Travelling light

I've not been known for travelling light. I like to feel prepared, and often it seems feeling prepared = taking a lot of things with  you. We've just come back from a trip where we had no choice but to travel light. Our first mini break as our little family of four! We were travelling by bus, tube, and train so no option but to travel light, especially as we had decided we couldn't do without the buggy to carry the boys around.

Travelling light when you have 20m old twins means working out what is essential. Planning and researching - what will be readily available when we reach our destination? What can't we do without, and should take with us?

In the end we did really well, two rucksacks, my admittedly very full handbag, and a bag full of clothes and things. It worked for us as we knew we had 2 travel cots reserved at the hotel. And that we would eat out, and that because we would be able to find places with high chairs (including the restaurant at our hotel).

Unsurprisingly most of the things we did take were for the boys. Familiar things to help with the sense of routine - their sleeping bags and a soft toy. Their usual bedtime book. Things to entertain them - soft books, a portable DVD player and a couple of their favourite CBeebies character DVDs. And snacks, although we had to buy extra. It turns out small boys get very hungry when they are out and about!