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September 28 traveling Home and the Final WTF#9

LAST GAME!!!!
WTF #9.....And the Final Count, our best estimate, your best guess

Our TOAL (Trip of a Lifetime) totals:

Gone for three months, three weeks, four days and two hours of which all but five days were sunny
12 Countries
40+\- Cities 
21 Hotels
3 Apartments
1  Sailboat cruise

11  Plane rides
5 Train rides
5 Boat rides
2 Car Ferries
1 Kayak ride

5 Rental cars for eight weeks
150+  Metro rides
25+ Bus rides
4 Taxi rides 
250+ Miles walked
200+ Meals eaten out
30+ Churches, Cathedrals, Basilicas visited
10 Synagogues visited
4 Mosques visited
10+ Castles visited
25+ Museums visited

12 Beaches visited
4  different Seas swam in
100 Bottles of wine, plus many more glasses
10 Packages sent home
2 Pair of shoes worn out
7 Pair of shoes bought
12+ Pieces of jewelry bought 
16 Scarves bought
10+ Turkish/Tunisian towels bought
4 Haircuts 
3 Touchups

2 Pedicures
0 Manicures
3 Times we really could have used a cell phone 
28 Skype calls and 
3500+ Photos taken ( FILLED a brand new Mini I- Pad)
AND - over 100 Blog Posts, and over 5,000 Page Views
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And the winners are:
Most expensive country-France
Least expensive country-Turkey
Favorite country-Loved them all but France still wins my heart, runner up Croatia
Favorite city-Ditto for Paris but close seconds are Lyon, Vienna, Siena, Istanbul (Marci) and Prague (Steve)
Favorite Beach - Zlatni Rat Beach, Brac Island, Croatia and AntiPaxos, Greece 
Favorite meals, there were a lot -Jeremy Galavan, Lyon; Pierre Sang, Paris; Giritli, Istanbul; La Cote, Arles, France; La Cremerie, Paris ; Verranzano Winery, Greve, Italy
Most expensive meal- Septime, Paris
Most overpriced meal - La Cremerie, Paris, but worth it

Best beer - Karlovacko Radler Limon
Nicest airport- Dubrovnik
Favorite site- 3 stunners - Mont St. Michel, France; Ephesus, Turkey; Pammukale, Turkey
Best Event/Show - Haute Couture, Paris
Best Spa Experience - Suleyiman Hammam, Istanbul
Best museum-  Veletrnzi Palace, part of the National Gallery of Prague, also known as the Trade Fair Art Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
Best hotel- Grand Iberostar Hotel, Budapest, Hungary
Worst hotel- The Melrose House, Pammukale, Turkey
Shoulda skipped- Plitvice Lakes but only because it was pouring
Shoulda done- Cappadoccia, Turkey

And saving the best for last:
 Toasts made - at least 125
 Friends made - hopefully a dozen or more
 
This trip was priceless, but for the last WTF contest...

WTF#9 - since everyone loves the guessing games

WTF did this trip cost????

Guess on the blog, or email Steve at sjs123sjs@gmail.com

3 days to guess, ONE guess per player, closest to actual without going over.....
All cost - airfares, hotels, meals, cash spent, gifts, postage - everything!
We actually know....or will by Tuesday.
Wins a special, handmade, woven in Turkey towel.....

Good Luck....

Marci & Steve

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