Luggage And Bags: Look at the photo below. Would you want to haul all that stuff up a Parisian stairway? Those stairways can be mighty small and steep.
Bring some essential clothes in your carry on bag in case the airline loses your suitcase.
Extra empty duffel bag (thin material) On the way home you can check some of your souvenirs in your good bag and dirty clothes in another. You can wrap clothes around wine bottles and check the bags.
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: 1 small bag per person, no exceptions. windbreaker in summer, hat, sunscreen, handkerchief, twine for clothes line in hotel, to tavel light over one week, you will be doing wash in your room--plastic clothes pins.
Toiletries & Medical Supplies: Bring copies of your medical prescriptions and eye glass prescriptions.
Wipes to clean your hands, and phone numbers of your doctors, banks and close friends.
Stomach settling medicine like pepto bismol,etc.
band aids, headache and pain medicine. reading glasses?--always an extra pair of those cheap ones from home.
Photo Equipment: Your charger for camers will need a converter and the appropriate plug for that country. They are all different. AAA has these or a good travel agent.
Buy your film there and have it processed. The airport can fry your film in your carry on/ checked baggage. Digital is safe.
Bring extra cards for your digital camera. Batteries...European ones at the souvenir stand are terribly inefficient.
Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: Buy your mini fold up stove in Europe. You can't bring gas on the plane.
You can buy fold up chairs and table in Europe at a camping store. They make towels that are very small but suck up a lot of water. mini binoculars. Small tent. Sleeping bag that crushes down and fits in a small bag the size of a canteloupe, plastic bag of dishwashing soap, sponge with scraping side, flip flops for the shower.
Miscellaneous: 1 water bottle to refill when you get there. Pack it in your checked bags. Bring the plastic one from the plane.
1 small bag of raisins, nuts, etc. for emergencies--like the stores are closed. Peanut butter is a lifesaver for backpackers.
Bringing children? Paper towel, toilet paper--crush it down, take out cardboard core, put in plastic bag. Extra baggies.
1 pocket knife for cheese and meat, cork screw, soda cap opener, plastic forks, ketchup and honey in those small packages from McDonalds, diary, pens, addresses from home, needle and thread, nail clipper, mini flashlight, maps, copies of passport front pages, driver's licenses, and have someone who is back home with the numbers on your credit cards,
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