Packing for 7+ months of life/traveling

For those who couldn’t care less what and how I packed for a very long trip (or a relatively short living experience), you may take a look at the photo below and be on your merry way.

Everything fits!

For anyone interested, following is much more detail about what/how I packed. I am generally a light packer and it works well for me. Though I have, on occasion, under-packed. I’ve done the living out of a 50-liter pack for 3 months thing, and it was great. This time is different because though I am going to be traveling a fair amount, I am actually moving to live and work in a new spot. Strasbourg may be cold and rainy for much of my time there, and I will also be traveling to a couple other places with varying climates. Additionally, I plan on hiking/climbing/skiing at least a little bit if not a lot.

This isn’t necessarily meant to be packing advice for TAPIF or for long trips, this is just what works for me.  I may do a follow-up post in a few months to see if what I brought was sufficient and whether or not I wish I had packed differently.

 

The essentials:

Chapstick, Credit + debit cards, driver’s license, passport, work visa, birth certificate, the rest of the required legal documents plus approximately 7,283 copies of each one.

Clothes:

3 pants

2 capri pants

1 pair shorts

3 leggings

3 workout pants

9 tops

5 workout tops

3 long sleeve shirts

4 sweaters

3 dresses

1 skirt

9 pairs socks

14 undies

2 bras

2 sports bra

1 fleece

1 shell

1 down puffy

3 scarves

2 pairs gloves (1 light, 1 heavy)

2 hats (1 warm hat, 1 baseball cap)

Shoes:

hiking boots

nice boots

running shoes

ballet flats

flip flops

Toiletries:

travel size shampoo (which also functions as body wash)

travel size conditioner

toothbrush

toothpaste

facewash

sunscreen

6 more chapsticks (I lose these like its my job. And I am very good at my job)

curly hair magic

Travel 1st aid kit:

Stash of OTC drugs (Ibuprofen, Dayquil, Benadryl, pepto bismal, Dramamine)

Leatherman

Calendula tincture (stops bleeding quickly + disinfects)

Stash of essential oils (travel favorites include tea tree, lavender, eucalyptus, peppermint in very tiny bottles)

Bandaids

Medical tape

Cough drops

Electronics:

Laptop + charger

Phone + charger

Kindle + charger

headphones

Thumb drive

Miscellaneous:

Headlamp

Climbing harness and shoes

Water bottle

Science lesson plans + other presentations for students (on thumb drive)

Eyemask

Gifts for hosting teachers (who doesn’t love Ghirardelli chocolates?)

small purse

Packing cubes: I have been told by many

All my tops and dresses fit in these two things!

people that these are the cat’s pajamas (why is that a phrase?!?). I do like being organized, so I am going to try a mixture of 1 packing cube, Eagle Creek Garment folders (thank you very much, Katy!), and my old standard method of “organized” piles.

And now all I have left to do is go!

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