Posted on 02.06.10 1:13AM under Uncategorized
I am excited as hell, can’t you tell?
I’m probably jumping the gun with the planning, but I am going to be buying some items for my trip (bag, travel cubes) and I want to make sure I hit everything, so naturally I am planning as close to out loud as I am going to get.
Because I will be traveling for 9 days during the break between semesters and for 9 days after the end of the program, packing light is a huge issue. But because I am also going to school, I don’t want to look schleppy during the “living in Germany” portion of my trip.
The last time I went to Germany I did some things that were not so bright, like pack jeans and bring a rolling suitcase that was a pain in the butt in a lot of the old towns I visited. It made getting to the hostels suck. This go around, I want to make sure that doesn’t happen.
As far as packing goes, I am having a huge issue with the clothing I want to bring. A lot of the travel clothing I looked at looked matronly (I’m 24) and I want to dress as sharply as I can at school. Because of the weather in northern Germany (last time I was there around the same time of year I think it rained almost every day), I want to be able to layer if I need to so I am thinking about bringing 1 dresses (somewhat casual and jersey knit), 2 skirts (also knit), 1 pair of lightweight pants (that exist only in my head and aren’t ugly), and maybe 5 or so shirts. In addition I was going to bring two pairs of tights for the layering and a nonbulky sweater and a windbreaker. My problem lies in footwear. Does anyone have any suggestions for shoes that I can pair with tights, dresses, and pants, and would also hold up in the rain? My boots are too big for a small bag. I feel like attempting to be fashionable while packing light is not going to happen but I desperately want it to.
As far as cosmetics go, I wasn’t going to bring too many of those. Foundation, blush, mascara, one eyecolor palette for when I want to look super hot, one tube of colored lipgloss, and one tube of chapstick. I am growing my bangs out so I won’t need to deal with a hairdryer while I am there. I’d like to congratulate myself on my foresight now. I can braid my hair, pull it back, put it in pigtails, in a bun. Voila!
I am DEFINITELY ordering a light weight travel towel. I was thinking about going with the Rick Steves’ convertible carry-on and some packing cubes. That is really all of the baggage I want to bring with me. I am going to bring a tote bag for groceries and school items, or a messenger bag style purse, not sure yet.
Does all of the above even sound feasible?
Look at all the weekends I will have to travel! I travel for free in Niedersachsen with my student I.D. In order to save money I can leave Lueneburg early and return late-ish at night, thus avoiding the cost of a hostel. BOOYEAH. So. . . check out the travel plans after the jump!
Fly into Hamburg on May 20!!
Travel to Lueneburg!.
May 29 Hamburg!
June 5 Hanover
June 6 Hamelin
June 12 Celle (then nap)+ Clubbing + Fischmarkt in Hamburg!!
June 13 recovery from dancing my ass off
June 19 Hildesheim
June 20 Braunschweig
June 26-July 4 big trip of doom. Amsterdam, antwerp, brussels, bruges.
July 10 Wolfenbuettel
July 11 Goettingen
July 17 Osnabrueck
July 18 Oldenburg
July 24 Emden
July 25 Jever
July 31 Bremen
August 7 - East Frisian Islands
August 9-August 17 Aachen, heidelberg, munich, regensburg, erfurt (because I loved it that much). Fly out of Munich.
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