Europe: Planes, Trains, and Everything in Between

It's been a just over a month now since the boys and I returned from Europe. I've quickly fallen back into my regular routine and started daydreaming about the next getaway. My daydreaming of the future is mixed in with a mind full of memories from the 5 1/2 weeks spent roaming around. Here is an overview of our time spent roaming around Europe:

Destinations

• Countries: Ireland, England, Italy, Greece, Hungry, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium

• Cities: Cork, Killarney, Dublin, Hastings, London, Rome, Athens, Gazi (Crete), Budapest, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels

Transportation

• Planes: 12

• Buses (Not including the buses that took us from our planes to the terminals): 11

• Trains: 28

• Taxi: 10

• Uber: 2

Accommodations

• Hostels: 5

• Family stays: 1

• Airbnb:5

• Hotel: 1

Some things we couldn't count

• The laughs

• The amount of beer, wine, and cider consumed. 

• How many games of cards were played. 

• Miles walked

Top favorite places

• Hastings, England

• Crete, Greece

• Amsterdam, Netherlands

Best Views

• Taking the rail up to look over Hastings. 

Overlooking Hastings, England

• 360 bar: a rooftop bar overlooking Budapest.

Sunset at 360 Bar, Budapest

• Best Wine: Pamplemousse rosé in Brussels, my new favorite. 

• Worst Wine: The plastic 1.5 liter of white wine that we bought in Athens, it had a plastic screw top. Just awful. 

• Best Food Overall: Athens