I went to Prague for the May Day bank holiday weekend. It’s a stunning city and I can’t wait to go back. Super affordable, really easy to get around, great food, chilled out people, amazing architecture and loads of charm. It was so much fun that I didn’t take any pictures of what I packed, but it was basically a slightly pared-down version of what I packed for Paris. Just my Longchamp bag with the essentials, and I didn’t even use all of what I brought, so clearly I can keep minimising my packing even further.
It’s nice knowing that the formula for packing for long weekends is now pretty firmly established as tote-bag-only. The more I practice it, the more comfortable I feel throwing my stuff together at the last minute, confident in the knowledge that I’ll have what I need and that will be enough. And I really love being able to happily check out of my Airbnb at any time, throw my bag over my shoulder, and freely roam the city in the hours before my flight. And then to easily hop on public transport to the airport without having to deal with a big, unwieldy suitcase. The fun of being able to scamper up and down the always-empty stairs at the airport, while all the wheelie bags wait on the crowded escalator, is another perk. That’s how I usually end up at the front of the queue at immigration when I get back to Dublin. And from there it’s straight onto the trusty Aircoach or Dublin Bus Airport Express, where I can tally up how much I’ve saved by travelling this way. If you just look at taxis to/from the airport, both in Dublin and in whatever city I’m travelling to, it’s over €100 per trip, easily.
For as long as I live in Europe, I plan to have a lot more weekends like this, so I’m pretty happy to have found a formula that works. Since it would be boring to post more pictures of my very basic packing, here are some pretty pictures of Prague. Pack light and be happy!
