TRIP STATS
# of flights- 7
# of trains- 3
# bus rides- WAY too many to count!
Favorite foods- Tam
~Eggplant, fish casserole
Worst rip-offs
~Istanbul: Corona with dinner $12
~Istanbul: cab fare $20 to go around the corner
~Istanbul airport: Ian's coke $15
~Israel: "blessed" red string $20
~Prague: lunch $42
~Cairo Airport: $13 Glamour Magazine
# Camels offered to Ian for my hand in marriage: 1 million
# countries we visited: 11 (Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, England)
# cities we would live in: 4 (Istanbul, Vienna, Amsterdam, Krakow)
# new countries- Tam: 8 Ian: 4
# books read by Tam: 8
# Different languages on signs: 14 (Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, Russian, Greek, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, French, German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, English)
# different types of keyboards used on computers: 4 (Turkish, Arabic, Hungarian, German). German was by far the worst!
# traffic accidents- 2
# bodies of water we saw: 7 (Sea of Marmara, Bosphorus Straight, Black Sea, Aegaen Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Dead Sea)
Types of currencies used and exchange rates:
Turkey- Lira ($4=5 lira)
Egypt- Pound ($5.5= 1 pound)
Israel- Shekel ($1= 3.3 Shekels)
Austria/Germany/Netherlands- Euro ($1= .64 Euro)
Slovakia- Koruna ($1= 19.2 Koruna)
Hungary- Forint ($1= 158)
Czech Republic- Koruna ($1=15 koruna)
Pounds lost on trip:
Tam- 8
Ian- 13
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