I’m still working on writing about the other days I spent in Greece, but just to be helpful and to keep the content coming, here’s some things I learned on my trip that might help you.
DO – pack only 1 carry-on bag and a back pack or large (but manageable) tote. If you’re traveling alone, and not checking into the Four Seasons, you need to remember that it’s all up to you. You will be hauling all that luggage to hell and back.
I knew this. I’m not a novice to traveling efficiently or alone. In fact I spend about 3 days a month on the road for work. Yet somehow, I convinced myself that I had to travel like Mariah Carey on this trip. I paid the price.
Yeah, this was basically me.
I went to Greece with a large rolling duffle packed to the gills and a large, unwieldy (albeit good looking) tote bag.
I thought I’d be using my apartment in Rhodes as “base camp” and driving all over the Island on day trips. I’d even brought my trusty expandable duffle for the trip home when I would need more space. It’s about the size of a hardback book when folded up and expands to an enormous size when unzipped.
If you’ve read about the trip you’d know I bugged out of the duggout about 3 days in.
Anyway, let’s just say that all the moving around I did and hauling through airports and schlepping up the cobble stone streets of Lindos has to be the reason I lost all that weight. So, technically there’s a up side. However it was NOT comfortable and I needed a massage to undo the damage.
Here’s all you need to bring for a 1 week trip to the Greek islands: I have linked to the items I brought that worked and I recommend for you – or to give you a better idea of what I mean Read the rest of this entry »
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