1. Things that were hard to get used to
* Paying to go to the toilet
* Having to search out toilets, particularly in Paris and Rome
* Standing there using the toilet while cleaning ladies mopped around your feet
* Smelling cigarette smoke everywhere
* Walking on cobbled streets (Janine)
* Luke warm capucino's in Rome
* Working out hotel room bedding when you just want a full width top sheet and a blanket
2. Things we loved
* The sense of energy and entrepreneurship very evident in Prague
* Free toilets in Prague (OK, I know a theme is developing)
* Seeing the beauty of European cities, villages and landscapes. (Alsace region, Venice, Murano and Burano)
* Not having to pack and unpack during our 7 day boat cruise
* Lying in bed as the Rhine landscape sailed by.
* Meeting people from all over the world and with so many Aussies over here, wondering who is running the country
* Food shopping in Paris, Rome and Venice to stock the larder
* Spritz drink made with Proseco, Campari, etc
* Listening to French children speak French
* The dress sense of French women
* Trying and loving new foods
* Repaying a 53 year old debt to the toilet attendant at the top of the Eiffel Tower
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