Larabars

So I had a big shopping spree with my hard earned craigslist $40. I picked up a big assortment of protien bars, thinking that these could serve as a meal replacement if needed. Most of the hostels we booked have free breakfast so at least I won't have to worry about that. As a back up I did buy some instant oatmeal which I HATE, but it has fiber in it and is better for you than a hershey bar for breakfast I guess. I also bought some gum, which I never chew in normal life but always seem to set new world records consuming it when I travel.

My fave protien bar right now are Larabars. They are all natural. No really, these are pretty much natural. They only have about four ingredients, kind of like those old school Breyers Ice Cream ads... you know, only ingredients you can pronounce.

I also stared at the peanut butter selection for a long time. Is peanut butter considered a liquid? It's not exactly solid. .... Or liquid. I remember having that discussion in sixth grade science about Jello, but don't remember reaching a conclusion. Darn my sixth grade self and her extremely short attention span! But I decided I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if airport secruity tossed a perfectly good jar of PB in the trash because of its somewhat liquid nature. So I passed.

Stivo and I discussed packing a bit today. She is pretty much doing the opposite of what I'm doing... she's taking a whole lot of clothes to potentially fit in any situation or scenario. After reading the gospel of Rick Steves I'm going to try and do this thing with very minimal stuff. The way I figure, people will pretty much know I'm a tourist from the HUGE BACKPACK I have on my back. But maybe if huge backpacks are in style in Europe and I do fool them, they will probably figure out I'm not from the area when they talk to me in their native language and I can't talk back.

If I feel totally underdressed I can always make a mall run. There are worse things in life I suppose.