European Summary

Hard to even begin to summarise such a place like this. I certainly was on the go for the most part and certainly felt like I managed to maximise the time and opportunity. Yeah I did the superficial tourist thing for the most part but felt I was exposed to a wide range of situations, cultures, people, environments etc. Felt like some personal challenges along the way and seemed to figure things out.

I think I summaried it up one time before that while they seemed to have a lot of culture, they didn't seem to have a great deal of civilisation. The smoking was pretty unbelievable and did get to you after awhile. You'd be sitting in a park, someone would sit next to you and light up. After awhile, you started to look at where to sit based upon the wind direction ... stupid thing really.

I really enjoyed Berlin but didn't think much of Amsterdam. Otherwise all countries and places had something to offer - to varying degrees. Eastern Europe was a little bit of a surprise packet and if I was heading back to Europe, I'd probably look around these countries some more first.