{"id":3429,"date":"2026-03-23T02:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2026-pieter60\/the-final-count-down\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T02:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:21:00","slug":"the-final-count-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2026-pieter60\/the-final-count-down\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Count-down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We made it home about an hour earlier than expected and had no issues at customs. It helps travelling with carry-on only since you do not have to wait the hour to finally see your luggage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking back at the trip, we sure did a lot and also learned an interesting fact &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What can be counted?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>22 Nights away<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>19 Cities and Towns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>56 Transports, which includes the normal like planes, trains and buses, and also a golf cart and a gondola.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>355,404 Steps, which <em>average <\/em>to 16,924 per day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>150 Miles walked, <em>average <\/em>of 7.14 per day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4,625 Photos kept (more were taken!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What can NOT be counted?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New experiences in new places<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All the food and drinks. It was a &#8216;Culinary Journey&#8217; after all!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meeting new people and making new friends<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best of all, celebrating a birthday with friends old and new from all over.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More interesting, what did we learn?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We ate and drank from Italy through the south of France all the way to Spain. All these countries are on the Mediterranean Sea.<br>Conclusion we got to after we got on the scale at home: <br>THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET DOES NOT WORK!<br><sub><em>(At some point in the trip, even my phone&#8217;s Face-ID stopped recognizing me!)<\/em><\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to each and everyone that made this such a great celebration trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cLive the life you\u2019ll always remember!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1606-the-final-countdown.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1606\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The were very happy to have the &#8216;pack&#8217; all back together again.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We made it home about an hour earlier than expected and had no issues at customs. It helps travelling with carry-on only since you do not have to wait the hour to finally see your luggage. Looking back at the trip, we sure did a lot and also learned an interesting fact &#8230; What can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"monkeydads","author_link":"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2026-pieter60\/author\/monkeydads\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"We made it home about an hour earlier than expected and had no issues at customs. 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