I have been traveling for over three years, and spend 10 months a year away from home. I have had some funny and some aweful experiences. Since I work for the U.S. Government, I get to stay in mostly ok, but not great places. Some of them are just horrible.
Some times, you have extended stay places, so you can cook, some times, they are not. Since I am usually at the same place for 2-4 months, eating out gets old. So does eating salads, and cold sandwiches.
When I was in Kotzebue, Alaska. Go look that one up on the web...
It's -40 outside, and I'm cooking a stew in my crockpot, on a shelf, in a room that looks like a bad hotel in El Salvador (its the only hotel in a village of 3,000). I need to get fresh air in my room.. so I open the window. I fall asleep.. I wake up hour later and its 20 degrees in my room.. I have to bang the window to get it closed.. at least it was fresh smelling in my room lol.
I have more stories of these travels.. I will bore you all later..
