ADVENTURES IN A TIN CAN: Our trip in numbers
1. Number of kilometers driven: 6,120
2. Number of countries visited: 6 - Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
3. Number of nights we DIDN'T sleep in the Tin Can: 10
4. Number of Euros paid in tolls:
*France - 185 (*WTF France?!?)
* Italy - 50
* Germany, Austria Belgium and the Netherlands - 0 Euros
5. Number of days I whined "It's too hot!": 12
6. Number of days Peter whined "It's too cold!": 12
7. Number of days even I whined "It's too cold!": 3
8. Number of times it rained in Germany while we were there: 1,724 (*approximately)
9. Number of kilometers we rode our bicycles: 356
10. Number of times I asked "Do you speak English?": 57 (*approximately)
11. Number of languages in which I asked that question: 3 - English, French, and Italian.
12. Number of times the answer was "A little": 52 (*The other times the answer was no)
13. Number of times we wound up speaking the foreign language anyway: 30 (*Usually French)
14. Number of coffees we bought in order to have access to Internet: 24
15. Number of times we got bitten by mosquitos: 68 (*approximately)
16. Number of times it rained INSIDE the Tin Can: 1
17. Number of times we ate bratwurst: 14
18. Number of postcards mailed: 13
19. Number of times we got visited by a peacock in the parking lot: 1
20. Number of friendly neighborhood pigs in petting zoos who loved kids and wagged their tails while eating grass: 1
21. Number of kilos gained on this trip: *Some information must remain undisclosed.
