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What I Left Behind In Italy
Next time, I’m only taking what fits in a SMALL rolling suitcase and my pink backpack. And that’s just the material stuff.
Kay Bolden made it out of the starting gate before me with this topic. She moved to another country with one roller bag and a backpack. She has often left things behind on purpose.
Another writer also tops my solo trip to Italy with an upcoming, year long trek with her cat. I can’t follow that act. I did move to Austin, TX seven years ago with two dogs and two cats in my car in various stages of containment, calm and escape mode. Still.
As I packed for ten days in Italy, I thought I was judicious. One suitcase, medium sized, with seven outfits and three extra pair of shoes for ten days. Plus a hot pink backpack for toiletries and make-up, and a small sakroots, across body purse. Sakroots purses have lots of pockets, but are small enough for me to actually remember what goes in what pocket. Less digging in purse, more time to sightsee.
The only real hurdle, I thought originally, was that the travel C-Pap machine didn’t arrive in time (yeah, yeah, I ordered it late). So, adding to the haul was a carrying case the size of a large purse, but way heavier. Plus, what fun to be flirting in the TSA line, when one agent yells to another, “It’s a CPAP.” Strike one on the chance of travel romance.
