I'm considering onebagging through Italy and France in May by train, no airplane travel involved. Do you have any tips or tricks for doing that? We'll be two women traveling, no formal events to attend or special equipment activities planned.

This is a Patagonia MLC mini. I bought this bag as a personal item for a trip in Japan, but I discovered how incredibly practical it is for short or urban trips. In the photo I’m coming back from a weekend at the beach. With this bag I could easily pack 2 liters of water, 3 towels, a straw mat, some clothes and accessories. I also had a beach umbrella that comes with a sack featuring a simple strap to hang it on the shoulder, but I was able to fix the umbrella to my backpack, using both my self-made X net on the front and snapping the strap to one of the many available points using a snap-hook. So in a nutshell it is capable to store a lot of stuff in the inside (~24/30 liters) and also a lot of stuff on the outside with the only limit being your imagination

I probaly bought this in 2015 alongside a coat, leather gloves, thick socks and hiking boots in preperation for a trip to denmark to visit a friend in february, because that's when I needed a break from work. It has been my workhorse ever since, going on multiple trips abroad, and my backpack when I decied to move to LATAM.

Not a single scratch, ding or tear. It has features I don't even use normally, like the anti rain cover, and some I use occasionally, like the strap accross the belly and chest, the ability to attach things on top using straps.

I used to use its seperable pouch to store travel documents, but through my own misuse, that section broke. I can't even figure out which backpack it us on the official page, it might have been discontinued.

Bloody good bag.