Happy New Year Everyone near and far! We’ve been silent for a while, but it is mostly because of planning our new year tours. Soon we’ll visit Portugal and hope to keep you updated on our adventures there.
It’s early January 2023 and being almost exactly three years since we last left Canadian shores (fond memories of Morocco stay with us), we’re finally ready and able to once again jet off for a month. As usual on our international trips, we limit our possessions to those that can be accommodated in carry on luggage only. We usually attain our goal with two carry on-sized suitcases and two small day-backpacks or as it is the case now one backpack and Diana’s purse.
With the current messy situations at airports worldwide this is even more practical. What better than breezing through customs (if there is such a thing) and heading towards your first accommodation without waiting for hours to pick up luggage and wondering if it actually arrived. For the old areas of Lisbon where we’ll be staying, it is actually highly recommended to travel light. Streets are steep and narrow with some being pedestrian only. Stairs to the upper floors are steep and narrow, too. We had a post some time ago with a list of what we pack, so this time decided to create a video. These two carryon suitcases have traveled around the world for months.
| Portugal 2023 Jan
total weight 28.6kg (2 carry-ons, 1 small backpack, 1 purse) |
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| Diana
3 pair of pants (2 pair of blue jeans, 1 beige travel) 1 dress 4 short sleeves t-shirts (3icebreaker wool, 1 cotton) 4 light sweaters or t-shirts (the warm icebreaker, a light navy blue for inhouse, ¾ sleaved t-shirt, the green) striped for travel 3 sleeveless/short sleeves turtle neck 1 long sleeve shirts – the anorak one 2 vests (down and 1 light with travelling pockets) 1 coat (the blue orange Scottish one) 6 underwear 3 bras 6 pair of socks Scarf 3 pair of running shoes (light puma one, Asics light, Asics Gore-Tex) 1 pair of crocks sandals/sleepers 1 ballet flats 1 PJ Light merino gloves
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Alex
2 pair of pants (1 convertible 1 beige dressier) 1 long sleeves shirt 1 T-shirts (all Icebreaker); 5 light sweaters – icebreaker top and under, the black warm, the blue one + blue hoodie 1 middle layer jacket with hood 1 light rain jacket 1 vest down 5 underwear 5 pair of socks 1 PJ 1 pair running shoes 1 pair of sandals 1 pair of light shoes (more formal) Gloves and hat Tilley hat |
| Toiletries & Technology and more
2 laptops Insta video stick and accessories Chargers, spare batteries, SD cards, USB Keys, electricity converters and plugs 2 cell phones + chargers 2 notebooks and many pens 3 pair of headphones 2 pairs of spare glasses Printed documentation, tickets, passports, bank cards, cash, money belts, etc. 1 neck pillow, blindfolds for airplane My big black purse Backpack rain covers and many plastic (garbage) bags different sizes used as rain protectors Ziploc bags different sizes Carabiners ~ 10 packs of Kleenex 1 little soap, 1 box of soap sheets 2 laundry lines 1 flashlight Big cube with drugs, plaster + 1 smaller drug bag Razor, small scissors, sawing kit cortisone and other dry skin creams Polysporin 1 face creams, Toothpicks and flosses 2 toothbrushes 2 toothpaste tubes Cotton (used as earplugs too) Cotton swaps Glasses wipes for the entire trip + multiple glass cloth cleaners Hair brush and combs 4 hand sanitizers 1 Small self-packable spear backpack + 2 small self-packable shopping bag 1 water bottle 2 small and 1 mid-size microfiber towels 1 tea- towel COVID MASKS, lots of them
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Happy Travels!
Thanks, happy travels to you two too!