At the beginning there was 42. Now, so quickly we are at 41. Forty two days, six weeks, almost a month and a half.
I often talk about the age of everything we encounter in our travels. Everything in the US is so comparatively new. The B&B we are staying at, our last, was built in the 14Th century. Who lived here? The plaza 500 ft from our B&B dates back 2500 years. How do you digest that?
Some thoughts over the last seven weeks:
Because we need to pack so light, we are restricted from purchasing things we like. Not so easy or cheap to mail and breakage is an issue. I guess we all have too much stuff anyway so maybe it is a good thing.
It seems that ninety percent of the music played in Europe is American music.
About 20 train rides over 3 countries. Four in one day. Some as fast as 185 miles per hour.
Spent lots of money but Carol is going back to work.
Several cogs and a number of ski lifts.
Some incredibly massive mountains.
Three car rentals.
Five B+B in Tuscany
Millions of grape Vines and olive trees
Medical ICD devices throughout Italy. They need them.
Six Hotels in Switzerland. Two in Italy.
Hundreds of miles walked.
Thousands of stairs claimed
Three plane flights
One transatlantic cruise
A seven hour train ride through the Alps sometimes as high as seven thousand feet.
A couple of thousand pictures.
Don’t know how many pounds of Gelato consumed.
Five potential currencies involved
Meeting the real guy Rick Steves
Eleven straight days of sun in Italy
Seven foreign languages
A ton of memories
A blog so we won’t forget
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