GOODMORNING MY

BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS

✨️

— Let’s connect —

How are you all today? How is your Saturday? Or maybe it’s friday for you? Or Sunday? Hm, I guess it depend where in the world you are.

Any plans for today? Me? Start packing 💀

I just saw on the countdown widget I have on my phone that it is only 15 days left until I go to Bulgaria. That’s insane! Time flies for sure! It doesn’t feel that long ago since I wrote Somewhere Warm Soon and Trip to Bulgaria 2026: Packing List, Travel Preparation & Personal Travel Diary!

For me, this feels unreal and my head is all over. Typical me. I feel like I am missing something that I must buy before the trip, but I don’t know what other than that I need to buy a phone charger cable.

15 DAYS LEFT
and now my head is
officially in chaos mode

My brain right now is basically one giant checklist mixed with panic, full of questions with and without answers.

Where are all the important documents?
[I know where they are but my head goes here MANY times.]

How many chargers are enough?

What if I forget medication?
[Did I apply for the vacation package?]

What camera gear should I bring?
[Which of my cameras? Lenses? Filters?]

What if my luggage is overweight?
Can I trust the scale?

Where is my packing list?

Where is this and that?
[Items my head is trying to find at the moment.]

These are just a few questions I have that are going around in my head. Like I said, a few with answers and a few without.

I imagine Sofia, Bulgaria will be very historical, with a lot of historical buildings and spots. Sounds wonderful but we all know that that’s not my area of photography, but I am curious for sure.

How will I pack when I go out? How hot will it be? Do I need the cardigan? Which shoes? How many pairs of socks do I need?

That’s just my mind right now and it will be like this until I’m there — and typical me — I will probably remember something I forgot back home when I land in Sofia. That is typical me. I forget something so I must go buy a new one and later have two of the same thing or two similar things — welcome to my space in my brain, where nothing makes sense and it’s all chaos with a million questions and what ifs.

So tell me: what’s the one thing people always forget when traveling?

But what do I actually expect of Sofia?

Sure, historical spots — typical tourist spots — but for me? I’m more excited to see the alleys, back roads, how people live, details etc. I’m excited to document the life behind everything, see the details people normally never pay attention to.

Right now I’m 50% excited, 40% stressed and 10% convinced I forgot something life-changing. 💀