Dream to Travel. Is 2022 fall travel all about the water?

Hi, I’m Nancy. I’m the traveler and photographer behind the Dream to Travel from North Cape May, travel blog! Welcome to my first ever travel blog, really first ever blog! This is a site where I will share the adventures from my travels, as well as travel tips, guides, photos, maybe some videos, and much more. I am a now part-time travel blogger from North Cape May, NJ. But mostly, I’m just a woman with a passion for traveling and now dreams to make a career out of it in retirement post pandemic.

This trip, the first as a blogger, will include a very short stay in Paris; the seaside towns of Sopot, Gdansk, and Gdynia, Poland; the western coast of Norway; back to Sopot; and then the Elbe River from Prague to Berlin. It is all about the water! Fingers crossed that I’ll see the Northern Lights.

Let’ start with packing. Packing for five or six weeks is hard for me–especially packing for weather that will be significantly colder than where I am coming from. Get out the winter coat, vest, hats, gloves, and boots. Four to five bottoms, six to seven tops, making sure everything can be layered in case it’s really cold and snowy in Tromso, Norway. Everything mix and match. Can’t pack the whole closet but need to be ready and have enough. By the way, the luggage needs to fit under the bed on the cruises.

Here are some essential, whatever the season:

• Passport and/or ID card (this also applies to Scandinavian citizens)
• Laptop, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch
• Credit cards
• Binoculars
• Camera and accessories
• European travel voltage converter
• Comfortable everyday shoes
• Sweater
• Sun protection
• Sunglasses
• Wind and waterproof jacket and trousers
• Poncho
• Umbrella
• Dental repair kit–just in case!

The dress code for my trip will be relaxed and casual; I’m not expecting to dress formally at all. For this trip, October and November, it can get quite cold in Norway and along the Baltic Sea. So, I will also need to have:

• Winter boots with good grip
• Thick winter jacket
• Warm hat and gloves
• Wool socks
• Scarf
• Wool sweater

Lastly, did I mention that this all needs to fit in: one carry on, one checked bag, and a laptop case/purse? Phew, I have my work cut out for me.

Ok, I’m now officially a few days behind posting on this trip so, I’m gonna post this and get to the Paris posts later. Friday evening, I arrived in Gdansk–dinner with Mike. It is now Monday and I am trying to catch up!

I promise pictures with posts soon.