I had the privilege of vacationing with my mom in Portugal this past week! It was a dual birthday celebration for us; an early gift trip for me, and events to celebrate her recent birthday. We had an amazing time! We had a laundry machine all but 2 nights at places we stayed, so we got away with carry-on only, and realistically this was all I needed for 8 days at the end of Sept/beginning Aug…

• 2 pair yoga pants (could have used packing 2 more pairs)
• one pair of linen shorts
• 3 cute/casual tee tops
• long sleeved tee
• sundress with pretty light shawl, small beaded crossbody purse, cute sandals for dinners out
• sun hoodie pullover (could have also used a sweatshirt)
• light packable raincoat
• Patagonia sling bag (didn’t do any crazy hiking, but for trekking around Porto for the day with my binoculars, was great!)
• Birkenstocks
• Keen Astoria west sandals
• visor
• Costa sunglasses (for the boat) and casual sunglasses
• sweat pants and one pair compression knee socks (for flight overnight)