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Rainer packs his suitcases - Intermediate German with Herr Antrim #8
I booked the flight,
which I will take in a few days to Germany.
Now I have to pack my suitcases.
There are various methods,
with which one can pack one’s luggage,
but today I am showing you my method.
With this method, you can pack more clothing articles in one suitcase.
First you have to decide
what you have to bring along
and what you can leave at home.
In this case, I am leaving all of my things at home,
which I don’t really need.
I am not packing any of the things, which I will eventually have to buy in Germany.
I don’t need shampoo and hygiene articles,
because I can buy them in Germany
and I need more room in my suitcase for clothing.
Razor, shaving cream, shaver, deodorant,
toothbrush and toothpaste I can leave at home.
I can buy these things in Germany, too.
I am also not packing any books.
I can read something on my phone
or buy a book in Germany,
if I need something to read.
Because I will not be coming back, I will have a lot of luggage.
I need clothes not only for this season,
but also for the other seasons.
I am taking a large suitcase,
which I will pack full of clothing for the winter and fall,
a small suitcase, which I will pack full of clothing for the spring and summer,
and a backpack, which I will use as carry-on luggage.
I will wear my coat, which is too big for my large suitcase during the flight.
I roll my clothing in order to gain more space in the suitcase.
Clothing, which one rolls, takes less space than clothing, which one folds.
Rolled clothing articles also don’t get caught in the zipper as easily.
Some people only roll pants or t-shirts,
but I roll everything except socks.
I start with my pants.
First I fold the pants, which I want to pack.
Then I roll them from the middle in the direction of the waistband.
I stack the pants in the bottom part of the suitcase.
I lay all of the clothing articles, which are the heaviest,
in the bottom part of the suitcase.
That includes hoodies, sweaters, and so on.
T-shirts are in the middle.
I lay underwear in the upper part of the suitcase.
If I have extra space, I also pack in shoes.
If I need to save space, I stuff my socks into the shoes.
That is especially good for the shoes, whose shape is important to you.
If they get squished, they will hold their shape better if the socks are in there.
Socks, which are not already in shoes, I pack in the larger of the two pockets,
which are on the outside of the suitcase.
Because I don’t want to lose my suitcases,
I hand a luggage tag on the suitcase handle.
My luggage tag has an Itchy Feet Comic on it,
which I received as a thank you from the Kickstarter campaign
for the Itchy Feet Travel Game.
I wrote my name, my address in the USA, and my cell phone number on it.
If the airline loses my luggage,
they can identify it more easily,
because I have this luggage tag on there.
In my backpack that I am bringing along as my carry-on luggage,
I have clothing, which I can put on if the airline loses my other suitcases.
I also have snacks, which taste better to me than airplane food.
I also have my laptop,
which I need for these videos
and also the cables for it.
Because I plan on recording these videos there,
I am also taking a camera,
a tripod, and other accessories that I need for that.
Now I have everything packed and am ready to fly to Germany.
My flight goes in four hours.
Therefore I will soon drive to the airport.
My mother is driving with me, because I can’t leave my car in the parking garage for six months.
For an international flight
you are supposed to be in the airport three hours before the flight.
In St. Louis, you don’t have to be there that early,
because there aren’t as many flights there.
An hour is enough, but I will be there an hour and a half before.
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