{"id":7273,"date":"2023-07-03T16:24:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T20:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=7273"},"modified":"2023-07-03T16:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T20:24:35","slug":"packing-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/2023\/07\/packing-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Packing Abroad!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the biggest dilemmas I faced before going to Spain was what to pack! Being told, &#8220;Don&#8217;t bring a huge suitcase, pack for about one week, bring a rain jacket&#8230;&#8221; and seemingly hundreds of other pieces of advice left my head spinning. I checked the weather what seemed like 100 times, but, does 60 degrees feel the same in Spain as it does in Montrose, Georgia?? I was so nervous about packing the right clothes. What was the correct balance between casual and nice? Dresses? Rompers? T-shirts? I didn\u2019t know much, but I knew I did NOT want to look like the cliche American tourist. So, I packed an assortment of clothes I thought would suffice and told myself I would make do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, I did just that! I packed two t-shirts, three rompers, a couple dresses, two pairs of jeans, two long skirts, several cute tops and a few pairs of shorts. Ultimately, I ended up packing 4 pairs of shoes (Birkenstocks, wedges, Reebok sneakers, and flat sandals). Now, I\u2019ll tell you, I wore one pair the entire time- the Reebok sneakers. The biggest recommendation I have is to find some COMFORTABLE, versatile sneakers like this! Most of us had a pair or two of little white sneakers that we wore 24\/7. My assortment of clothing was good, but I wish I had brought some white jeans (very popular amongst our group) and a few other nicer tops. I found that in Spain, athleisure is not very popular, and there also is not a ton of bright clothing! There is a lot of street wear and neutral colors during the day, with a bit more variation into the night. Finally, I really wish I had packed fewer tanktops\/shorts, and had clothes that were a bit warmer!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All in all, I would say packing essentials are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lots of tops<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A few pairs of pants\/shorts\/skirts (check the weather and be realistic!!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comfortable shoes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steamer &amp; tide stick!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basic\/staple clothing items you can re-wear (nobody will notice or care, especially if you have a place to to laundry)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An umbrella!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunglasses&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, wear what you are comfortable in, and don\u2019t fear too much about \u201clooking like a tourist.\u201d You\u2019re going to give away that fact regardless \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pictures below are some group photos that show a wide variety of our outfits! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/06\/IMG-3796-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/06\/IMG-3796-1-1024x803.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/06\/IMG-3796-1-1024x803.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/06\/IMG-3796-1-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/06\/IMG-3796-1-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/06\/IMG-3796-1.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/06\/IMG-3795.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"910\" data-id=\"7275\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/06\/IMG-3795-1024x910.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/06\/IMG-3795-1024x910.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/06\/IMG-3795-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/06\/IMG-3795-768x683.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2023\/06\/IMG-3795.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest dilemmas I faced before going to Spain was what to pack! 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I checked the weather what seemed like 100 times, but, does 60 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":898,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,31,23,128],"tags":[97,103,101],"class_list":["post-7273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-led","category-food-production-culture-and-the-environment","category-maymester","category-spain","tag-agdawgabroad","tag-studyabroad","tag-caes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/898"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7273"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7731,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7273\/revisions\/7731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}