Of course, you have to take the kids, but apart from that, if you are looking for ideas about what to pack for a road trip then you are in the right place.
Road trips are all the rage this summer. So you for one are in the trendy line.
One of the most challenging nights I ever had to endure while I was travelling the world with my two teenagers was a 15-hour overnight bus journey through India.
It was not that it was boiling hot; that was combatted by sliding the skinny top windows open.
Nor was it the fact that it was horrendously noisy; I have headphones which magically turns the hooting of motorbike horns into soothing upside-down yoga music.
It wasn’t even that there wasn’t a great deal of privacy; the flimsy piece of material that the Indian bus company tried to pass off as curtains could be pegged together at one end – helping to block out most of the light.
No.
The reason that that overnight bus journey was so torturous for my family and I was that we didn’t have our own pillows.
Purses are a funny thing.
While every woman needs a purse for travel, ideally, we would prefer not to look (or feel) as though we are lugging around some ugly cumbersome (achy shoulder) carry-all that is housing the entire contents of the top drawer in our kitchen.
That’s not the look we are after while trying to relax on vacation.
No thank you. Certainly not.
So, when it comes to bags, what’s the answer? Which is the best travel purse on the market?
Which one will make you look, feel and be as relaxed, practical and gorgeous looking as possible?
The answer to that will depend on three things.
Your style, your budget and your fear of being robbed.
Ireland is about as down to earth as it gets. If you are wondering what to pack for Ireland then please; leave the frilly, flouncy and silky items to other parts of Europe and think rugged, real and understatedly gorgeous.
Earthy. Green. Sea-Salty. Wild. Ready.
They are the words that describe a woman who is about to visit Ireland.
A woman who doesn’t have to shout about how beautiful she is. She just is so deal with it.
Who doesn’t want to look like a gorgeous Italian? Let’s face it – they have to be the most beautiful people on the planet.
If you are heading over to Europe and are wondering what to wear in Italy then I have just the post for you.
Going on vacation can go one of two ways.
Either you can ease yourself into it nice and gently, have no expectations and experience the best three weeks of your life
or
you save up all year, get stressed out of your brain, worry about anything and everything, freak out because the kids aren’t as excited as they should be and then return home two weeks later feeling broke, frazzled and quite frankly, exhausted.
And you have sunburn on your shoulders.
You swear that the next time you take a break it will be a stay-cation.
Sound faintly familiar? Just a teeny bit?
I’m Liz, a lifestyle and travel blogger and this is my family.
I do Travel. I do Wine. I do Teenagers (but only if they are nice to me).
I don’t do hormones. Or looking perfect for Instagram.
Read more about who I am and why we should be friends on our about us page.