What to pack on a 20 day trip to Europe?

What should i pack for a ten day trip to europe?

• I'm going to be spending the easter holidays in europe with about 20 other students from my school. We'll be visiting the netherlands, england and france. Any ideas on what i should bring?

• Answer:

  Good walking shoes and comfy padded socks. Clothes you can layer, and that can be combined in various ways. Bring about 1/4 of the amount of clothes you think you should. Trust me, after four or five days you'll be wanting to mail some clothes home. If you're bringing electronics (like PDA or camera), don't forget chargers, plug adapters and voltage converter. Decant your personal products (shampoo, lotions, etc.) into tiny bottles to save space and weight. Bring a few English-language books. They're very expensive over there. (I bought a Grisham paperback book that wound up costing about $20.) An address book, both for friends' addresses so you can mail postcards, and a place to put the addresses of new friends that you meet. A collapsible water bottle. A small lightweight bag nylon bag. You'll be buying souvenirs, and you may wish to carefully pack them in your luggage for your return trip; you can use the extra bag to put your clothes in and check it as baggage as well. And may I pass on this tip: Be sure to put your full itinerary on a piece of paper inside your luggage. (And put a note on your ID outside that the itinerary is inside.) That way, if your luggage gets lost it will come to you in Europe, rather than being sent home.