Packing

So what's a gal to pack for a 3 month stay on a remote Icelandic Island in the North Atlantic Sea, where she's told she may well experience all 4 seasons in a single day? Allow me to bore you with the details. A warning to fashionistas, my pallet is black white and grey, but my mind is filled with color as is the place in which I will be traveling.

Packing List for 3 month stay on the island of Heimaey and a couple of weekends in Reykjavik:

• Several electrical converters and a transformer for laptops and appliances - because one wasn't good enough - it's a long story...

• swim suit, cap and goggles - because I plan to spend an awful lot of time in the natural "geothermal" hot spring swimming pools they've got there

• yoga clothes

• travel wallet

• purse

• 3 month supply, because who knows what they've got over there

• Kinoflex Super 8 movie camera - with filters - cuz I'm old school
  

• modern conveniences - cuz I'm also not crazy

• leather jacket

• windbreaker

• rain slicker

• shorts - because I am defiant - the guidebook said not to bring them

• 7 t-shirts/tank tops - layering is the key

• my play

• the last 3 New Yorkers - finally cover to cover, I swear

• a friend's play which I promised to read on the plane

• notebooks for writing and sketching and my favorite kind of pens

• long johns cuz the guide book said to bring 'em - pishaw, it's summer!

• two gifts from a trusted friend - a candle and a dish to hold my jewlery

• a hairdryer I bought in Scotland after the one I brought blew up (it's a long story) Supposed to work in Iceland too.

• Far too many connector cords for various components - a billion dollars to whomever invents the universal electrical cord!

• important papers and stuff

• 7 pair of panties

• 2 cute tops

• 1 Lil black dress with boots and tights - for that weekend in Reykjavik

• 2 long sleeve shirts - cuz it seems to be 50 degrees and rainy a lot 

• 1 skirt - to wear with 2 cute tops

• 1 pair of slacks - cuz a gal just never knows when slacks might be called for

• digital camcorder

• Super 8 color reversal film - cuz I'm old school

• hat that does not blow off the head - it's said to be windy in Iceland

• hiking boots and thick socks - so as not to get blisters whilst ascending volcanos and traversing glaciers!

• first aid for after volcanic and glacial ascents and descents

• nifty mountain climbing toys

• 3 pair jeans - one new, one old and comfey, one not blue

• 35mm film camera

• mini backpack  - to carry all the cool hiking gear

• books to read on the trip - I'm finally going to finish Anna Karenina!

• 2 sports bras, 3 regular

• 2 button down shirts