Apr 9, 2010
Travel, by the numbers
International passports owned (to date): 3
Number of years pretending to be an European: 12
Countries visited: 17
US states visited: 7
Number of years left of my US visa: 5
Longest period of time away on a single trip (weeks): 10
Bagpipers encountered: 3
Concerts attended abroad: 3
Operas at Arena di Verona seen: 5
Face-painting in the spirit of festival/carnival: 1
Abandoned fully paid non-refundable flights/train tickets: 2
Macarons eaten: > 50
Languages spoken: 4
Chinese dialects spoken: 4
Most expensive airfare for a single itinerary (€): 951
Most expensive garden admittance ticket price (CAD$): 25
Number of times London was visited: 2
Number of times Paris was visited: 22? 23?
Glacier hiked: 1
Ziplined: 1
Eaten in a 3 Michelin-star restaurant: 0
Eaten in a 2 Michelin-star restaurant: 1
Eaten in a 1 Michelin-star restaurant: 4
Argued that the highest number of stars Michelin awards is 3: 1
Chinese New Year dinners organised: 5
Chocolate fairs visited: 4
Art masterpieces seen: > 10,000
Salsa classes attended: 16
Lightest weight of the luggage for a single trip (kg): 6
Naturist offering to sell me clothes: 1
Passenger capacity of smallest plane taken: 40+
Passenger capacity of helicopter ride taken: 8
Hop on, hop off bus experienced: 3 4
Hop on, hop off boat experienced: 1
Most postcards sent in a single trip: 32
I have not eaten a single piece of macaron!
Jessie, next time you see one, grab it! :D