8 Comments
User's avatar
Lolly Martyn's avatar

Eeek!!! So exciting!! You’ll be in Sicily all summer?? You barely need anything. But yes you will be flippin hot. Buy a fan with the right plug when you get here.

Expand full comment
Jules's avatar

I can't advise you on beach wear since I haven't been swimming since 1987, but black is a good colour. All your worries are completely understandable, and yes it is going to take a long time to get sorted but it is going to be wonderful. First things first: take a bialetti and a saucepan to heat milk. Nothing is achievable without coffee. Keeping cool will be a challenge. Can't help you much there as it is rarely an issue in Shropshire, where most of us have a permanent blue tinge.

This adventure is going to be WONDERFUL and you must send regular updates. (Please). 😊

Expand full comment
Jo Candiano's avatar

Oh the coffee. Absolutely. I will bring my 3 cup Bialetti and enjoy coffee before I get out our of bed for the day. I am also bringing my chef's knife and paring knife. These are the only two knives you ever really need in the kitchen. My mini speaker, obviously. I have trudged my Australian made curly hair products (there are 6) back and forth so many times, so I may as well keep doing that. That's 5kg right there. I'm not going to take as much clothing this time, and shoes. It's ridiculous. I want to be prepared for everything. I've taken more than 40kg each time, and lumped Jeff with another 40kg, much of which is my stuff. I just get FOMO for clothes when I don't have with me what I want to wear. Same with shoes. I know I have to change. Also, if the current owner leaves the 80s wedding dress I found in the armoire, then I could wear that.

Expand full comment
Jules's avatar

If it was me I'd forget the hair prods. I gave up the few fancy ones I used years ago and went with the curl. Now it gets shampoo and if it's lucky, a bit of conditioner. OK, I look like a haystack but nobody sees me.

If you need all that clothing, take it. I haven't got a handle on precisely where you will be living so I can't comment on that. All I would say is, if you won't use it and have no emotional attachment to it, make it a bit easier on yourself and leave it behind. It's hard, I know: you don't want to get there and find you need something you left behind. Also if you know you will want to wear it I think that's a good enough reason to take it. The wedding dress is a great backup.

Expand full comment
Jo Candiano's avatar

I have to take the hair products, Jules. I have hair pride. I got it from dad. We have good hair.

Expand full comment
Jules's avatar

Essential then. Travel size?

Expand full comment
Jo Candiano's avatar

Suuuure. My travel size are 250ml because the full size is 1 litre...

Expand full comment
Jo Candiano's avatar

Thank you. And okay; I'll try to be better at updates this time.

Expand full comment