Carry-on sneakers = Birkenstocks + socks

Packing Core: Checking in at the 2 week mark from Berlin

Hallo aus meiner Badewanne, which means hello from my bathtub - I hope!

Yesterday I was writing this from the tub and thought, IT IS MIDDAY, midweek, midsummer. A light rain is falling on the ground, and I can hear the echoes of the pitter-patter from the 5th-floor Berlin apartment we’re calling home. It's been raining more this July than I can ever remember on any prior European adventure around this time. After 4 weddings since May, a cold has finally caught up with me. Thank god for a bathtub, rainy weather, and German vitamins. My shoe choices for the 2-month challenge have been daring yet functional. Now that we're hitting the 2-week checkpoint and I finally have access to laundry, here’s a sprinkling of packing notes:

MVPs of my travel spa bag so far:

• Josh Rosebrook Nutrient Day Cream SPF 30

• Josh Rosebrook Hydration Kit

• Remedy Cleanser (in the AB bottle)

• Facegym face oil

• Merit concealer

• Merit blush (these minis would’ve been a good shout, too)

• Byredo DISCO palette

Footwear:

• Pro t…