Greatest Hits

One night over dinner, I believe we were in London but I can't be sure now, we were discussing Lost and based on Charlie's list of greatest hits we started listing our "greatest hits" of the trip. So here is my list of greatest hits from the trip...


Top 5 moments (or extended periods of time) of the trip:

1. The Sound of Music Tour - if you are ever in Salzburg I strongly recommend it, not only do you get to see a lot of places in the movie you see quite a bit of Salzburg and the surrounding countryside.


2. The first night we were in London - we didn't have anything planned so it almost felt like extra time and we just wandered around. We walked through St James Park and stopped and watched some birds then we walked over to Buckingham Palace and then went and ate a good dinner (something we should have done more of while traveling).


3. The Cathedral of Notre Dame - I didn't really enjoy Paris but this was my favorite of anything we saw in Paris and my favorite of all the cathedrals or churches that we saw.


4. The first time we stepped out of the subway systems in Paris and London. In Paris the first time we came out of the subway we knew we were at the stop for The Arc de Triomphe but as we came up the escalator it was right there in front of us, it was a great sight. Then in London it was similar, the first time we came out of the subway we were right next to Big Ben. I thought it was pretty remarkable that some of my first glimpse of each of these cities were of things that represent their respective cities.


5. Eating dinner at The Eagle and Child in Oxford - this is one of the places that CS Lewis and Tolkien used to get together and discuss what they were writing. For me it was just neat to reflect on that while eating dinner there. (I guess I will mention that the other two didn't feel well after eating there but I felt fine.)