summary by number

Over the 84 days we have

  • visited 9 countries
  • checked out 34 cities
  • slept in 18 different beds
  • encountered 5 different languages; including London english, my love
  • dipped our toes in 5 swimming pools
  • rented 3 cars in 3 different languages
  • ate about 100 gelato
  • read over 60 novels, many more than once
  • walked barefoot on 11 beaches
  • witnessed 2 proposals for marriage
  • felt the wind in our hair in 9 boat rides
  • saw many , many churches 
  • sat on the top of 2 Hop On Hop Off Busses
  • pedaled on 3 bike tours
  • sorted through 6 different currencies 
  • sampled tasty morsels through 11 markets: (12 if you count the one we spent 1 hour skirting the perimeter and never getting in  — you know who you are New Covent Market)
  • became acquainted with 6 different metro systems
  • took the train in the wrong direction 2 times
  • 12 —-  the number of times Rhoneil was asked “No, where are you really from?”
  • 1 time totally drenched by rain
  • 0 — the number of times it snowed
  • 84 – the number times Isy said we make _______ when we get home?