· 13 countries, 1 province (Monaco), 1 independent state (Vatican City)
· 78 towns/cities

· 8.5 months
· 237 days

· 9 different airlines
· Approx 73 hours flight time in a plane
· A hell of a lot more hours on a plane/in an airport if including delays!
· 2 times frisked down at airport, both in UK
· 3 times bag searched
· 4 ferry rides, 30 hours total
· too many train rides and hours spent on train to even want to calculate

· 54 rolls of film
· 2000+ digital prints
· 0 photos in an album

· 0 items lost
· 0 items stolen
· 1 attempted pickpocket by gypise kids in Rome

· approx 100 coffees drunk (2 for each day in Italy)
· approx 75 gelati's eaten (1-2 for each day in Italy)
· about the same amount of crepes consumed in France
· Substantially less beers consumed
· 10-20 different types of Belgium chocs sampled
· 5 times eaten at MacDonalds

· 7 years of Kmart savings spent
· 5 pairs of shoes bought
· 2 handbags bought
· I long winter jacker bought
· 1 leather jacket bought
· 2 jumpers bought
· 1 skirt bought
· 1 shirt bought
· 1 belt bought
· 4 tops bought
· lots of presents received from relatives
· 8 shot glasses from different hard rock café's collected
· a big box full of Alitalia In-flight magazines, brochures from every attraction and souvenir books collected
· 30 or so key rings bought for my brother
· plus a whole heap of other souvenirs and presents bought
. wished I bought another suitcase and more stuff!

· 30kg luggage brought over in December 2002
· 25kg sent home between jan-april
· 2kg sent home with blonde em
· 0kg is what Glenn carried for me
. 30kg I brought home

· 87 postcards written - just to my mum alone!
· 91 postcard written to Glenn
· 100+ written to relatives, friends and work place

. About 80% of the time I had a valid tikcet for public transport in the citites
. Only 2 times I was caught, both times in Rome
. $0 I paid in fines - they love the Italian Australian who is trying to speak italian!

· don't want to think about the km I walked, didn't have one of those gadgets with me

· 15 times I was probably mistaken for a Spaniard

· grams of weed smuggled into the UK = 0
· disguised in the form of a biscuit = 0
· disguised in the form of a lollipop = 0

· Number of relatives in Sicily I met = 57 (and that is only mum's side of the family)
· Number who spoke little English = 5
· Number who spoke English so I could have a conversation with = 2
· How many more Italian words I learnt = 100+
· Number of people who knew my Zio Gigi in Sortino = 9000 (yep, everybody!)

· Fastest speed travelled in a car = 170km
· Who drove, where and when: Zio Gigi, Sicily, June 2003

· Hottest day = 44oC, Agrigento, Sicily
· Coldest day = -23oC, Stubai Glacier, Austria

· Churches visited > roman ruins seen > museums visited but still a heap!
· 90% of the time I got into attraction using an invalid student card
· 5 times this failed
· 2 times I was admitted as an Under 16yr old.

· 100+ boobs seen at one time on Paradise Beach, Mykonos
· 10 naked people seen here too

· 20 times I saw French people queue jump, 1 time infront of me
· 3 times I used mum's emergency sewing kit
· 10 stamps in passport

· 3 times I had to eat meat unwillingly
· 2 times I actually felt like eating meat

· 0 times I stepped in dog pooh
· 1 time I sat in bird shit
· No bird shat on me though, but got Em instead

· 18 nights in which I slept on a camper bed or the floor

· Way too many ignorant Americans I met

· About 10 Aussie shops and pubs I visited
· Best Australian thing: Seeing an add for Victoria on Australian Embassy building in Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the Background

b's top 5 countries
1. Italy
2. France
3. England
4. Austria
5. don't really have one...

b's top 13 cities
1. Venice
2. Rome
3. Paris
4. Sicily - all of it!
5. Florence
6. Santorini
7. Pisa
8. London
9. Brugges
10. Salzburg
11. Bath
12. Nice/Cannes
13. Amsterdam