Gal Noir 43

I brought everything from swimsuits & coverup to a trench coat, scarf and gloves ... and wore all of it. If it was very cold (as it was for us when we hit Europe), I wore jeans or khakis, a t-shirt, tunic, hoodie & the trench coat. Same t-shirt or tunic worked with capris or shorts in warmer weather.

I keep hearing cool, cool, cool, so it makes layering seem more and more important. The challenge is getting colors to coordinate so you can mix and match.

Thanks, Nebr,cruiser. I live in Kansas, by the way, even though my profile says Lake Woebegone, (A nod to Prairie Home Companion.) so we're probably used to the same type of weather. I keep reading about how variable the weather is on the Atlantic. The weather here is pretty variable here in April, so I'm used to that. I'm wonder if it's more variable than it is here. Taking gloves wouldn't have occurred to me, so I'm thankful for that tip. I keep rea I'm busy planning which clothes in my closet I can layer and sewing or buying what I need to fill in.

Thanks for the tips, ladies. I think packing for seven days and rotating is a good idea. That's what we've done for two week cruises. I guess it would work for 35 days, too. We're cruising Holland America and will have access to laundry services. (I'm going to pretend I don't remember that last time they washed some of my lingerie with something blue and dyed them gray.) I have a black slinky dress that I wear with various dressy jackets, etc. for formal nights. I'm too old to be showing my upper arms, so no flesh-showing cocktail dresses for me. I hadn't thought about gloves, but that sounds like a good idea.

Lots of good ideas. Again, thanks for the help.

We've scheduled a 35 day transatlantic cruise in April. I'm in a twit as to what to pack. The weather, at least where we are, is very changeable that time of year. Some days you need cold weather clothes and some days warm weather clothes are in order. For 35 days, we're going to have to pack more clothes than usual, anyway, and if I have to pack two seasons' worth, that's a lot of clothes. I know, everyone says to layer, but to get together enough clothes that all coordinate so I can mix and match means I'll have to buy a lot of new clothes. I don't usually "layer" every day so everything in my wardrobe doesn't coordinate with everything else. We'll have stops in Bermuda, the Canary Islands, France, Belgium, Netherlands, England, Portugal, Spain and Morocco which will all require different weights of clothes. I realize that we'll have laundry services available, but still... Auugh! I need advice.