Ellen and I enjoy travelling light. We carry a day pack and one carry on each for most of our trips of two or three weeks and that’s fine for us. On one trip to Africa, we planned to scuba dive. Scuba diving requires special equipment. We brought scuba grear; fins, masks, regulators, weights, and very light weight wet suits. We discovered one of the bags was overweight when checking in and had to repack to adjust the weight.

We do not expect to be scuba diving on our trip to Italy and Greece. However, a cruise requires elegant attire for dining in the evening. Thus we are taking three entirely different sets of clothes: sporty walking gear, lounging by the pool side outfits, and dress clothes. We could encounter rain and cool evenings which necessitates a waterproof jacket and light weight fleece. All this will not fit in two day packs and two carry ons. Unfortunately, will not be “packing light” for this trip. Still we will not have any oversized suitcases.

We will not be quite this overloaded…

but will not pack as light as our friends did for a three week trip to Africa: