It’s hard to believe that one year ago we got married and departed on an epic adventure! In celebration of a year going by, I dug up this list we created as we were heading home… some of our favorite things, places, experiences, and some of the not so favorite as well :)
- Best Castle
- Amanda: Tower of London
- Eric: Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
- Best Meal
- Both: The Tagine Kefta at Tommy’s in Fez, Moracco
- Best Hike
- Both: Rio Chillar in Nerja, Spain
- Best Beach
- Amanda: Nerja’s small beach
- Eric: Lagos small beach we ran to
- Best Beer
- Amanda: Hofbrauhaus at Oktoberfest, Munich
- Eric: Pilsner dark lager (has another name) in Prague
- Funniest Moment
- Both – Something to do with Bill…
- Most Surprisingly Great Thing:
- Amanda: The Lagos Coastline
- Eric: Scuba Diving
- Favorite Place Overall
- Both: Koh Tao, Thailand
- Most Foreign Experience:
- Amanda: The prayer calls in Fez, Morocco
- Eric: The Mekong river boat ride in Laos
- Worst Airport Experience:
- Both: Wuhan, China
- Best Airport
- Both: Copenhagen by far!
- Best Restaurant
- Both: Su Chilli’s on Koh Tao in Thailand!!!
- Best Night Out
- Both: Lisbon, Portugal
- Best Day Drinking
- Both: Oktoberfest in Munich
- Most Disappointing Thing
- Amanda: Luang Prabang, Laos
- Eric: Pinxtos in Bilbao, Spain (Amanda agrees here too!)
- Best Architecture
- Amanda: Everything in Prague!
- Eric: The Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain
- Craziest Drivers
- Amanda: China
- Eric: Morocco taxis
- Most Surprisingly Awesome City
- Amanda: Stockholm, Sweden
- Eric: Granada, Spain
- Worst City
- Both: Wuhan, China
- Coolest Bar
- Amanda: Fizz in Koh Tao, Thailand
- Eric: Szimpla Kert in Budapest, Hungary (So epic!!!)
- Best Sunset
- Both: Koh Tao from Sairee Beach, Thailand
- Best Sporting Experience
- Amanda: The Usa/South Africa rugby game
- Eric: The Scotland/Samoa rugby game
- Place We’d Most Want to Live
- Amanda: Stockholm, Sweden
- Eric: Lisbon, Portugal
- Best Accomodations
- Amanda: Bergen, Norway AirBnb
- Eric: Fez, Morocco AirBnb
- Coldest Experience
- Amanda: Scotland nights in the van
- Eric: Walking around Vienna
- Prettiest Nature (really hard queation!):
- Amanda: Glencoe, Scotland
- Eric: The fjords of Norway
- Country with the Worst Food
- Both: Laos
- Country with the Best Food
- Both – Thailand
- Worst Accommodations
- Both: Algeciras, Spain Hostel/Hotel
- Biggest Life Revelation:
- Amanda: Having her own fitness comapny/gym
- Eric: He wants more technical work
- Moment You Felt the Happiest:
- Amanda: Going on a long solo run/hike reflecting on life in Nerja, Spain
- Eric: Sitting on the beach in Nerja, Spain
- Thing you Missed the Most:
- Amanda: My girl friends
- Eric: The vitamix
- Thing you Didn’t Miss the Most
- Both: Bay Area traffic
- The Thing you Realized about California
- Amanda: That SF is an AWESOME city, can’t beat it!
- Eric: The people are better and really nice, easy to communicate
- The Best Item you’d Want to Have in our Future House
- Amanda: A Spanish microwave (we have one now!)
- Eric – Two duvet covers on the bed like they do in Scandinavia
- Best/Most Interesting History
- Amanda: Prague, Czech Republic
- Eric: Scotland
WHAT A TRIP! :)
