Numbers

Sadly, the end of our trip has arrived. With that sad fact in mind, I decided to compile some facts regarding this experience. For those who like numbers, here we go:

68- Total number of days we are away (June 28-September 3)
21- Hours of flying time (not including our layover in LA) it will take us to travel from Melbourne to New York
16- Different beds in which we slept (excluding red eye flights)
15- Different airports through which we flew
14- Total number of flights, including 3 domestic flights (2 within Australia and 1 within the US)
10- Articles of custom-made clothing (I count suits as two articles: pants/skirt and jacket)
8- Packages we (had) sent to the US during our trip, including three by vendors/shop keepers
7- Countries we visited (excluding the UK and Finland where we merely had stopovers)
7- Languages we heard (and often spoke) in our travels
6.5- Currencies we handled (the half is for Cambodia, where the US dollar is most commonly accepted and distributed, including by Cambodian ATMs. We did get a hold of a few Cambodia Riel, though)
6- Different airlines we flew
4- Underground subway systems we rode (we did use other public transportation systems, but only four underground subways)
4- Continents we visited on this trip (6 total in our lives- we previously visited South America and Africa)
3- New Visas in our passports
3- Massages we enjoyed (one foot and leg, and two total body)
2- Times we changed our trip while traveling (we added a day in Thailand, thus landing in Sydney a day later than we'd originally planned, and we added a day in Australia thereby omitting the day layover in LA--- thank you to our travel agent for helping with this!)

It's really been a dream...