Laundry in Europe

Ah, how we love to "live the dream." Smelling your clothes through your bag and not wanting to put them back on because you haven't washed them in two weeks is so dreamy, let me tell you. Here the washers are itty bitty teensy weensy, so for three people we have to prioritize if we want to consolidate and not spend anywhere between 1 and 4 euro a person washing clothes. Sometimes they'll even have a dryer! What a novel concept. In Prague we literally sweated so much that our clothes stuck to our skin and dried in all that smelly, salty glory. So we said to ourselves, let's do the wash before we leave. Well, they didn't have driers in Prague, and we didn't have time to wait for air dry, so we decided to bring them to Munich and wash here. Then you have to decide: what to wear on the train that won't offend your nose or other people's either. You sniff check, you spray perfume or cologne or, my personal savior, febreeze.
You can try to wash in sinks, but most hostels don't have big sinks, or if they do you can never find something to stop it up with unless you though ahead and brought a sink stop (we didn't, unfortunately.) I have a travel clothesline which is amazingly handy for more than just clothes: it can help dry towels or swimsuits, it can be a divider for beds, used to make a curtain or door, and can even be used as a rope-type thing to strap things together.
Even if you washed your clothes at every hostel, aside from costing a fortune, you'd still never have something completely clean to wear because everything mingles in the pack (even if you have separate compartments or what have you) so the best you can hope for it really delicious smelling laundry detergent that makes everything smell better.
But the smell/feel of freshly laundered clothes can make all the difference in your mood, in how you feel about the world in general as well.