today we're going to try and figure out how to pack for a 30 day trip to Europe
in this and this welcome back to The Bliss Bean. So I'm going with my family to
Europe to travel around a little bit and also visit our extended family in
Lithuania. I'm actually technically in Europe right now but through the
time-traveling magic of the Internet I am NOT in Europe right now, I am still in
Wisconsin trying to figure out how I can pack for a whole month in just a
carry-on any personal item... so let's figure this out! So medium boy here aka
carry-on is a 9 inch by 14 inch by 22 inch bag which is exactly the max limit
for a carry on for most if not all airlines and then small boy
aka my personal item I don't know what size it is, it's a backpack so it depends
on how much stuff I fill it with. Restrictions on personal items are
generally pretty unclear but my family has always traveled with backpacks as
our personal item and it's always worked so the important thing is don't be a
jerk and put it in the overhead bin because you are taking up the space
other people need for their carry-on items. If you can fit it under the seat in
front of you and just have it under your feet I think you should be good to go. So
these bags we actually just went to the store and got two of them because we
only had like one proper carry-on size luggage. We were thinking about whether we
should get a soft shell or a hard shell suitcase and I took to the Internet to
figure out which one is better obviously there are pros and cons to
both so soft shell luggage is more flexible, so if you're trying to fit a
ton of stuff in there it will expand a little bit whereas these will not. Soft shell-
Soft shell suitcases also usually have pockets on the outside while these
do not, also if your luggage gets tossed around on the way, soft shell ones will
absorb more impact whereas these might get scratches, dents, etc but these also
do have some advantages the hard shell is easier to clean off and it doesn't
absorb stains and scents the way that soft shell ones do. I also was kind of
worried about it cracking but according to the website I was looking at,
supposedly the material that they're made of these days is actually pretty
hard to put a crack in so hopefully that's true but yeah we decided
hard-shell ones and this is where most of my stuff is going to go all right
Look at this.This is giving me serious flashbacks to my decluttering video
because as I said in that one you have to make a mess before you actually get
something clean and you have to make a mess as you're packing. So for this next
part of the video before I put everything in my luggage I'm gonna go
through everything that I'm bringing and kind of give you my reasoning for why so
first off I'm obviously gonna talk about cameras
I'm actually not bringing my DSLR on this trip because the camera in itself
is big but I also have two lenses for it and I don't know which one I would bring
if I had to choose one. Also the camera bag is gigantic and when I'm out and
about I don't want to be carrying two cameras so only my Canon is coming with
me. I'm also bringing this little case that I got for it at Dig and Save, a charger, two
batteries, two SD cards, and then this, you can't see it but I have like a bendy
tripod for it. Honestly I don't think either my photos or my videos are really
gonna suffer because of this I think I feel more comfortable taking photos with
my DSLR but the photos are still great on the Canon and it definitely is better
for video so I think it's a really good travel camera. I'm definitely gonna
need my laptop because I'm gonna be doing a lot of photo and video editing
and also for backing up my photos that I take during the trip. This is my laptop
case which I also got at dig and save it's a little annoying because it's so
big, it's much bigger than my laptop but it's the only one I have and it's also
very nice and padded which makes me feel safer about it and it has pockets. I
don't know what I'm gonna put in the pockets but anything that has pockets is
a win in my book.Oh yeah and also a handle so I can carry it around like
this. I'm bringing two pairs of earbuds these are the ones for my phone and
these are the ones for working on my computer because even though both of
those are Apple devices I need two separate earbuds for them. Thank you
Apple. In addition to the camera charger I've got my phone charger and my laptop
charger, very important things. Apple would probably rip me off if I needed to
buy another laptop charger. I like to complain occasionally about Apple but
deep down I'm the type of person who'll never switch from Apple. I got a
battery case for my phone which makes it a little bulky and also where am I gonna
put my photo of Jungkook?? But it does add a lot of battery life which is good
so I guess I'll have to deal. Finally in this bag I'm bringing my external hard
drive and also my external solid-state drive so this is for keeping projects
that I'm currently working on because supposedly I can edit faster when I'm
using this. I haven't noticed a huge difference but maybe I just got used to
it super quickly but even if this doesn't help me edit faster it's also
nice to just have another backup of the stuff that I'm working on and then this
I guess is like my secondary hard drive so I have one that is staying here at home
that has everything on it if I destroy even though it would suck I technically
wouldn't lose that much. I'll try not to destroy it though. I'm gonna have both of
them in this bag because it's nice to just have like a dedicated bag to it
it's also nice and padded and it has like a big pocket and then a small
pocket in the front so I can keep them separated. I pretty much wear my adidas
sneakers all the time so obviously I'm bringing those. In my humble opinion they
go with almost everything and they're comfortable to walk in and I am of
course bringing them with my custom-made insoles because I have flat feet and
yeah flat feet are a problem and these are my black Asics sneakers for more
intense walking and possibly exercise if I decide to do that and then I almost
bought new sandals for this trip but then I reminded myself that I should not
be spending money if I don't need to spend money and so I'm bringing these
sandals which are actually pretty nice because they lay flat so when you put
them on they go like this but if you're packing them they go like that so for the
toiletries I'm not bringing shampoo or conditioner because I figured the hotels
we stay at will have them and then when I'm in Lithuania I'm probably gonna be
with my grandmas the whole time and they'll definitely have that but I did
bring these, these are just containers that I've saved from past hotel stays
These two are face wash, these are face
moisturizer and then this is purple shampoo so obviously this is not enough
to last a whole trip but I'm gonna mainly use regular shampoo and then kind
of space this out. So when I got it bleached
after the bleaching step it was like bright yellow and then I toned it and it
became kind of a more of a whitish gray or blond but it still will like come
back to the yellow if I don't keep using this because the purple neutralizes the
yellow. My toiletries bag has got deodorant and a razor nail clippers
tweezers. For the makeup I tried to keep it very simple
I don't wear much makeup period so that was not very difficult to do so what I'm
bringing is an eyelash curler, some tinted moisturizer that's also sunscreen,
blush, highlighter, a brush, and a little sponge which I definitely need to wash
out. I'm actually not bringing your hairbrush because it's kind of bulky and
I also realized that I basically don't brush my hair the only time I really
ever use it is if I get out of the shower and my part is really messed up
and then I need to fix it and part it down the middle but even that I can do
with my hands if I just try hard enough so skipping on the hairbrush and then I
need to be able to see so I've got my little bag of contact supplies. Two
contacts cases in case I lose one and then four extra contacts, two for each eye
I honestly barely change out my contacts um basically I only change them if one
of them falls out so I technically have the two week lenses but I've probably gone
for a couple of months with one set so I'm bringing backup glasses just in case
um I don't know if get an eye infection or something and can't wear contacts
Finally for some comfort items I was thinking about bringing a book but
then I couldn't justify using that much space for something I'm gonna read in a
few days however journaling is very important to me that's kind of a
non-negotiable so I've got my journal this is another notebook that I use kind
of like a catch-all creative notebook and then I do plan on continuing to
practice Korean because I just really don't want to stop the habit for a whole
month so I'm bringing my notes notebook notebook for notes which is like grammar
and practice exercises and basically everything
except my vocab and my vocab is in this tiny little notebook so yeah if you came
here from my how I studied Korean video which I think a lot of you did you'll
recall that in that video I had everything in one notebook but then I
lost that notebook so then I decided that it would be better if I split it up
between two... speaking of that I probably should make an updated version of that
I'm bringing this pencil case with me I've got some pencils and pens, some
earplugs because you guys know how much, I need quiet to be able to focus and
then highlighters but not all of my highlighters only the ones that I use
for my Korean notebook. Okay then to talk about all the clothing that you see
behind me I deliberated a lot over this and consulted with my family over this I
will be bringing seven shirts, two dresses, two jeans, one pair of track pants
two dresses- wait I said- oh my god, okay seven shirts, four shorts, two jeans, one
pair of track pants, two dresses... there I think I got that and I've also got five
t-shirts because I basically live in t-shirts especially now that I don't go
to school um I always wear t-shirts when I'm at home unless I'm filming I also
use them from working out sometimes I use them for pajamas literally they are
the most versatile item of clothing that is out there so five t-shirts
um pajama pants, pajama shorts, just a bunch of socks, underwear, and bras and
then one like specifically activewear shirt and shorts, and a sports bra and I
think that's it. Yeah that's everything I'm bringing
and now the challenge is to try and fit all of it into my luggage
I did it! but it's very heavy so I might have to check how much it weight, but other than that this was
actually pretty easy so I actually had some extra room and I was able to add in
another shirt and a pair of leggings because I didn't have any before that so
yeah right now it is 4:30 on Tuesday and I'm leaving Wednesday morning I'm so so
excited because I haven't seen my family in Lithuania in five years and I'm just
very excited to be home and also drink European beer because the drinking age
in most countries is 18 so while I'm on my trip I do want to create some blog
posts and videos I have some ideas for the type of stuff that I want to make,
hopefully I will have the time and the motivation to do that... actually I should
rephrase that I WILL have the time on the motivation to do that
Speaking of making YouTube videos I just want to say thank you so so much
I recently reached 5,000 subscribers and that was a goal I actually had for
myself to reach by the end of 2019 and it is only about halfway, 7/12 of the way
through the year it's super super exciting and I genuinely appreciate you
so so much for subscribing and for watching these little videos so yeah I'm
off to run some errands do one last senior portrait shoot very very last
minute I'm gonna finish charging everything
like my camera and computer and phone then hopefully I can get some sleep and
then I'm off! Thank you so much for watching this video and I will see you
next- *cough* I almost got it in one try thank you so
much for watching this video and I'll see you next time, bye!