Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Packing for 6 months

Written at SFO airport:
A Confucius quote states more or less that "every journey begins with a single step." I beg to differ. At least for me, this journey has started with two very large overstuffed suitcases that are just slightly over the weight limit and a strained back from weighing them multiple times while packing last night. It's difficult to pack, period. But add a 6 month trip to three different countries, two hemispheres and an extra large shoe collection, and you start to see that the journey has really begun before even taking a single step.

So after pairing down my little black dress collection to just 4 dresses, packing woolly sweaters for Ireland, bike shoes/pedals/shorts for Spain, hiking gear for Patagonia, and enough toiletries to open a small salon in Argentina, I am off on my adventures.


A map of my travels

1 comment:

Stephanie said...

Wow Nicola, were you really able to only decide on 4 black dresses? Impressive. But more impressive is your jet setting in 2 weeks. Can't wait to hear your continuous adventures -- toujours un aventure will soon become a part of your frequent sayings. Or the equivalent in Spanish!