So, I have to fit 11 months worth of life into these three bags- certainly not the easiest thing to do. On top of this, I have to fit a few unusual items into these bags- for one, a tennis racket. A few days ago, I was invited by my host family to travel with them to Croatia for a week and participate in a fairly intense tennis camp. I will have more on my host family in a later entry, but for now all I can say is that I am extremely grateful to them and very excited for this opportunity. This means that my first entry from Germany will have to wait a week, and instead I will be sending you one from Croatia. Should be fun.
Anyways, back to packing. If there are any tips I can give to someone packing for a long time abroad, keep in mind that anything you don't pack you will have to buy when you get there. So if you find yourself fence sitting on a specific item, you should probably pack it. However, having said that, it is also important to research weight and size restrictions on the website of the airline that you are flying. Without the help of a very helpful Samsonite suitcase salesman in the store in an outlet mall in Portland (no idea how you would read this, but if you are, thank you) I would have made a 500 dollar mistake by purchasing an oversize suitcase. So, to summarize, pack as much as you can into the limited space and weight that airlines give you. If necessary, pay the oversize fees, and just make sure you can balance the costs out correctly.
So, by the time this post is online, I will be in the middle of a 35 hour travel day. However, before I leave, some more thank-you's have to be given out. Dennis Jacobsen, my overall Germany exchange coordinator, thank you for all of your work, as well as thank you's to Cathie Mullen, an exchange coordinator for me over in Germany, and also to Richard DeRock, head of the District 5060 Rotary Youth Exchange Committee.
Alright, this'll be my last Canadian post for around 11 months, see all you guys later.
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