Three Things I Fucking Have to Travel With

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A Solid Fucking Scarf

This is not just any scarf. I did not even choose the particular one I have. It chose me right out of my sister’s closet like a Harry Potter wand. I don’t get attached to much, but damn I got feelings for this scarf.

It is an off-pink/beige/champagne-y color. Unidentifiable to say the least. The brilliance of its color is that is goes with anything, but it is neither boring nor extremely vulnerable to stains like true white or beige. The thing about stains: sometimes you need them. You need to wipe the sweat off your face because Barcelona in summer is beautiful but goddamn hot. You need to wipe wine off your chin in Italy. You need to wipe someone’s sneeze off your shoulder on the tube.

Get you a scarf you can fucking live in.

It is very light and gauzy with little tendrils at the end, a very blah and non-fluid shape. The light and gauzy part comes in handy for a myriad of reasons. It will not make you hot. If you accidentally snag it, you will never even be able to find the hole. When you wash it, it will dry super quickly.

Get you a scarf that can do it all.

 

Longchamp Large Nylon Tote

I went to a private school growing up and, needless to say, it was not my cup of champagne. During this experience, I remember seeing girls walking around with Longchamp bags with their pink little monogram on them and rolling my eyes. I’m still rolling my eyes because these girls with these bags didn’t even know the full capacity of their mother fucking brilliance. (Love and light to all of them though, for real.)

First and foremost, THEY ARE WATERPROOF. Completely waterproof. Find yourself standing in the middle of the Roman forum in the pouring down rain? I did. And that shit is fun, but not if your phone, camera, and collection of 20s era erotica are all soaking wet.

With great pride at making a second Harry Potter reference in one sitting (I am, at the moment, headed to London), I will have you know that these bags have an undetectable extension charm. When you think you’ve taken up all the space you can, you find more space.

Backpacking but don’t want to go full hiking boots and cargo pants? (Not that there’s one thing wrong with that.) This bag is an all-in-one. It can carry a shit-ton of stuff, is a great addition to a backpack, can be folded up to nothing if you don’t want to carry it, and can function as an actual stylish purse.

The purse part is so important to me because, as a purse, I only need to throw in my wallet and phone and whatever else when I go trek around for the day. Which means there’s so much extra room for activities! Groceries? Shopping bag. Pharmacy run? Shopping bag. Miniature Eiffel Tower from a street seller because they're so cliché and you don't even cur? Shopping bag. Taking home food even though Americans are the only ones who do? Shopping bag. Accumulating different bags throughout a day of trying to see a new city is the worst and this bag solves that problem.

Last but not least, it has a full zipper and a leather snap cover. I always keep the bag zipped up with the zipper to the front. If I’m walking around with headphones attached to my phone, I throw my phone in the bag and zip it up around the cord. Pickpockets be real, y’all.

Pro note: If you're traveling to Europe, wait to buy one. It will cost around $140 on sale in the US, but it will be around €90 regular price in any European country. 

 

Antibacterial Spray

You will be fine, she said. Your sister is the clumsy one, she said. Ye (me) of little faith in cobble stones, sewage drains, and curbs. I don’t care how careful you are, you WILL cut yourself. I have gashed my toe open multiple times (specifically my right big toe, thank you for all you do BB).

Always carry antibacterial spray. Throw in some band-aids if you like to party. For yourself and for others. I was on a boat with a friend who scratched his back up pretty bad and there ain’t no pharmacy in the middle of the sea.

 

Addendum: Honorable Mentions

Harry Potter and my sister both get 2 mentions in this. Love y’all, thanks for your contributions.

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