed. Eat lightly at dinner and you'll sleep like a baby!