The second carry on is a God-send, don't forget it.

I hadn't really wanted to bring the second carry on bag, but giving in to my human nature that likes things, I packed the carry on bag with clothes and a laptop, a quilt and a few other items that I could not fit in my checked luggage. I never thought that I would need those items separate, but I sure did. I have never had such a confusing set of travels before, so many flights to catch and reschedule and wait for, and then the missing luggage at the end was really just the icing on the top of the cake. It is exciting being in a different country without belongings, I am not a big fan, but I'm finding my feet.

This morning I headed off to registration and now am once again in the waiting mode, classes won't start until 2:15 this afternoon for me. I'm making a list of all the necessities that I will be wanting because there is a small supermarket down the road and I am going to make it a visit and get things for living here, namely food and a few toiletry items that are with my checked luggage.

My advice to all you summer travelers, bring an extra chance of clothes in your carry on luggage, if you don'y use them at least you were safe and you will sure by glad if you do end up spending more days traveling than you anticipated.