My dear ladies and occasional gentleman, why are so many people wearing BACKPACKS?
My AMERICAN friends, I salute your Dick Kelty the INNOVATOR of the BACKPACK.
BUT and it’s a BIG BUT he invented it for people who go HIKING or CAMPING – NOT for short BUS rides to PORTOFINO!
A SLIGHT young man, back bent backwards by the weight of his BACKPACK and his companion was standing on our crowded bus from the train station to PORTOFINO. Every time he turned to look at the beautiful scenery out of the window he TOOK THREE PEOPLE OUT.
A FEISTY Italian lady who was in danger of missing her stop had to resort to the traditional method of a SHARP BLOW to the back of the KNEES; bringing him down on his back like an UPENDED TURTLE.
I lost COUNT of the number of TIMES I was BIFFED, BASHED or SQUISHED by the DAMN THINGS. WHAT the HECK is in the FISHING things?
Even on the PLANE, it’s a STRUGGLE to fit my SLIM SUITCASE in the OVERHEAD locker with the BULGING, MULTI POCKET, METAL TUBED, PADDED STRAPPED BACKPACK.
WHO NEEDS a BACKPACK when wandering the beautiful City of GENOA, or meandering along the SEAFRONT of PORTOFINO.
I mean one is never further than a couple of feet from WATER, FOOD, ALCOHOL or a DEFIBRILLATOR these days.
A BACKPACK is APPROPRIATE for HIKING, CAMPING or EXPLORING in the WILD.
If you need a bag, why not a SHOULDER BAG suitable for EVERYONE.
When you are about to leave the house with HALF the HOUSE, ASK YOURSELF…….DO I NEED THIS LETHAL WEAPON ON MY BACK?
Yours Grumpily
Celia
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Celia Ladygarden 
I prefer to travel as lightly as possible. I have even done away with the fanny pack. 🙂
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Me too, I will never understand people taking huge suitcases and rucksacks for a week away. They must be exhausted before they even arrive on holiday 🤣
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