I've got a limit of 23 kg of checked luggage and 8 kg for my hand bag plus a separate bag
for my laptop. 23 kg correspond to 230 chocolate bars which seems
a lot - but unfortunately only about nine Biophysics books fit into 23 kg (assuming
one book to be about 2.5 kg – I actually measured this
value!). Taking into account the weight of the bag itself which might
be about 4 kg, I am left with only seven books.
A random book (wikipedia).
I am calculating all this stuff in
books because I was told that clothes in the US are cheaper and I
should buy them there. After a first trial I ended up with about 22
kg for my luggage and one quarter was not even filled with stuff!
Then I excluded the two telephone book like bricks and I am
below the 20-kg-boundary again.
Maybe it's sensible to take as many
clothes as possible, because shopping takes time until you find
something you are truly happy with. So I'll see – all the books and
other heavy things might go by post or with my parents visiting me.
However, I could order some things with amazon or the like, but if I
already have books, I will not re-buy them.
Leaving the books I am left with the usual questions: Do I need a hair drier? Should I take more than two trousers? What about backup chocolate?
