The Day My Dream Globe-Trotter Arrived
AI helped me translate this post from the Japanese original.
In European-style stories, there are often scenes where someone sets off on a journey with just one trunk.
Packing only what you need into a single case and traveling has always been a dream of mine.
And here is the trunk that brings that dream to life!!
The Globe-Trotter suitcase I ordered in October has arrived.
I’d been told it would take three months from order to delivery, but they delivered it a whole month early, which I’m so grateful for.
Thanks to that, it arrived in time for a trip I had planned 😭
I chose the Chelsea Garden series.
The standard ones have beige straps, you see.
I really wanted dark brown straps! Somehow, in my mind, a travel trunk has dark brown straps.
The shop didn’t have one to look at, and it was made to order, so I was nervous about what the actual color would be like, but it turned out great.
The Chelsea Garden straps are a color called burgundy: a brown with a wine-like purple in it.
At a glance it looks dark brown, but the stitching is a purplish, pinkish color, which is so cute.
And inside, a field of flowers!!!
It feels like a painting right on the lid, and I love it.
What’s lovely about Globe-Trotter is that it looks like a picture even when it’s open ✨
Globe-Trotter comes with four wheels or two, and since it looks so lovely open, I’m glad I went with two.
Rather than packing both halves like a regular suitcase, you lay one side down as the bottom and pack into that.
It feels more like packing things into a box.
Doing up the straps might be a bit of a hassle, but the lid opens with a single button.
And the lock is retro and cute too 😍
I mostly travel within Japan, so I don’t lock it much, but even the small details are lovely.
Fastening the straps, turning the locks on both sides by hand: it takes a little effort, but I think that adds to its charm.
It almost feels like a waste to get it dirty, but I want to take it to lots of places so I can enjoy how it ages!
