L'aura del Campo

Packing but ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ... not everything

Packing but ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ... not everything

30DBC: You are going on a long trip. I know you’ll take toiletries and clothes. What else has to go with you? Give me a list of 3 things you must take with you and explain why these are necessary.

Electronics and their batteries and cords and... these are necessary but a royal pain. Camera, computer, phone. I need to be able to make reservations, send messages and keep in touch.

My journal is a necessity, as is an extra notebook. I keep addresses and numbers in them as well. Hard paper copies of anything like reservations. I'm a writer and a jotter. I feel naked without paper and pen.

Spare glasses, shoe laces, belt, sheets, pens, pillow-case. Yes, one can buy most everything elsewhere but better to have it packed. I hate shopping.

I have a list, even for clothes (how many socks, shirts, black underwear). I only pack a backpack and a roller bag, both are carry-on. If it doesn't fit, it doesn't go. Doesn't matter whether it's two weeks or two months. If I need to deal with a change of weather it can get dicey, but I don't dare over-pack.

If I have local money left over from a former trip I take that as well. It means I don't have to go looking for an ATM at the airport.

Instead of a song about leaving, a song about staying:



I've actually been to Liverpool!

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