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International Flight: Carry-On Bag

Packing always stresses me out and yet I seem to always put it off until the last minute. Granted, I do attempt to make lists of everything I need to pack, but almost never pack until the the night before. I am determined to have at least my carry-on bag packed at least a day before my next trip.

I will be using my Longchamp Le Pliage Large Tote in navy. I find that it is large enough to fit all of necessities and has a great strong zip. I’m always afraid that things will fall out of my bag.

For this trip, we will be traveling for over 24 hours on three fights and a couple of layovers–so I will be needing a little more than I would for a domestic flight.

I will be bringing:

  • laptop- MacBook Air
  • small crossbody bag
  • passport, visa, pen
  • phone and charger
  • ear buds
  • small makeup bag
  • neck pillow
  • change of clothes

I was able to fit all of this in my bag, yes, including my regular sized neck pillow. It’s just something about having the pillow flop around so many different surfaces while traveling, then having it so close to my face that grosses me out.

After a couple of international flights, I have learned that your luggage doesn’t always make it to the final destination the same time you do. So it’s always good to pack at least one change of clothes for emergencies and accidents.

Icelandic Layover Adventure

Layovers are usually boring and the worst part of traveling–it’s another pitstop that is just delaying your trip to your final destination. Most of the time it’s spent sitting in an airport doing pretty much nothing. I didn’t think i’d ever actually chose to have a longer layover during my trip. Instead of the usually 2-3 hour layover, my sister and I chose the 7 hours stop in Iceland on our way back from our trip. During the 7 hours, we were able to have an experience like no other–the BLUE LAGOON!!

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Our flight landed at 8:45AM and we were on the us to the Blue Lagoon by 9:00AM-so crazy. The bus trip from the airport to the lagoon was about 30 minutes. Our entrance time to the Blue Lagoon was for 12:30PM, so we had to wait a little. But it was no detriment to our fun. There was so much to see and so many  pictures to take all around the area. we were surrounded by nature–amazing lava rocks and beautiful blue milky waters.

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The people at the Blue were super nice and let us in about an hour and half earlier than our ticket time. So once we were in the blue lagoon, we got our wristbands, towels and went to the locker rooms. The wrist band were used to access and lock up the lockers and purchase drinks in the lagoon.

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The weather in mid August was a little chilly, but the waters were amazingly warm. The lagoon was surrounded by mountains, so the scenery was beautiful. In addition to the lagoon, there were also in water massages,  waterfalls, saunas, steam rooms, and face masks!