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Hi.

Welcome to Pfund in the Sun, my disaster of a blog! I’m documenting my travels across the world here. Enjoy your stay and come back later for further updates on my adventures!

Looking Back (2021)

Looking Back (2021)

Stats:

Trip Duration - 106 days

Countries Visited - 15, Cities - 24

Italy: Rome, Casa Biondo, Venice

Switzerland: Gryon, Frick

Germany: Nuremburg, Berlin

Poland: Warsaw

Lithuania: Vilnius

Latvia: Riga

Estonia: Tallinn

Ukraine: Kiev (Kyiv), Chernobyl

Hungary: Budapest

Croatia: Zagreb, Zadar

Greece: Thessaloniki, Trikala

Turkey: Istanbul

United Arab Emirates: Dubai

Nepal: Kathmandu

China: Chengdu, Zhangjiajie, Xi’an




Distance Traveled -

by air: 18,485 miles (29,748 km)

by bus: 1,824 miles (2935 km)

by train: 3,556 miles (5,722 km)

by foot: (in progress, this will take some time to calculate)
(Rome 51.79 mi, Casa Biondo 8 mi, Venice 28.97 mi, Gryon 26.98 mi, Frick 2.15 mi, Nuremburg 19.32 mi, …)

Distance Walked per Day (avg.) - ((in progress))
[circumference of Earth is 24,901 mi, or 19,013 miles at the 40th parallel north]

Photos Taken - 5,621

Video Recorded - 10,750 seconds (about 3 hours)

Total Media - 46.1 GB

Total Cost - $7,200 ($68/day, average American spends $36/day)

  • Prep: $1500

  • Flights: $1300

  • Trains: $800

  • Bus: $150

  • AirBnB: $850

  • Hostels: $600

  • Misc: $2000

People Met (shared a conversation) - 79 (4 were miserable, 4 were by text + google translate)

Number of New Foods Eaten - 106 (same as the number of days by pure coincidence)
[8 unique pizzas, 5 local dal bhats , 28 over 3 days with James/Wan Kai Na (14 from dim sum alone)]

Times I Got Sick - 3

Pianos Played - 5

Journal Length - 179 hand-written pages

Blog Length - 62,518 words, approximately the length of a 125 page novel (excluding Journal)


At a Glance

Rome

Casa Biondo

Venice

Gryon

Frick

Nuremburg

Berlin

Warsaw

Vilnius

Riga

Tallinn

Kiev (Kyiv)

Chernobyl

Budapest

Budapest to Zagreb (misery)

Zadar

Zagreb

Thessaloniki

Trikala/Meteora

Istanbul

Dubai

Kathmandu

Chengdu

Zhangjiajie

Xi’an

Xi'an: Day 4 Bittersweet

Xi'an: Day 4 Bittersweet