Back in the early 80's I used to be interested in modern military history. Two books come to mind. One showed photos from the Falklands war, servicemen were dirty, unshaven and looked as if they had slept rough and had a bad breakfast to misquote Oliver Rendall Holmes. The second book was the American Invasion of Grenada with images of cleanshaven, clean servicemen. OK this may have been false and insulting to those whose were there but bear with me. You get dressed in your room, put makeup on and take a pic. If lucky you get a few hours perhaps even overnight, absolutely fantastic. Then again you get up, dress, makeup and go out, exposed to the elements and "do it for real." Those shoes ache, the wig needs a lot of work, the makeup runs. Then there is the practical aspects; where to carry money, what watch to wear, what type of bag. This ignores such topics as talking to people, using female toilets etc. It is fine and for most of the time the best you will get to do the few snatched hours but if you want to "do it for real" and there is no requirement to do so it all gets much more difficult. There is no choice for me, if the "door is open" I need to step through it even if you end up with blisters which take over 4 weeks to heal.
