Reflecting Back

Monday, July 5th, 2010

As we leave our 5th country and head into our 6th I wanted to take a minute to reflect back on where we have been. I have been making a list for each country of the #1 thing I will miss, the #1 thing I won’t miss, and the one thing I would have liked to do that I didn’t get to do. So here we go!

Turkey:
What I’ll miss: apple tea served in funny Turkish tea cups (definitely going to see if I can buy these online back home!)
What I won’t miss: Turkish a.k.a. “squat” toilets (although I did run across another one or two in Greece)
What I would have liked to do that I didn’t get to: Cappadocia

Greece:
What I’ll miss: moussaka (specifically the moussaka at the restaurant in Samos)
What I won’t miss: how hard it was to catch at taxi in Athens (damn Metro strikes!)
What I would have liked to do that I didn’t get to: Crete

Budapest (Hungary):
What I’ll miss: Goulash (sorry Mom, the stuff you made growing up isn't close to the real thing!)
What I won’t miss: the pushy restaurateurs
What I would have liked to do that I didn’t get to: a river cruise on the Danube

Austria:
What I’ll miss: the choirs/ensembles singing in the streets of Salzburg
What I won’t miss: dodging horse piss/crap in the streets of Salzburg
What I would have liked to do that I didn’t get to: see an opera or classical music concert in Vienna

Switzerland:
What I’ll miss: the Alps
What I won’t miss: how expensive everything was
What I would have liked to do that I didn’t get to: go to the top of Jungfrau

Only two more countries to go, and almost exactly three weeks left.