Things you'd like to take - Item 1
It’s worth putting together a good kit of engine spares when you go on holiday – not having to translate ‘do you have a reverse-threaded widget’ into French is a great bonus.
Number one: A set of copper washers. These are extremely useful for stopping air and fuel leaks when their predecessors give up the ghost. If you don’t have one, you can heat an old one ’til red hot and then plunge it into cold water, to refresh it.