Things to Bring and Things to Leave Home When Co-oping Abroad
After moving away twice for a co-op abroad, I have a pretty good idea of what you'll definitely need while living in a new country and what will just waste valuable space in your suitcase. This list will help you both save a headache once you get to your new country as well as save room for the things you'll really need: Make sure you bring: 1. Power Converters These are absolutely essential, and I promise you will need more than you think. Take the amount of converters you think you'll need...and then DOUBLE it. Nothing's more annoying than having to move a converter from the kitchen to the bathroom every time you want to dry your hair. Plus, they will mysteriously disappear on you, as socks do in the dryer. 2. Your favorite toiletries This is hard to wrap your head around until you've really experienced it, but there are some toiletries that you take for granted and just really aren't available in Europe (and likely anywhere else). From my experie...