Pre-Trip

The pic above was taken at around 10:00am in London, and it is of the very plane we took from Atlanta to London. Non-stop for 8 hours. Though that plane wasn't small, it was an old Boeing, so the legroom was... it wasn't there. Luckily we checked in early online 24hours before the departure so we got that exit row seats. We also downloaded the boarding passes to my phone and iPad, so we just walked through the security showing our things.. I thought it was kinda cool. But before we get to that plane ride, lets review what we've packed in our bags..


My backpack was something exactly like this one...

And my brother had a puma backpack that was about 1/2 size of mine (you'll see throughout the pics, im sure.) I bought it at the Academy sports & outdoors for $99 along with some 32oz water bottles, Brita water bottle with filters, Coleman 110 lumens flashlight, and some cheap climbing links. Most of the time, the bottles were hanging from the bag, to put more things inside the bag. 

Clothes: When I went to see someone who had eurotripped before, he told me to cut whatever I had packed in half... I left some things out.. and packed about 60% of what I originally had.. but I wish I had packed like 20% and get a smaller bag. Somewhere along the trip, you realize that you're in Europe to see the places. After a month, I don't remember what kinda clothes I were during the trip, I remember seeing the places. So don't spend $100 on a backpack, save some for nice dinner in Geneva overlooking the Alps. 

Among other things we had, are flip-flops, a pen and a journal, under armours(it was cold), gloves, maps, iPad (extremely handy & strongly recommended), a sports tape, small first-aid kit, toothbrush/paste, and some pills for indigestion, aches and stuff. We also had 2 big packs of beef jerkies (you can take these through the security b/c they're dry).

Among the things we wish we had, are a knife (we bought it in germany), body spray (trust me, you'll need this; we bought it in Hungary), one of those universal outlet plug kit things, sunglasses, and extra batteries for cameras/phones. 

The things is though, that we didn't check any bags in, which means we couldn't take knives or sprays. But it wasn't bad; in fact, a good choice to not check the bags cuz im sure it saved us some valuable time not checking the bags to see if it's yours at the baggage claim. 

My brother also brought this foreign-currency-safe credit card that doesn't charge for foreign transactions. My visa charged like a dollar every time I used it, so it could come in handy.