I’ve been going through my notes, calculating with the figures from my trip – you know I like numbers. My results were as follows:
Number of days on the rails: 38
Countries visited: 11
Distance traveled, from Edinburgh to Stockholm: about 7200 kilometers
Botanic gardens visited: 7, of which the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh made the most lasting impression
Museums visited: 11, of which my favorite was the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb
Number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites seen: 7
Churches seen: uncountable, but my favorites were King’s Collage Chapel in Cambridge, St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall and Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Prague
Photographs taken: 4708
Number of posts on the blog: 160, adding up to 46505 words
Books read: 3
Earrings purchased: 6 (the only shopping I did)
Phones stolen: 1