more questions for seasoned travellers

[ritaxis]

What kinds of clothes do you take to Europe in late August? Or more to the point, what do you take for an extended trip? I'm doing experiments with my clothes to see if they drip dry because Zac says that laundromats tend to be inconvenient. But clothes don't say "drip dry" on them anymore, they have all this bs, fussy directions for taking care of them I guess so theycan't be caught on a false promise.

It says here it rains 60-70 mm in August for both Amsterdam and Berlin. What does that mean? One or two big downpours, or a little drizzle everyday, or what?

Emma's going to have whopping big bottles of pain relievers and muscle relaxants. What kind of documentation does she need for the snoopers at the airports? Does she need a letter from the surgeon? Or just the prescription things? I'm going to have whopping numbers of non-scheduled prescription drugs, and I don't want to take all the bottles with me -- I just want to take the little boxes with the days marked out. If I have the prescription receipt things I get at the drugstore, will that be enough documentation?

And why is modern luggage so ridiculously heavy? I understand about the wheels, but what about stairs? I need to be able to lift the thing easily.

We have a couple of duffels, and that's what I mainly want to use. They're easy to carry and easy to stow. We might even be able to get all our stuff into carry-ons.

Comments

[blackoakdreams.livejournal.com]

One thing to keep in mind is that you are probably taking too much luggage. I went with my class once, and for the three week trip (20 days, but whatever), we each had four changes of clothes, all of it relatively light-weight.