European Summer Vacation 2008 – By the numbers

I don’t have any excuses. I could make up some big elaborate story about how busy I’ve been for the past few months working two jobs and volunteering, but well…that just wouldn’t be all that accurate.

So, here’s the recap of our 3 week European Tour in July 2008.

5 – the number of countries visited (Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Germany, Switzerland)

18 – the number of nights in hotels

16 – the number of billy goats we saw on Mt. Pilatus, Switzerland

208 – the number of steps climbed to get to the Prague Castle

509 - the number of gross, stinky, unbearable steps up the south tower at the Cologne Cathedral

12 – the number of cities visited (Prague, Oswiecim, Vienna, Hallstatt, Salzburg, Munich, Lucerne, Interlaken, Baden-Baden, Mainz, Trier, Cologne)

4230 – the number of kilometers driven

0 – the number of kilometers Holly drove :)

$609 USD – the amount spent on diesel

1074 – the number of digital photos taken

400 – the number of pictures worth keeping

Chuck's favorites

• Lunch at La Bastille in Prague, Czech Republic
• Karl Marx museum in Trier, Germany
• Munich's walking tour on their 850th birthday
• The guided tour at Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland
• My co-pilot (awe, as Holly types this...)

Holly's favorites

• Feeding the swans in Lucerne, Switzerland
• Lunch at La Bastille in Prague, Czech Republic
• Driving the superwide highway on the way to Vienna, Austria
• The summer toboggan run on Mt. Pilatus
• Listening to the ding dong of the bells on the swiss cows