How does one pack for a three-week trip to Europe? Excluding a trip to the United Kingdom I took with my family back in like, elementary school, the longest trip I've ever taken was one to Punta Cana. And something tells me v-necks, douche-y sunglasses, and a vat of SPF 15 won't help me survive Florence.
Without any experience to guide me, I've looked to pop culture for packing help. So I naturally came to the conclusion that the one and only thing I need for my three-week trip to Europe is an iPad.
For the past few months, I've struggled with the iPad: is it a glorified iPod or is it a life-changing piece of technology. (And not just life changing in the sense that I will no longer have $600 in my wallet.) Today, after receiving a graduation check, this struggle peaced out; I could get an iPad but on some distant relative's dime!
With the check in-hand, I immediately assumed I'd be able to buy my iPad and totally finish packing by dusk. I was wrong.
Apparently, while I was busy weighing the pros and cons of iPads, the rest of the American population was buying them in bulk and shipping them to Asia. (Turn a profit at another's (e.g., my) expense...the American dream in action!) And now that I'm forced to wait one-to-two weeks for my iPad, I couldn't be less interested. Besides, when you put my iTouch next to someone with really, really little baby hands, it kind of looks like an iPad. Practically the same thing!
In the end, it looks like i'll pack the one thing I'm good at: black hooded sweatshirts. They'll keep me warm on those cool European nights (I assume it gets cool in Europe). They'll give me heat when the climate control breaks in our shoddy Italian hostel. It'll be like packing heat. But not like that, TSA.
Separate, but equal. But not like that.
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