Traveling Light

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As I have afore mentioned, I will be traveling to Norway with my university choir... we were given the "what-for" today in choir about packing light... considering I have some experience with this, this is the email I sent out to the choir about packing light!!


Hey Y'all! So I know you all know how excited I am about this little TRIP TO NORWAY!!! yay!  I've done a bit of traveling so I thought I would email you some of the resources I use when I pack!  This email may be a bit tailored to the gals of the choir (because I am a girl) but I did try to include some websites that the guys can use too.

Also, Marc mentioned something like we are not going to Norway for our fashion, but! It is possible to look great without bringing your whole closet! à la-

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(Side note: we are going to be in Norway for 2 weeks. 2 weeks. ONLY 2 weeks. We can all feasibly manage with one carry on for this time period! It will make traveling around a lot easier too... just something to think about!)


My motto when packing is "You don't need everything you think you do."  Especially when traveling in a groups.  For example, we don't all need to bring curling irons!

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That said, there are a few essentials and some good "non-essentials" to pack with... =)

Here are the links to the blogs/websites! Just remember to modify them to our situation! (two weeks, weather, what we will be doing...)

• First things first: Weather. It will be spring when we are there.  http://www.visitnorway.com/us/About-Norway/Seasons-and-climate-in-Norway/

• http://herpackinglist.com/2011/12/ultimate-female-travel-packing-lists/ This site is called "Her Packing List"... It's great! And probably WAY too in depth for our trip.

•  http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/tips/pack-light.htm
    ... Leave it to Rick Steves to put together some great packing lists!
• http://codeq.info/ ... this is super rad! It's called the Universal Packing Tool... I just used it for the Norway trip and it has some good suggestions.

• http://www.escapenormal.com/blog/  I just love this travel blog...
• http://skiptownonline.com/ ...this travel blog has some stunning pictures!
•  http://sonsofnorwayblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/expert-tips-for-traveling-to-norway.html   I haven't really read through this... but it could be a good resource on Norwegian heritage/culture =)
•  http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Looking-Like-an-American-Tourist  This has some helpful tips to avoid being "that one american tourist"... at the same time, we are American tourists... let's keep it classy, though, eh?
• http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/how-get-through-line-faster also, this site if you haven't flown before. =)

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Another great thing about traveling light: Passing through security is
SO MUCH EASIER!

Also, THIS. I think we will get along well with the Norwegians. =)
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Ok, have a great evening, friends! This is gonna be AWESOME!!! =) (Hope I didn't go too overboard...)