floral dresses, moccasins, yarn, and carving tools. what else could a girl need?
Uijeongbu, South Korea, here I come! With 2 pieces of luggage weighing no more that 50 pounds each, containing everything I will want from my current life for the next year. Ugh.
How do I decide what to pack? I was given advice that I have taken to heart. Only pack what you really love, everything else isn’t important. So with that in mind I have begun pulling clothes out of my closet that I love, and leaving behind those I don’t. So far this amounts to vintage dresses, pencil skirts, moccasins, and 3 cocktail dresses (I am anticipating a very active social life.) The next step will be to add in essentials, t-shirts, jeans, exercise gear, and cold weather necessities. My advice for packing clothes: skip those expensive space saver bags and get large ziploc bags. Remove air by rolling the bag or vacuuming it out. They cost a quarter of the price of space saver bags.
Now comes the hard part, What do I pack for my free time? While I expect to be busy exploring Seoul, I know the weather will prevent me from spending all of my free time outside. And making is so important to me that I would feel pretty off not being able to make anything. My mandolin won’t fit, nor will my sewing machine. So I have chosen to bring carving tools to carve little memories of my travels on found wood, and knitting supplies to knit various garments with.
Add in toiletries, plug converters, one large sheet. This girl is ready to go to Korea!
(but now I have to wait for my visa)
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