My Wanderlust Musthaves!

Travel Bits Summer 2014

We’re 9 days away kids! 9!! I’m a pack light kind of girl (or at least I’ve convinced myself that I’m going to be) so these are a few bits that I think are necessary (apart from the obvious toiletries, adapters, money, docs, etc) for travel.

Denim Shirt That all purpose clothing item that can be a shirt, jacket, dress voila! three outfit choices in one.

Superga canvas shoes Comfy shoes! For the love of your beautiful feet wear comfy shoes that you can dress up or down as need be. PROTIP: These particular shoes need to be broken in or at least that was the case for my delicate feet (I also insisted on not wearing socks but you can read about that bout of folly here)

Ipad case It’s cute and on sale and you do need to protect your tablet cuz I know you’re not thinking of taking that heavy bulky laptop.

Embossed Leather Journal I believe in keeping a journal, it clears the fog in my brain and writing cleanses.

Yoga Journal Magazine Something to read! I have a whole post of my fave magazines here. PROTIP: Using an app like ZINIO means you can take all the glossies you want without the extra bulk.

Harmony 2″ Camera Strap This beautiful strap makes my camera feel more personalized and more…mine and not just one of the other hunks of metal being dragged about by hordes of tourist (I have a hipster tendencies).

Bucket Bag A good sturdy bag to hold it all! I’m taking hand luggage only so I will be stuffing this beauty with whatever won’t fit in my carry on.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR WANDERLUST MUSTHAVES? WELL DON’T LEAVE ME IN THE DARK! TELL ME BELOW 🙂

July 30, 2014 Permalink Leave a response Wanderlust,

Going on a jetplane

In exactly 11 days I will be flying to Lisbon. This trip was conceived in madness, at 3 am one morning in May when I couldn’t sleep and I just kind of decided that things were going pretty shit but also that it was within my power to change all that. It went something like this:

little voice inside: WE SHOULD DO THAT!
inner critic: ARE YOU MAD?
little voice inside: honestly I’m not sure but fuck it ….WE’RE GOING!

I emptied my bank account and booked the flight, not knowing how I was going to afford anything else but now it’s 11 days away, my finances are sorted and I’m actually going. I. AM. TERRIFIED. Not only because any other plans I have tried to make this summer have not worked out but because I’m winging it for the first time in my life. I’ve been to Paris before but my sister lived there and knew everything about how to get around and spoke pretty decent french. My language skills are not an issue here, my Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan are more than sufficient but it’s the fact that I’m allowing things to happen, knowing that I have little control over what’s actually going to happen and because this is something that I’ve dreamed of pretty much since I’ve known myself and it’s right there…11 days away…ahhhhhhhh. I’m flying alone but meeting my bestie in Lisbon and we are going to Porto and Barcelona then returning to Lisbon, over the course of 10 days.