TOP 5 QUESTIONS: (for 7th Month)

SEVENTH MONTH - Sept 19 - Oct 9

Since I don't have pictures down loaded onto my daughter's computer (which is what I'm using right now), there will be no photos in this post.

1.  Where was your favorite place for this last month?  Paris, Carcasonne, Barcelona, Santiago del Compostela, or Lisbon are our choices.  mmm...tough one.  Each one had its good points both from the hosts we stayed with and the beauty we saw.   I really cannot answer this question - I enjoyed each city so much.  What a wonderful way to end our journey.

2.  If you were to choose one big city to visit again or to recommend going to for a couple of days, what would it be?  Rich chooses Stockholm, Sweden as he loved the people, the clean city, the industrious work ethic, and the beauty of the surrounding area.  I would choose Rome, Italy with a tour because there was so much to see and I felt we just barely scratched the surface of this magnificent, historical city.

3.  Is it good to be back home?  YES!  I missed my grand children terribly and I got a tear in my eye when I saw the American flag flying in the airport terminal in Newark, New Jersey when we landed.  It was good to go to church again yesterday and to go to "Cattail Hideout" with Hailey, Dallin, and Elianna.  Can't wait to see the rest of the grandkids next week.  YEAH!

4.  What food did you miss the most?  I think a nice glass of cold milk tasted so good.  Hailey and I also made some chocolate oatmeal cookies and pretzels yesterday.  YUM  YUM...

5.  What are you going to do first when you get back to Idaho Falls?  So much to think about with building our new home so we won't have to couch surf any more.  I'll probably run to my grand piano and play it for several minutes.  I will look for my good swim suit so I can go to my deep water cardio class the next day, and I will call a couple of my piano/vocal students who I have missed terribly.

TOP 5 QUESTIONS: (for 6th Month)

SIXTH MONTH - Aug 19 - Sept 19

1.  With all the different countries and different foods and different water, have you been ill yet?

 No, neither one of us.  Rich did get sick aboard the sailboat in Croatia, but that was mostly because a bottle of Rakia fell onto the floor of the cabin when we were on rough seas and the fumes really bothered Rich, along with the seasickness.  Shari was seasick on the huge waves following a huge storm in Greece.  We were traveling on a small ferry from Marmaris to Rhodos Island.  We've only used bottled water in part of Italy and some of the Balkan countries.  Other than that, tap water has been just fine.

2.  Where have you had a memorable food experience?

Most of the time we eat at our host's home.  They either cook or we cook for them.  There have been MANY amazing meals, but the one that sticks out most in our minds was the Jakobsen Family in Goteborg, Sweden.  When we arrived, they were working on a dinner with salmon wrapped in a bread crumb topping with fresh herbs, onions, green beans, salad, and potatoes.  We had traveled all day by train so we were very hungry and it tasted so good.

Oops - almost forgot to take a picture.  YUM

 Another memorable one was with Line and Jonothan in Moss, Norway.  We all made pizza together.  We had bought Jonothan's favorite, Line had mad her gluten-free crust pizza, and we had made a vegetable, Hawaiian, and combo pizza.  We ended up not cooking the frozen one.  After all there was only four of us.  Pizza Nite was a definite hit with Jonothan.

Pizza - three different kinds...OOPS!  I forgot to take a pix of Line's pizza - it was great!

Linne & Jonothan looking forward to Pizza Nite

How can we leave out all the Chinese stir-fry dinners we've made on this trip?  This is Rich's expertise - "Kung-Pao Chicken" is what he calls it.  We've probably had it at least 10 times.

Various vegetables, chicken over a bed of rice with a handful of peanuts on top.  We also made a yogurt dressing over various fruits for this particular evening in Derby, England

3.  What was the scariest experience this month?
It just happened a couple of days ago as we were flying Ryanair from Dublin, Ireland to Paris.  When we got to the security check-in, we put the boarding pass through the scanner and it kept rejecting it.  They hurried us off to the authority's desk.  He immediately said, "You're at the wrong airport - you need to leave."  We looked at each other - WHAT?  How do we get to another airport; we'll miss our plane; how can this happen?  With further investigation, Rich realized he had grabbed an earlier flight's paper by mistake (2 weeks old), so he searched for the new one for Paris.  He found it - WHEW!

If you know anything about Ryanair, there are some horrible stories.  They have many rules and regulations.  I explained some of them in an earlier post about their weight restrictions of carry-ons.  Our backpacks were not to weigh more than 10 kilo - a bout 21 pounds.  Our luggage had to fit in a small sample box they had there.  You cannot carry anything else on - no purse, no camera, etc. etc.  We had triple layers of clothes on, a jacket, and our coat, so our luggage wouldn't be overweight.  Our pockets held many items, too.  You have to print your boarding pass ahead and you can't fold it in half.  There are fines for everything if it is not met.  If luggage is over, you pay 60 euros more and they will check it.  So, we get to the gate and hand them our passorts.  Rich is put in one line and I go to another.  He goes right through, but the guy says to me, "Didn't you read this part?  I look at the teeny tiny print without my glasses.  What?  "You have to have a stamp downstairs on this piece of paper if you have a passport.  You cannot go through.  You must get it beforehand.  Didn't you read it?"   I then remember that was something I had read, but because we had checked in online a couple of weeks previously, I had forgotten.  I think I turned gray and by then Rich came over and wondered what was happening.  There was a long line behind me and maybe I looked old or scared or something so the guy said, "We'll let it go this time, but you better not let it happen again." 

After going a little way down the ramp, the two girls behind us, who happened to be Americans from California, said we were REALLY lucky he was in a good mood.  They had just sent an evening in the airport because they had done the same thing.  They ran with their backpacks back down to the entrance of the airport, got the stamp,went through security again (long line), and ran back, but they told them it was too late and would have to get another flight.  It cost them each $200 more and they had to wait til the next day to fly.  Horror story!  I'm sure glad I had said my prayers that morning.  
4.  What has been your favorite place for the 5^th month?

I LOVED the last 2 days in Bayeux, France.  I don't have the pictures downloaded yet, but it was the cutest town in Normandy.  I saw the most beautiful cathedral ever (I'll see Notre Dame tomorrow so I may change my mind).  It was FREE, there was music playing in the background, it was in its natural state because it didn't get bombed in WWII.  Stay tuned for DAY 182 when I'll explain why.  Cool story!  We loved our hosts - a young couple and their parents gave us such a beautiful time.  We saw all the D-Day Normandy sites, the American, British, and German cemeteries.  We saw the beautiful beaches and the colors and on and on.  It is the best preserved town - again because it wasn't touched during the war.

Rich loved this last month.  (me, too)  We had wonderful hosts AND beautiful scenery, and fantastic times.  Everywhere we went from Stockholm, to Oslo, to Bergen, to Moss, to Goteberg, to London, to Bath, to York, to Inverness, to Belfast, to Dublin, and finally to  Bayeux, France.   He really enjoyed Bath as we walked through Jane Austen countryside and the quaint town.  We also enjoyed our evening sunset along Stonehenge.  What a wonderful two days we spent there.

Jane Austen used to live in Bath and got inspiration for some books from here.

Stonehenge from afar

 This is as close as we could get because of a new fence they had put up.  It costs quite a lot to get in and we were there after hours.  It used to be that you could drive by and get much closer, but the road was blocked off.  Next year they are closing off the whole area, making you park far away, and charging much more to come see this amazing phenomenon.

The sun is setting on Stonehenge.

I had bought a postcard and was teasing everyone about charging them a euro to get a picture taken with it, since the authorities were giving a fine to anyone who climbed over the fence.

We had brought a picnic to have during the beautiful sunset over Stonehenge.

5.  NO 5th question as it is 2:30 a.m. and we have a full day tomorrow at the Louvre Museum and Notre Dame Cathedral - up EARLY to get in line.  So - good night and tomorrow I'll finish my post for the next two days in Prague and then we go to Poland - so many stories there!

Stay safe and happy everyone and thanks for reading along and traveling vicariously with us.

TOP 5 QUESTIONS: (for 5th Month)

FIFTH MONTH - July 19 - August 19

1.  Aren't you getting tired yet after traveling for 5 months?  This is the top question that we get asked and it's true that different beds nearly every night does prove difficult sometimes. Somehow our bodies have adapted, though, and it really has not been a problem.  We go from king-sized beds to this -

OK...I get the big one - and you get the  
little one....  a REAL couch-surf experience!

Or from hard mattresses like in Italy to VERY soft ones like in Sweden.

2. Has the weather cooperated so far on your trip?  We've seen it ALL!  Everything from snow in the Austrian Alps, rain every day in Norway to high winds while fishing yesterday in Bergen, Norway. ....Hot hot sun in Budapest, Hungary in July, perfect ocean breezes in Santorini, Greece in April to bitter cold in Amsterdam.  There has been torrent down pours in Istanbul and thunder/lightning storms in the Adriatic while sailing to warm and sunny days in Bulgaria.  We have seen it all, but each experience is wonderful and Mother Nature provides everything so we may know the amazing wonders of our Earth.

3.  What things do you miss in America that you can't find in Europe?  
- Clothes dryers
- Zip-lock Bags
- Microwave Ovens
- Carpeting on the floors
- Inexpensive Idaho prices
- My car (believe it or not...even if it is nearly 30 years old and has many problems)
- Our garden
- My grand piano
- Garbage disposals
- Crest toothpaste
- Local Channel 8 News with Jay Hildenbrandt (Rich doesn't miss news at all)
- My children and grandchildren (Rich says this one should be FIRST on my list and it is  :)

4.  What has been your craziest experience for this past month?  I'm not sure if it's crazy or utterly stupid or on the verge of disaster.  (probably all 3)  But, a few nights ago, while in Bergen, Norway, I decided to boil 9 eggs to have for lunches.  I put them on at 11 p.m. and told Rich, "Now don't let me forget to take them off in a few minutes after they get to boiling."  Well, you know the rest of the story.  At 2 a.m. a neighbor from the apartment above rang the doorbell and said he had smoke coming in his window.  We opened the door to the kitchen, which was shut, and the smoke came billowing  out.  Our host turned off the stove and told us to not go in there...that it was bad.  The next morning, before I had a chance to even see it, Rich had cleaned most of it up.  What a sweetheart!  I guess there were eggs EVERYWHERE!   They had exploded and were on the ceiling, fridge, walls, you name it.  He took the black pan and scoured it out with some sand from the playground and it was re-usable.  We'll probably never be invited back to that house again.- j/k Tora!  (Too bad no pictures).

5.  What has been your favorite place for the 5^th month?  Our favorite place has been Rattvig, Sweden.  We had the most amazing family that we had the privilege to stay with for 6 days.  This, of course, added to our experience. 

Krister and Sasa and two children were the BEST!

 

Their home was so cute and immaculate!

 The town was so cozy and beautiful and NO TOURISTS!  (well...very few anyway).  Also, I found my Swedish ancestry there.  Cousins, the homestead where my great-great grandfather (and more down the line) lived, AND the old church where they all went to church.  What an exciting time we had!  AND...hello, this is Sweden.  How could it not be a perfect place to visit?

Standing on the porch of the two story home on the old homestead with Lake Siljan in the background

My cousin, Annette and I meet - posing on the front poor of the house.

Rich says Annette and I even look alike.

Sven and I share the same great great grandfather.

Ingalil, Sven's wife and their grandson,Christopher, (Annette's son) took us around Stockholm

Annette is Sven's daughter.  Her family had us for dinner...what a special evening.

The Rattvick Church where my ancestors went to their Lutheran meetings.  The little buildings in front were where the people stored their horses and sleighs during the church meetings in the 1800's.

Beautiful setting for the church as we head to the next host's house by the lake

Rich agrees that the Sweden experience was fantastic, but he needs to add that the Norwegian beauty with its spectacular fjords has been a dream come true to visit.

We took a train from Oslo to Bergen and saw wonderful scenery

We got to hop off for 5 minutes for a photo opportunity

All in all this 5th month has been just as great as the rest of our trip.  As we go into our 6th & 7th month, we have England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, and finally Portugal yet to visit.  How can we top what we've already seen?  IMPOSSIBLE!

TOP 5 QUESTIONS: (for 4th Month)

FOURTH MONTH - June 19 - July 19

1. What is the main mode of transportation so far?

Turkey & Greece – Bus

Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Austria – Trains

The Balkan countries – Bus

Thessaloniki to Berlin/ Brugge to Rome – Plane

Turkey to Greece - Ferries

In the city – tram, bus, subway, bikes

Mountains & Sites – by foot

2. Have you worried about pick-pocketing yet? I had a small encounter in the city of Sofia when a guy ran by me and tripped and fell. Everyone around gasped and closed in to see if he was ok. It might have all been a staged act because that is common. Shortly after that I noticed a lady beside me shrugging her shoulders at another guy and pointing down to my water bottle carrier. I noticed that it was unzipped – too bad all I had was water in there. Other than that – everything has been okay.
3. What has been your favorite food since you left Idaho? I really loved the pizza we had in Rome. It was just a simple shop near the Vatican. The crust was so tasty with lots of vegetables. YUM!   (Sorry - forgot to take a picture)
    I also loved our anniversary dinner a few days ago in Ladenberg, Germany. We went to an Italian restaurant and had pasta that was stuffed with meat and cheeses and covered with such a yummy sauce. We also had a salad with grilled salmon and shrimp that was amazing!
   

   

   Anniversary Italian Dinner in Germany

   
   

   

   Celebrating our 10th anniversary in Ladenburg, Germany

   
    Rich remembers the fantastic meal that Achim cooked us in Oostebad Wustrow, Germany...rouladen & potato dumplings. It was to-die-for!
   SEE DAY 35 on BLOG
    Larissa in Rhodos served a delightful meal of chicken meatballs, roasted vegetables, palenta, home-made bread, and a yummy vegetable sauce. 
    SEE DAY 16 on BLOG
    Then there was the Romanian Wedding meal that lasted all night and into the morning. We had so many courses and we were so full by 2 a.m. Everything was very tasty! 
   SEE DAY 89 on BLOG in about 2 weeks
   First off, the tables had bowls of all kinds of fruit, rolls, nuts, and many kinds of drinks including lemonade and soft drinks.  Then every hour beginning around 8:00 or so, each of us was brought a new plate of food.  In between we would socialize and dance.
   

   

   1st Course -Appetizer Plate

    2nd Course - Soup ( so good, but I forgot to take a photo and I don't remember what kind of soup it was.  :(
   

   

   3rd Course - sausages, cabbage and dumplings

   
   

   

   4th Course - Fresh Fish and Vegetables

   
   

   

   5th Course -Grilled Chicken & a Potato Dish

   
   

   

   Brock (from Idaho Falls) & Kristina (from Romania) cutting the Wedding Cake which I wish I had taken a photo of. ....raspberry filling and a layer of pudding-like whipped cream with a chocolate ganache frosting and both white and chocolate cakes with a chocolate mousse layer.  YUM!

   
   We've enjoyed many other meals, mostly by our couch surf hosts and not in restaurants.
4. What has been your favorite place for the 4^th month? Rich and I both agree on this topic AGAIN...Swizerland and the Alps! 
   

   
   

   

   
   

   

   
   We decided to buy a Swiss Pass so for 4 days we took the opportunity to travel by train as much as we could seeing the Jungfrau, the Matterhorn, Heidi Haus, Lake Geneva, Lucerne, and more. 
   

   

   Rich taking pictures on the train through Switzerland

   
   

   

   Taking a Ferry on Geneva Lake, Switzerland

   
   

   

   
   We loved the beautiful and clean trains of Switzerland and riding along the countryside seeing the cows, the farmers working in their fields, the logs chopped and piled in neat stacks, the hay freshly cut and bundled perfectly, the darling Swiss huts and chalets painted in bright colors and flowers everywhere! 
    

   

   The Matterhorn...the REAL Matterhorn!

   
   
   

   
   

   

   After this picture, he started to charge me - aughhh!

   
   

   
   

   

   

   The hills are alive with the "Sound of Music"

   
   The Swiss people are so industrious. There is no graffiti or trash. They re-cycle everything. They welcome visitors and are very friendly! All this is at a price for the tourists, however. Everything is very expensive...food, travel, clothes, and tickets for sites.
5. Have you been able to attend church much? I'm sad to say that we have not had many opportunities. We have sat in on a couple of Catholic masses both in Rome and in Prague. The music was beautiful, the organ playing majestic, and it was very interesting watching everyone recite things back in Latin, standing up and down, and crossing themselves several times. We went to a 90 minute Orthodox church service in Brceli Village, Macedonia at the Monastery there. (Everyone stood up the entire time). 

   

   Inside of the Monastery which is hundreds of years old.

   
   

   

   The Padre invited us for tea the first day we were there.  Our host was Balzenka from Brceli village - inhabitants of less than a dozen people

   
   

   

   Brceli Monastery in the background where Blazenka & Sasha took Rich & I to church

   
   The Padre invited us for tea and cookies afterwards to mingle with the other 15 congregation members. After that they had a gourmet meal prepared, but our host wanted to go back to her house, so we didn't stay. 
   
   We also went to an LDS Branch in Switzerland. Our host family was my daughter, Carlene's mission companion in Germany about 8 years ago. They only have 50 members, so they don't have a meetinghouse built yet. I ended up going to Primary and playing piano (the keyboard) for them because their pianist was out of town. Fun memories!
    

   

   Yes, Rahel...I can be your 2nd MOM (She was Carlene's Missionary companion in Germany

   
   
   

   

   Isn't Amelie, almost 3, cute in her church dress?

   
   

   

   We visited Heidi Haus in the Alps where Patrick, Rahel, and Amelie live.

TOP 5 QUESTIONS: (for 3rd Month)

THIRD MONTH - May 19 - June 19

1. What do you carry around your middle all the time? A friend of mine let me borrow her nice fanny pack (Tiz from the Aquatic Center ...thanks Tiz!). In it I have my passport, ID, and other important documents. Once in awhile Rich gives me money :) I also keep my three pairs of glasses (I'm down to one :( a pen and a pencil, a small notebook to record memories, notes, and bus numbers, etc. I have a small comb, kleenex, lip gloss (the only make-up that I brought) and there are pockets to collect things like flowers or rocks. I also have attached a case that I carry my water in and on my right side is my camera.
2. Is the weather really as cold as it looks like in the pictures? Yes....it was very nippy at the Baltic Sea (northern Germany) and in Holland. Everywhere else has been fantastic! We used jackets quite a lot in April and May. We both brought rain jackets which also worked as a layer for the warm last layer..
3. How much money have you allotted for each day of your travels? Including travel, food, lodging, souvenirs, and sites, we put $30 for each of us as our budget for each day. That's a bit tricky to abide by, especially in more expensive countries such as Italy and Greece, but we will be catching up in the Balkan countries.
4. When do you have time to write on your blog with everything you do every day? This is a common question and tricky to answer. First of all, I am currently 6 weeks behind, but I spend every bus, train, and plane ride going through pictures; sorting and labeling them; writing a daily journal so I don't forget what we did that day. Some rides are VERY bumpy and it's crazy, but I'm obsessed to remember this wonderful adventure. I also live on very little sleep. In the evenings after we have talked to our hosts, we work on the computer figuring out the next leg of our trip, searching new couch surfers, etc. Rich must do some computer work for bills and deal with any problems back home. I must deal with any communication with family, trying to remember birthdays, giving advice to children, skyping grandchildren, etc. It's around midnight when I begin to put together my next post. Sometimes I work til about 2:30 a.m. Occasionally I go to bed early and get up about 5 a.m. It's crazy, but it works!
5. What is your favorite place for the 3^rd month? Shari & Rich have a new favorite spot...Ohrid, Macedonia. The whole Balkan trip this month has been the most amazing experience! The people, the scenery, the inexpensive prices, and NO TOURISTS! (well, much fewer anyway) Ohrid is a very old city next to a huge beautiful lake and and an ancient fortress overlooking the old town. The weather was perfect, the people fantastic, and we stayed with a dream host. More about this experience when I post Day 80. We both agree, also, that we loved the night we ate in Filip's restaurant and were entertained by Macedonian musicians and Polish singing and dancing. We both agree that some other memorable experiences were the week we spent on the sailboat with Zelimir and crew (Days 61-67) and the Romanian wedding of Brock & Christina (Day 89) We have several other great experiences so it's really hard to choose this time.

TOP 5 QUESTIONS: (for 2nd Month)

SECOND MONTH - April 19 - May 19

1. Are you ready to come home yet?  Absolutely not! It's gone so fast and we're just beginning. It does feel like we're in a whirlwind – time is going so quickly and we do so much every day. It's a good thing I'm keeping a blog because I would forget a lot of details. Besides, what is at home? Work...work....work! And right now we have no home because we're renting it out. Guess we'll have to couch surf in our own city when we return to Idaho!!
2. What has the weather been like? Turkey and Greece were perfect – not too cold or hot! Berlin was a little grey, but was warmer than people had told us it would be. Northern Germany we found was cooler, but we brought the Greek sunshine with us. The Netherlands was sunny, but we found our coldest time there...wish we had our long underwear a couple of days. Belgium was very nice. Italy was great, but we did use our umbrellas a few times.
3. What is your favorite place for the second month?  For overall experience, it is too difficult to choose just one. We tend to like to stay with families, so the Werner Family in Oosteebad Wustrow, Germany, the Kuhnert family in Hannover, and Theresa and her family in Venice made for such wonderful memories. We love them so much! Rich loved the long hike we took in Cinque Terre (5 little villages on the Italian riviera) and the train ride afterwards through Tuscany. I really enjoyed the windmills and the tulips in Holland. I think I must have been a little Dutch girl in my former life! :)
4. Tell us about your craziest experience so far?  We would both have to say Florence, Italy and Leo with all of his rules and how he ran his couch surfing army. I can still hear him explaining in detail what time we were expected to do everything. Funny guy!
5. How has it been to be together 24/7?  Everyone wonders this and I'll have to say that we have had a couple of issues, but we always work through them. Rich is very patient with me and has learned to check to see if I've forgotten anything in the seats of the bus or other places. We do try and find some “alone” time occasionally, but I usually end up getting lost so my “alone” time is between midnight and 2 a.m. All in all, we love each other very much and enjoy each other's companionship so much that we find joy in everything we do together!

TOP 10 QUESTIONS: (for 1st Month)

FIRST MONTH - March 19 - April 19

1. What do you typically eat for breakfast and lunch each day? Breakfast: Muesli (oats, corn flakes, and various dried fruits) with plain yogurt Lunch: Whole wheat bread with seeds, cheese, carrots, red peppers (they are so inexpensive), and an apple

2. How do you do laundry? After several days wearing the same thing, we will wash it out in the sink with the Woolite that we brought. Then we hang it up wherever we can - usually on a special rack everyone seems to have. Alla, in Turkey, is the only one we've met that had a clothes dryer.
3. Does most everyone speak some English? Yes! We do find that generally the young people speak more English whereas hardly any of the older people do. In the more remote areas, there are fewer that speak English.
4. How have your CS experiences been? Fantastic! We have made so many friends and it's amazing that in just 2 – 3 days, we end up crying as we depart. There are many who open up their homes, trust us with their key, some give up their own bed, and they ALWAYS feed us at least one meal, usually more. They are interested in coming to the USA, but chances are most of them will never have that opportunity. Most of them live with very limited finances and have so very little, but offer everything. They all LOVE to hear about America, however, and enjoy talking with pride about their country, their people, their language, and their heritage.
5. What is your favorite place so far (for the first month)? It is quite difficult to choose, but both of us agree that Rhodos was an amazing experience! The Sandu family went out of their way for us. From the moment they picked us up from our late ferry and fed us after I had been very sick to the excursions they drove us on, to the music we shared, to the fantastic meals, to the great conversation of which we all could communicate even though 3 of them could speak very little English. The old towne had so much history, the weather was perfect, and there were few tourists. Nafplio was wonderful for the scenic surroundings, the sea, the castle, the romantic food and walks, and having our room in a pension. EVERY experience has been memorable!!
6. How many miles of walking do you average per day? Between walking from our host's home to catch our next bus, metro, train, or plane and walking everywhere to the sites (sometimes with our 22 lb. backpacks on), we probably average between 5 – 6 miles a day.
7. What do you miss the most? MY CHILDREN and GRANDCHILDREN!! Rich doesn't miss ANYTHING! Well....he does confess that he misses his exercise bike because he has gained a little weight. Oh – it's true that I miss my swim classes and being able to stretch each morning. Everyone has tile or wood floors, so stretching each morning is impossible. Sometimes we do it in our beds in the morning for a few minutes.
8. Are you tired of wearing the same clothes? Rich says no, I say yes! I would think our blog followers would also get tired of seeing the same 4 – 5 shirts in all of the pictures. HA!
9. What are the beds like that you sleep in each night? We have both slept well every night that we've been gone. It's amazing how the body adapts from a very hard mattress on the floor, to an over-sized single bed, to a super soft couch with no support. Luckily, we both brought our Down pillows, which has made all the difference!
10. Do you find things in general more or less expensive than Idaho? Turkey was quite inexpensive for most everything. The touristic sites were more than we hoped, so we had to limit what we saw. In Greece, the fuel was very expensive, so bus fares were, also. Food, however, in both countries were very affordable, especially, fresh produce and yogurt. Cheese and meat was more than in Idaho, which we eat very little anyway.