of europe, by observation

I can’t believe how much I got to travel this year. Much of this is thanks to my husband’s vast knowledge of credit card points. There’s so much I observed, but here, for this post on a traveler’s thoughts, I decided to share something personal – what I liked. And didn’t. It’s simple. No explanations, no justification. Just one girl’s opinion.

Here’s what I love about England:

awesome sign phrasing

Humps.

Humps.

No ball games.

No ball games.

Blind summit.

Blind summit.

my vocabulary improved here

the front of cars are short, which helps with turn radius for small spaces

yellow warning traffic light before it turns green, just as we already have before the red light

politeness

nice drivers, plus they use headlights to communicate

the cloud – free internet available in most sizeable towns!

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Here’s what I don’t understand about England:

two faucets, one hot, one cold

road systems – why are there letters and numbers?

low street signs, often blocked by cars or bushes and not out by the street

This one`s not quite so bad, but still.

This one`s not quite so bad, but still.

Just plain hard to see. But also precious.

Just plain hard to see. But also precious.

London Underground prices

huge outlets and plugs

smoking

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Here’s what I liked about Italy:

the Dolomites

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Ummmm yeah.

plants and flowers everywhere

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A garden FULL of jasmine! Such gorgeous allergies.

coffee. coffee. coffee.

Can you not see his joy?

Can you not see his joy?

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What’s not great about Italy:

driving and drivers

tolls. tolls. tolls.

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In Slovenia, I loved:

slow pace

infrastructure

growth

green

Lake Bled.

Lake Bled.

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walkways

stacked wood by every house

hay piles/shelves, by almost every house

B&B doors also function as windows. they’re multi-functional that way.

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What I missed about America basically tells you what else I didn’t enjoy abroad:

free bathrooms

no sound barriers on highway – no obstructed views

Seriously, they were like this but much worse and opaque and you couldn't see any beautiful things!

{Seriously, they were like this but much worse and opaque and you couldn’t see any beautiful things!}

free water

free highways

less smoking

street signs

positivity about life

 

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I guess the sum of it is, coming home is sweet. But it’s also not perfect, and there’s so much beauty elsewhere, that we must seek adventures, you and I. We must cherish our home and our adventures as two sides of the same coin of wholeness. And those are today’s traveler thoughts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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