Our European Vacation in Numbers : A la Randy Gangbar!

 # of Hours it took to reach destination : 20

# of Hours Mia slept on the 7 hour plane ride : 6.5

# Hours Daddy slept on 7 hour plane ride : 6

# Hours Toby slept on 7 hour plane ride : 0.4

# Hours Mommy slept on 7 hour plane ride : 0  (too excited)

# of minutes we had to get from the airplane, through customs, pick up our luggage and board the train to Aix-En-Provence : 75

# on Mommy’s anxiety scale out of 10 : 9.5

# of Espresso coffee’s Mommy mistakenly ordered before boarding the train : 3

# of Pain au Chocolat consumed on train ride : 3

# of days Mia went without Pain au Chocolat for breakfast while in France : 0

Mia quickly adapted to the French Breakfast

# of bedrooms in the Villa we rented : 4

# of different activities for kids : 6

# of Guests we had visit us in the South of France : 5

# of bottles of wine Belinda brought :  12

# of Hours it took Rob and Toby to get to the Semi Final game of the Euro 2016 : 4

# of goals by Griezeman they witnessed : 2

# of terrorist attacks that occurred at the game : 0 (PHEW!)

Time Toby got home that night : 2am (!!)

# of times we held “the Olympics” in the South of France : 2

# of times Toby made it to the  finals of Ping Pong : 2

# of Times Toby won the finals : 0

# of times Sav engaged in Ping Pong : 0

# of events other than ping pong : 8

Toby : slightly obsessed and quite good at Ping Pong

# of items on our “Scavenger Hunt” Through the surrounding small towns : 11

# of actual cats spied on the hunt :  5

# of one eyed cats spotted  : 1

# of hours Rob spent rummaging through the pool shed : 1

# of inflatable pool toys Rob discovered :  10

# of inflatable pool toys Rob discovered that did NOT have a hole in them : 0

# of Rainbow flutterboards found in the pool shed : 2

Jeremy, participating in the High Jump at Olympics #2

# of Rats that jumped out of the pool shed and scared the shit out of Rob : 1

# of times Rob approached the pool shed again after the rat incident : 0

# of hours Doug spent working : >14

# of hours Doug spent sleeping : >36

# of times Doug spoke with a German Accent : 29

# of  people Doug shared his bed with : 2
# of times Doug has read my blog and probability of him getting upset with me for posting this : 0

Mia, going to wake Doug up one day at NOON when she got TIRED of waiting for him!

# of bug bites on Savita’s left leg : 12

# of Naps Savita was allowed to take : 0

# of times Toby cried after our friends left : 2

                                                                                      

# of daytrips taken to surrounding towns : 3

            (Aix en Provence, Cassis and St Croix)

# of different hats Mia sported on the trip  :4

Mia, in Cassis, sporting one of her many hats (this one being MINE!)

PARIS :

# of full days we spent in Paris  :1 (but we were there over 3!)

# of times the kids had crepes : 2

# of sites/monuments we saw : 9

# of steps we walked  : 26,000

# of flights of stairs we climbed  :63

Someone pooched out on the train after a LOOONG day on her feet!

# of stairs we climbed at the Arch de Triomphe : 187

Family Selfie atop the Arch de Triomphe

# of strollers we used : 0

# of strollers we decided to leave behind : 1

Good Bye Stroller!  You are not needed by this family anymore :)

LONDON:

# of hours we spent waiting to get on the Double Decker Bus Tour I talked Rob into going on : 1

# of times I was frustrated by GRIDLOCK TRAFFIC while riding the double decker bus Tour : 9

# of times we aborted the tour and decided just to walk : 1

# of times we had trouble then finding the bus stop to get back on it :2

# of times we almost missed the very last bus : 1

# of times we were in a bus accident on the double decker bus : 1

# of pints consumed (read : CHUGGED) while waiting for replacement bus : 2 (plus one Fanta by Toby who didn’t understand that when I said CHUG YOUR BEER! I did NOT mean CHUG YOUR FANTA!)

# of bus tours in our future : 0

# of University reunions attended :1

# of hours the reunion lasted : 12

# of friends who attended : 11

# of friends from Canada : 8

# of UK friends : 3

# of awkward Brexit debates : 1

# of discussions around The Babysitter’s Club : 8 (not quite as awkward as the Brexit discussion but POSSIBLY not as intellectually stimulating…)

Doug : Enjoying his first crack at The Babysitters Club

# of times James spilled red wine on himself : 1

# of photos taken at the photo booth : 24

# of secret notes left between Keira/Madison and Mia/Toby : 3

# of  times I have smiled thinking about how amazing it is to see the instantaneous friendship my good friend’s children and mine : hundreds

Mia, Keira and Madison : "Just how" we predicted they would turn out many years ago over a drink at Perfect House :) (??)

IN SUMMARY :

# of consecutive days Mia had chocolate and bread for breakfast : 10

# of countries visited : 2

# of friends we reunited with  : 16

# of pictures taken : 950

# of hours spentwaiting for our suitcases at Good Old Pearson Airport : 1.5

# of times I have felt gratitude and love for my 3 traveling and life companions : millions

Thankful.