The Real Helmet

Tiny, Cozy Sleeping Quarters

I’ve always had a fascination with tiny, cozy, efficient sleeping spaces. As a kid, one of the recurring stories I’d tell myself before bed was that I was a professional soccer player/stand-up comic/100-meter dash World Record holder/Jane Goodall crossing the Atlantic in a cargo ship. The entire story revolved around my sleeping quarters, consisting of a simple cot (sheets+pillow+scratchy wool blanket), a cardboard box full of books (bookshelves don’t work on a boat!) and a porthole window.

As an adult, I still occasionally lull myself to sleep with cozy bedtime stories about tiny, utilitarian sleeping spaces, but I’m also realizing that I could actually do some of them…

1) Cargo ship travel nowadays is a far cry from my spartan fantasies but still a much more interesting way to get around. Global shipping companies now offer accommodations for passengers in 350+ sq. foot apartments. For $4,000 you could spend 54 days aboard the Reederei F. Laeisz, visiting ports in Tokyo, Osaka, Pusan and Shanghai.

2) This summer I’m considering splurging on an Amtrak sleeping car for the 30+ hour train ride to Montana. Considerably smaller and less equipped than the cargo ship, their sleeping rooms meet all my simple qualifications with the added bonus of making me feel like Eva Marie Saint (hopefully I can strike up a romance with an accused murderer). 

3) This will never happen (even if I win the lottery because $10,000 for a flight is pure insanity) but it sure looks comfortable:

4) I’d love to rent a So-Cal Teardrop trailer someday and do a road-trip through the Southwest.

SOMEDAY I WILL ACHIEVE SOME OR NONE OF THESE! But at the very least I have more fodder for my nasty, cozy fantasies. 

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