Chinese Laundry

Today, I did my laundry. Chinese style.

Well, actually half-Western, half-Chinese. While washers are relatively common in China now, dryers are still considered rare and more of something “them foreigners” use. My apt has a washer (whew!) but no dryer. Instead, I have a lovely balcony to hang my clothes up to dry. It is actually quite neat though. Because the clothesline(rod?) can move up and down when I turn the knob. I was a bit worried initially because it was too high up for me to reach.

My “balcony” is enclosed so it’s not like my laundry is hanging for the whole world to see. Even though that wouldn’t be weird here. Since China is more humid than SoCal, the key is to do laundry in the morning so that the afternoon sun has a chance to dry it. I wonder how fast laundry dries during the winters. I might miss soft, fluffy clothes though.