Feeling better on an autumn day

There's nothing like a nasty illness to make you appreciate the world and get all travel writerly about it

Sleep is at the bottom of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, among other basic requirements like water, air and shelter. But on Wednesday morning, in my world, it rose to the very top. After three nights of coughing, sweating and headaches so intense they barred the way to unconsciousness –  I slept for nine, blissful, dark, silent, uninterrupted hours. Wakin…