Traveling Light

George has transformed me. Against my will, I have become a light(er) packer. My friends will be shocked at this. I am a notorious over packer. My theory is, you never know what will happen so why not be prepared for everything? Also, I don't like deciding what to wear ahead of time so I always brought many options. When my friends and I went to London for one week, I had a big suitcase stuffed to the brim along with an overstuffed carry on. My haul included 12 pairs of shoes! Overkill? Yes. But I was ok with that.

Men however bring one change of clothes and they are good to go. Mike, didn't you say all you need is a towel and a bathing suit? My dear husband sees that it's wiser to travel light and makes me trim my load. Partly because no matter how much I say I will carry my own bags, he knows he'll end up helping me.

For our 12 day trip to Tanzania, all our clothes fit into one backpack! George's backpack is a Mary Poppins bag and fit much more that I thought it could. I thought I would need my back pack plus a small suitcase. He was convinced we could make all our stuff fit into our two back packs. He worked his magic and got all our clothes into his bag. I did a good job at limiting my choices. I just had to breath and remind myself that we can do laundry there. Then, my bag has the computer, toiletries, travel documents, books and other random items for traveling.

Here is a picture of George's Mary Poppins bag. I can't believe all we have is two back packs!!! Who knew traveling could be done this way?!