Okay, so what's a trip with out some good supporting numbers. Statistics are a man's best friend.
We did have a great time in Eastern Europe. We met and spoke with MANY wonderful people and learned a lot about youth culture and JV culture too!
I thought though you might be interested in some travel facts so here they are.
Since leaving Victoria on April 29 we will have logged more than 20,300 kms. The majority of those (19,229 kms) have been for our trip.
Interestingly for the trip mileage, 17,301 have been by air and 1,948 have been car, bus and train.
Not counting our Victoria to Airdrie trip, when we arrive home we will have spent more than 21 hours in planes and 32 hours in buses, cars and trains.
We will have encountered seven languages - eight if you include you include whatever it is JV's Terry English speaks. He is from Britain and says he speaks British but I am not buying it. These languages are British, Polish, Czech, Lithuanian, Latvian, Russian, Estonian, German.
We have also used five currencies (well six really but we used US because we didn’t have Euros at the time). Pounds - Britain, Zloty's - Poland, Korunas - Czech Republic, Lats - Latvia, Euros - Estonia and Germany.
From April 27th, when our furniture was picked up until we return home on May 29, we will have slept in 14 different beds.
While in Latvia/Estonia we saw daylight for 4am till 1030ish pm
We started at 51 degrees Latitude in Calgary and went as far north as 58 degrees in Estonia. 58 degrees on North America would be equal to Juneau, Alaska.
AND HERE IS THE BIGGIE...
Since we left Airdrie for our trip, I will have used TWENTY NINE DIFFERENT BATHROOMS.
I am sure there are some more stats...and I will likely compile them but this is it for now!
If you've never been to Eastern Europe, plan to do it. It isn't a place that typically jumps to mind when you think of holidays but it is beautiful, there is such a rich history and the people are amazing.
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