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What I brought on my trip

Here’s what I brought with me on my travel through Europe − hope it helps anyone who wants to do a similar trip!

Luggage

  • 50L black backpack which I highly recommend.
  • A tote bag for when I wanted to walk around and my fanny pack wasn’t enough (eg. bringing a picnic or sunscreen). Used it 3-4 times.
  • Waterproof fanny pack, which I bought at Nature et découvertes but doesn’t seem to be on shelves anymore. The (Mary Poppins-style) pack contains:
    • My driving license for extra ID or emergencies that require driving. It’s not in my wallet because I want to be able to lose my wallet and not panic (too much).
    • A condom − if you cut your finger off you’ll be glad I have a rather sterile environment for it.
    • A foldable menstrual cup for emergencies.
    • Wipes for my glasses.
    • Hand cream and lip balm.
    • A notebook and pen.
    • An external battery and its cable.
    • Hand sanitizer.
    • A lighter − great for making friends.
    • My wallet.
    • My keys.
    • My first aid kit, a tiny box containing:
      • 2 bandaids
      • 2 blister bandaids
      • Ibuprofen and paracetamol
      • Burn cream
      • Itch cream
      • An antacid.

Accessories

  • Kiprun 500ml foldable water bottle: when it’s empty, I can just fold it and put it in my pocket.
    • A clip to fasten it to my belt or bag.
  • A sleeping mask, an inflatable travel pillow and earplugs.
  • A Bluetooth keyboard for blogging while on the road − best idea I’ve had.  2 AA batteries for the keyboard, which I ended up not needing.
  • An USB charger that holds 4 cables at once. And 2 cables.
  • A microfiber tea towel, mostly to clean my glasses.
  • Cutlery.
  • A neck cover (which sometimes doubled as a headband when my ears were freezing.)

Clothing

  • Underwear:
    • 5 pairs of socks. I didn’t have time to get woolen ones so I had 2 wool pairs (wonderful) and 3 cotton pairs (eh).
    • 4 boxers. I’d have liked 5.
    • 3 sports brassieres.
    • 2 reusable panty liners.
    • 1 large T-shirt and 1 loose pair of shorts for sleeping.
  • Tops:
    • 1 synthetic T-shirt, which I never wore because I hate how it feels.
    • 2 merino wool T-shirts, which I wore all the time. I should have gotten 3.
    • 1 long-sleeved merino wool shirt.
    • 1 long-sleeved warm merino wool shirt that I used as my sweater.
    • 1 polo shirt for going out.
  • Bottoms:
  • Shoes:
    • 1 pair of flip-flops.
    • 1 pair of sandals which I never wore because I need insoles and would have gladly exchanged for another pair of hiking shoes.
    • 1 pair of hiking shoes.
  • Other:
    • A raincoat.
    • A poncho that is in a tiny bag that goes into my pocket (thanks mom!).
    • A hat against the sun (never wore it).
    • Swimsuit and a « nanofiber » (read: extremely small and quick-dry but also pretty rought) towel.

Health

  • Sunscreen (wore it once).
  • Sunglasses (wore them many times).
  • My toiletries:
    • Travel toothbrush and toothpaste
    • Face cream
    • Tweezers, nail clipper
    • More bandaids and paracetamol that didn’t fit in the fanny pack
    • Medicine against diarrhea (didn’t use it) and acid reflux (should have used it but forgot I had it)
  • Menstrual cup. Period underwear takes too long to dry.

Housekeeping

  • One Marseilles soap bar that worked for washing myself and my clothes.
  • A mesh bag for dirty laundry.
  • Small fabric bags for my clothes, and compression packing cubes (they’re small bags with two zippers: you stuff them with both zippers open, close the main zipper, and then close the smaller zipper to take the air out of them and make them smaller).

I did not bring this fleece sweater and regretted it several times. I also did not bring my usual metal bottle because it was cumbersome – it made sense, but I still missed it.

I might have forgotten some stuff, but I think I got most of it covered!

❤️

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