if you're going to Europe and you're trying to figure out what to pack this
is the video for you. In the next 24 hours I'm about to leave for a three-month
trip to Europe. Before I move on to my backpack, I want to pay a tribute to my
old backpack. This thing's been with me since my first semester of freshman year
in college and it's literally been with me for more than a hundred thousand
miles of travel. I did the math on that. But it has to go because I bought some
new camera stuff so I could make better videos for you guys. And my new backpack
is this. So this is the Osprey Porter 46 liters which holds 46 liters of stuff
on the very outside you can see there's my umbrella right there. Got this nice
little nametag in case I ever lose my stuff and someone's actually nice enough
to email me. I have this carabiner with the water bottle attached to it because my
water bottle would not fit inside it. If you can't tell t,his thing is packed to
the brim. Oh and there's also a little lock on here. This thing is a pretty good
backpack. it's actually compressible to a much smaller size. Clearly that's not an
option for me. So on the very outside we have an umbrella that's all I have in
this pocket. Opening the top pocke: it's just a bunch of my underwear which is
six pairs of underwear, six pairs of socks. I think that's all I'm gonna need
because I plan on washing my stuff every five or six days. Moving on to the main
pocket of this backpack, first thing you see when I open this, oh look at this, a
backpack inside a backpack. Like backpack inception. When you're traveling it's
very important to have a day bag with you so you can have the little things
with you like your camera ,your lenses or a water bottle. You don't want to carry
your massive backpack for that let's look at what else is in my backpack. First
up here's my Canon 80D. I keep this zipped up case because I don't want
anything bad to happen to it from any kind of pressure and
that's also the reason why I'm shooting with this really crappy cell phone
camera right now. I'm only taking one lens with me but it's
17 to a 50 Sigma F 2.8 so I'm hoping I'm not gonna need anything more than that. Back to the
bag if you notice you'll see that I organized everything in packing cubes
the first packing cube I have two tank tops, two (atheltic shorts), one pair of swim
shorts, one small travel towel: very important. And the next bag here. This is
more clothes so I have five normal t-shirts, I have one full sleeve t-shirt
and one formal dress shirt in case I need to go somewhere nice, So in this
packing cube I have most of my toiletries: that's my contact solution
shampoo, conditioner body wash because I have long hair. Toothbrush and inside
this bag I have another small ziplock bag I keep toiletries that I don't use
on a regular basis like my razor, my nail clippers. Also have some basic cold
medication and painkillers in there in case I need that. The very back I have
another ziplock bag. protip: take a surge protector with you
or a power strip or whatever you call it when you're traveling. In a hostel, having
a surge protector can be the difference between you getting to charge your
stuff or not doing it because there's often limited outlets. I also have a
couple of converters because I'll be in Europe and a ten-foot long USB cable so
if I'm staying at a hostel and the outlet is pretty far from my phone I can
still plug it in from a distance and chill in my bed while I'm charging my
phone. Right moving on next a Gorillapod that did not fit anywhere else. I also
have a light sweater with me. I'm probably gonna be using this a lot
because the other jacket that I'll be wearing at the airport is quite heavy. I
don't think it's gonna be that cold in Europe this summer I also have this
little notebook that I'm taking with me and that's mostly for research stuff in
grad school stuff. At the very bottom in this orange folder I have
photocopies of my passport and any other important documents that I need I have a
copy of it stored up in here. To one side this is essentially some hair oil and
some contact lenses and a bunch of magnets. I'm taking these as souvenirs
for all the people that I'll be staying with through couchsurfing. On the other
side, a lot of contacts like a lot of contacts
the problem with traveling for three months and being blind is that you've to take
a lot of contacts with you. That's 90 pairs of contacts if you're traveling for
three months and I might do more than three months. In this pocket I also have
a couple of zip lock bags and of course there are my sandals for when I get to a
hotter place like Albania or Serbia. Moving on to the very last pocket in
this bag which is at the top so in this pocket I'm keeping stuff that I might
need to grab without having to open my bag. A hairbrush, again, contacts
solution, actual contacts, some instant coffee. I feel like I'll be needing this
during my trip because I'm traveling for almost 24 hours straight and this really
doesn't belong here. It's just some Jojobo hair oil that I have but I wasn't
feeling super comfortable about how tight this bottle is so I taped it up
real good and put it in the side pocket so if it does spill it doesn't mess up
the rest of my bag, Moving on to my day bag. In the main pocket I have my laptop
because I'll probably need to get some grad school work done while I'm there
also plan on on editing a little bit. Here's my laptop charger, there's a
camera lens cleaning kit that I'm taking with me, here's a lapel mic, some Chargers
and extra batteries for my 80D. (in) the next pocket I have my actual rode
videomicro mic that I use with my Canon 80D and my GoPro 5 with this float-able
selfie stick so I don't lose another GoPro like I did in Costa Rica if you
guys watched that video. Also have the spare little t-shirt in case I get super
sweaty in the plane and need a quick change
finally moving on to the last item that I'm
carrying: my trusty fanny pack that has also been with me a long long time. Let's
see: I have a case for my glasses, Powerbank
which I'm almost certainly going to need on my flight there
I have a Kindle with me. Look I used to be a total book snob if you can't tell
from this shelf right here but here's the thing with Kindles: you can't read a
regular book when it's dark and you're on a bus, books are actually heavier than a
Kindle if you're carrying even a heavy book or definitely if you're carrying
two books and eBooks can get expensive. When you're reading a lot of stuff. On my
Kindle there's classics like The Count of Monte Cristo or Moby Dick you can
read for free. I keep a printed copy of my flight itinerary in case my phone dies
And my old and new passports- can't forget that. In the front pocket over here I
keep a pen for filling out immigration forms or whatever I need to on the way
there, keep a bunch of rubber bands-these things come super handy.
you never know when. And this plug that I can use along with my USB cable down
there to charge my phone or my Kindle if I need to. That's it for this video. Hope
this was helpful to you. I think this covers the basics of what I really need
for the next three months in Europe. If you like this video like, comment,
subscribe, all that good stuff and for my next video I guess I'm going to be in
Rome for that. Super excited. See you next week