All eight weeks of clothes and gear.
As the wise John Denver once said, "I'm leaving on a jet plane/ don't know when I'll be back again." Pat and I are leaving for our 8 week trip tonight at midnight. Our first stop will be in Munich followed by a work exchange at Hunza Ecolodge in Bodolyabér, Hungary. Our plan is to travel as light as we can so that we can have the freedom to move unencumbered. Everything on the following list fits in my 24 liter backpack, purse or on my body with a little bit of extra room in my backpack for souvenirs. Eventually, I think, I'll leave my book at a hostel and my yarn will turn into socks.
2 shoes- sandals and tennis shoes
2 hats- sun and cold
1 down puffy
1 raincoat
1 insulating mid-layer
1 hiking shirt
8 shirts- 1 long sleeve, 3 t-shirts, 4 tank tops
2 shorts-1 running, 1 hiking
3 pants- 1 hiking, 1 jeans, 1 leggings
1 dress
1 jumpsuit
9 pairs of socks- 5 cotton, 4 wool
5 bras- 4 sport, 1 fancy
10 pairs underwear
1 silk scarf
1 buff
1 leather belt
1 lacrosse ball (to work out traveling kinks in my back)
Sunglasses with case and croakies
Headlamp
Swimsuit
Silk cocoon mummy liner
1 roll up travel pillow
1 skein of yarn and knitting needles
1 DSLR camera w extra battery and charging cord
1 Ultralight UV water purifier w charging cord
Nalgene bottle w carabiner
iPad
iPhone w charging cord
DSLR to iPad converter
Kurt Vonnegut novel
Chapter 2- Science and Art of Herbalism
Journal
Reporter's notebook
1 pencil, 1 pen
Earplugs
Eyemask
Passport
Purse (1 pen, driver's license, debit card, cash-USD, and foreign currency, hand salve for sore fingers)
Small medicine ziplock- tums, Imodium, loratadine, ibuprofen
Small toiletries bag- extra small REI towel, two hair-ties, 6 bobbypins, travel sized toothbrush, toothpaste and Dr. Bronner's soap, face wash, shampoo, inhaler, lavender essential oil, mini comb, nail clippers, tweezers, pine gum sap salve, menstrual cup
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