14/12/17 Tenerife
I do this game with my family, generally when we are on long car trips, or during night shifts while sailing, which is called the suitcase game. Taking turns everyone states what he or she would put in a suitcase to go at a predefined place. The following player repeats what has just bin put in the suitcase, and adds something...this goes on with every player, remembering each time all the items that have been already mentioned, all in the right order. The game ends when someone does not remember the items anymore (and trust me, it could go on forever).
Today I played alone, trying to remember everything that I am bringing on this Atlantic crossing.
I am bringing two backpacks in my trip across the Atlantic. In them I have:
my foul weather clothes, trekking shoes, sailing shoes, sailing boots, a pair of woolly socks, a pair of trekking socks, a pair of long pants, 3 pairs of shorts pants, 2 bermudas, 2 speedos, 6 pairs of undies (plus 1 for New year's), 3 t-shirts, a polo shirt, 2 shirts, a tie for Christmas, a green jumper, a blue fleece, a baselayer, a fleece neck cover, a woolly hat, a pair of thin woolly gloves, a pair of sailing gloves, a hat for the sun, a light towel, a robe, and a small towel, 3 headlamps, of which two with their chargers, a sewing kit that my mum made for me, 2 handkerchiefs, 5 chocolate bars, some chewing gum and candies from my friend Jack, 2 liters of freshly pressed olive oil, 2 salamis, 3 pieces of rope of different length and thickness, 1 duck tape, 4 electrical tapes, 1 screwdriver with 20 long screwbits and 5 short ones, my Leatherman with some spare bits, a piece of rope and a whistle to tie it down, first aid kit with scissors, tweezers, wound cloth, bandages, plasters, tape, thermal cover, ibuprofen, antiseptic cream, betadine, paracetamol, antibiotic cream and pills, cortisone cream and pills, anti-nausea, Imodium, plasil, vitamins, sunblock, arnica cream, condoms, cellphone with charger and 2. Pairs of headphones, watch with charger, laptop with charger and plug converter, 4 USB sticks, 1 with documents and 3 with music and movies, a wallet with driver's license, bank card, health insurance card, some cash, a folder with 2 passports, SSN, a medical certificate, STCW certificates, a letter from Santa Claus to be opened only on Christmas day at local noon, a sextant with nautical almanacs, a book on celestial navigation, a book for stars' ID, a compass, sunglasses with their cover and cloth, snorkel, goggles and antifogging liquid, ukulele with a book about blues theory and excerxises, new strings, 2 pens, 2 pencils, an eraser, 3 notebooks, inflatable lifejacket with spare activation and CO2 canister, climbing harness, a wind jacket, sleeping bag and sheet, toothbrush and a couple of good reasons to come back.
