Hola!
I had packed for my trip to Spain in the Hero's Journey!
My packing list included --
- 3 t-shirts in a packing cube
- 1 pair of shorts and 1 pair of yoga pants in a packing cube
- 3 pairs of underwear and 1 pair of socks in a packing cube
- 1 pair of flip flops in a packing cube (I wore hiking shoes on my flight)
- toiletries (shampoo, conditioner, shampoo, face soap, face lotion, body lotion, deodorant) inside a Deluxe Spiff Kit
- flushable wipes
- Daylight Backpack with 15" MacBook Pro, iPad, power adapters, notebook, pens, battery, charging cables, a deck of cards and earphones. A Synapse 19 Freudian Slip helped to organize much of the stuff.
- Travel Cubelet with wallet, passport, notebook, pen, lip balm, mints, hand lotion, and earplugs
- Small Zip-Top Shop Bag for grocery shopping and to bring anything back that I might pick up.
- Nano puff jacket in case it was cold on the flight (it wasn't).
All of the aforementioned items, including the Daylight backpack and the Travel Cubelet were packed comfortabl inside the Hero's Journey.
I was thinking of perhaps carrying the Brain Bag to hold the items that were in the Daylight Backpack.
To show you how last minute this was, after I called for my ride, after the app showed that the driver was 4 minutes away, I got a crazy idea. I decided that instead of the Hero's Journey, I would pack in a roll aboard suitcase + Brain Bag + Travel Cubelet.
Part of this was the desire to use the Brain Bag. And part of it was laziness.
This is a testament to the approach of packing in packing cubes. I was able to transfer stuff in that brief time. Perhaps the driver took more than the 4 minutes that the app had estimated, but I was re-packed and ready to go when the driver pulled up.
This approach enabled me to bring the Brain Bag (I didn't want to carry two backpacks, and I didn't want to carry the Hero's Journey as a shoulder bag).
But it also meant that when I arrived, instead of taking the train into Torremolinos and walking through the beautiful cobblestone paved market to the hotel, I would end up taking a taxi to the hotel. The cost of the train is around €3 if I remember correctly. The taxi was €22.
I connected through CDG, which is so huge that despite a 2 hour layover, I had a tight connection. There were times that I was standing on escalators with my roll aboard -- escalators that I would have walked if I had packed in the Hero's Journey. I was able to rest my Brain Bag on top of the roll aboard suitcase at times.
For the return trip, I have a 7 hour layover in Paris, and will plan to go into the city to walk around and get something to eat. I will check in the roll aboard suitcase for the return flight (yes, laziness). The Brain Bag will hold my tech gear and anything delicate I may pick up in Spain.
It is beautiful here!