Professor Sharon

We’ve been home for over a week now, yet we’re still adjusting in many ways.

We seem to be back on the right time zone, which thanks to the ocean crossing really went pretty easily. We arrived only about 2 – 3 hours off. We still seem to want to eat different amounts of food at interesting times, and miss horribly the fresh and unprepared foods we ate for so long. I was already trying to avoid corn syrup when I left; but it’s really discouraging to find sweeteners in so much of our food. So we’re really stuck with fresh fruits and vegies and local bread, etc.

We’re still unpacking the piles of little things that filled the corners of our luggage! We horded funny things like packets of honey and jam, plastic spoons and forks for use in having an economical or simple meal in the hotel room or park, and it’s amazing how many of those things and more are piled up as we unpack!

So for those interested, here’s a few preliminary numbers! I think as I organize the memorabilia, the numbers will go up!
115 Days we were on our trip

2 – 3 Suitcases

2 Backpacks

Cities visited (as in we walked about in them – does not count those we traveled through!)

9 Israel

13 Spain

6 Morocco

16 France

5 England

9 Places we did our laundry (does not count hotel sinks!)

10 Books Sharon read (does not include newspapers, magazines or travel journals!)

115 A guess as to how many places we paid to eat in!

2 Number of homestays

15 Hotels

1 Apartment

5 Number of airplanes traveled in

2 Ships traveled in

9 (at least) Trains

who knows? Buses and touring couches

Bicycles, Taxis and Metros uncountable!

1 Camel

Anyone think of other things to add to our numbers?