About packing an umbrella. After that caused my luggage to be continuously searched, I started buying cheap umbrellas in the UK from street vendors or sidewalk displays. They were cute and I was tempted a little bit to carry them home. But not when I thought of those searches. Better to buy for about $1 if needed, then abandon where someone else will pick it up and enjoy it, often from an umbrella stand. The spokes of. Folded umbrella look suspicious when seen by an x-ray machine.
Replace one pair of pants with a skirt that can be worn with you’d tops and add warm tights for the skirt, possibly also to wear for warmth under pants. You are taking too many coats. Take one that is waterproof with a hood. Think damp cloudy days and rain.
