We made it home after a tense hour or so when there were 9 seats and 11 standbys. We barely made it and were not seated together but we squeezed into the last seats.
Ok here is the trip by the numbers. We did, in 20 days:
10 km biked,
182.2 km walked,
211 km Sailed
80 km driving
~ 50 km Scooter much of it around in circles
262,142 of Neil’s Steps,
233,949 of Colleen’s Steps but she didn’t take her phone many days
255 Flights of stairs,
7 Air BnB or Hotel rooms,
3 Metro rides,
3 Bus rides,
3 Cab rides,
4 Train rides,
7 Tours – 3 Rick Steves and one other audio tour
4 Flights
18,233 km Flying
8 beaches
4 caves
7 swim the lines
24 Blog posts,
6 New friends
And we were reunited with the long lost AirTag!
Colleen and I have been discussing about the kind of travellers we are. We saw many couples our age who were travelling around without a tour group. We realized these are probably the same people who, like us, did this in the 70s and 80s. Now we don’t have to stay in hostels (they don’t call them youth hostels any more). We all stay in Air BnB or VRBO homes instead. We are a little older and a little more picky than we were (€100 per night doesn’t cut it anymore) and we have some baggage in addition to our carry on. This was the longest vacation we have taken in 30 years! I think the last one was in 1983 when we backpacked around Europe. Although we were mostly in Greece, we did see three countries and the island hopping and sailing made each stop feel really unique. The detour to Strasbourg was a real highlight too. I always enjoy the stress of navigating new places, languages and customs. Colleen is always right there making sure I don’t go off too far in the wrong direction chasing after some new experience. As always we enjoy hanging out together and are happiest when we get to our destination with time to sit and watch the people go by. We wouldn’t choose to experience life with any one else!
Coopers Travel Adventures 