Packing my life away

This is how my tour is broken up:
Wednesday 11 Flight to Rome
Thursday 12-Friday 13 Rome
Saturday 14 Florence
Sunday 15 Venice
Monday 16-Tuesday 17 Lucern
Wednesday 18-Thursday 19 Paris
Friday 20-Saturday 21 London
Extra days Sunday 22-Monday 23 London
Tuesday 24 Flight to Lithuania


Tips for packing: Do not wait until the day before you leave to go clothes shopping. Might be helpful to be able to pack all your clothes before the day of your flight. It probably would have been a better idea to have a lot of stuff laid out slowly but surely for about two weeks rather than within a two hour span. But hey, if this style of packing works for you, don't fix what aint broke.

One of the worst things about packing is unpacking because you've realized that you packed everything wrong. Like using those air tight bags? Yeah, sounds like a good idea until you have to wrestle with it to get all the air out. Get the ones that you use the vacuum and not your own strength cause by the time you get to the fourth bag, having previously wrestled with the other three about five times (twice to repack it and three times because the top opened), you're pretty tired. But good news! They do actually work, but then you have to keep in mind that annoying 50 lbs limit for your flight. All that new-found space is now very deceiving...

Another annoying thing about packing for 4 months is trying to remember every single little minuscule detail that you do/use each and every day. Like bringing extra deodorant, but then again if the women don't shave in Paris, maybe I can get away with it ;). But be prepared to buy stuff while you're over there.. at least that's what I'm banking on for the stuff that I forget, or what I like to call intentionally saving space.

Other fun facts:
Lithuania uses Litas. $1 US = 2.5 Litas.. so 1 Lita = .40 US

This is my last post from the States. Hopefully the next one will be from somewhere in Rome.