Welcome to maybe our most favorite post thus far as it allowed us to rehash some of our favorite and least favorite memories! So here is our not-so-comprehensive list of European superlatives to date.
Note:
1. Based only on 13 countries or 25 cities.
2. Very biased.
Key
T: Trent
M: Michele
..obviously
Food
Best Food: T – Croatia; M – Spain, hands down
Freshest Grocery Stores: Rome
Best Mexican Food: Budapest
Best Chinese Food: Munich
Best Vietnamese Food: Munich
Best Indian Food: Lisbon
Worst Meal: some beach cafe, Barcelona
Single Best Meal: Tapas, Barcelona
Alcohol
Best Mojito: Anywhere but Croatia
Worst Mojito: Croatia
Best Beer: Zmajsko (Croatia)
Best Beer Selection: Belgium
Least Interesting Beer Selection: Prague
Coolest Bars: Budapest, ruin bars
2nd Coolest Bar: Cave bar, Dubrovnik
Environment
Most Diverse Landscape: Iceland
Cleanest City: Munich
Smelliest: Ghent (lots of outside urinals)
Best Park: English Gardens, Munich
Best National Park: Plitvice, Croatia
Best/Easiest Transportation: Budapest
Most Beautiful Landscape: T – Iceland; M – Norway
Most Colorful Buildings/Houses: Lisbon
Best Accommodations: Rome
Worst Accommodations: Copenhagen (white room with nasty brown stains on walls) Booked: 6 nights Stayed: 1
Most Likely to Return to: T – Croatia, M – Spain
Least Likely to Return: T – Stockholm, M – Munich
Most Livable: T – Valencia, M – Rome
Most Expensive: Reykjavik
Least Expensive: Prague
Most Green Space: Copenhagen
Least Green Space: Brussels
People
Best Dressed: Germans
Best Looking People: Germans
Oppositve of Above: We’ll never say
Most Active/Fit City: T – Valencia, M – Munich
Best Accent: Italy. Italy. Italy.
Cutest Kid Accent: England
Best Host: Gaia (Rome)
Friendliest People: T – Portugese, M – Croatian
Least Friendly People: Germans
Most Dog Friendly: Spain
Worst Tourists: T – Barcelona, M – Dubrovnik
Best Behaved Children: T – Nowhere, M – Germany
Most Terrible/Annoying Children: Denmark! Holy shit…
Hardest Language: Hungarian
Easiest Language: Spanish
Most Badass Women: Italian
Favorite New Friends: Stephanie and David!
Tours/Experiences
Best Experience: T – Plitvice Park hanging lakes, M – rowing on Vltava
Best Amusement Park Visited: T – Dreamland, Margate, M – Tivoli, Copenhagen (even though a pigeon pooped in her hair)
Best Food Tour: Lisbon
Best Beer Tour: Brussels
Most geeky tour: Game of Thrones Tour, Dubrovnik
Random Facts
Airplanes: 11 (including in and out of Europe)
Trains/Subways: 49
Trams/Trolleys: 12
Buses: 19
Cabs/Uber: 11
Rental Cars: 1
Bicycles: 3
Ferries: 4
Speedboats: 3
Canal Boats: 1
Rowboats: 1
Sailboats: 1
I love this overview!! It’s so very interesting!! You are doing such a great job keeping us informed about the places you have visited so far!!❤️So much fun! Looking forward to the next one!
This was super great! I need to print it out on my next Euro trip!