The Mcs greatest hits...

we say goodbye to this stage of our life on Thursday, and b/c everyone's been asking, here's some of  my favorites and bests.....

• favorite family vacation: Algarve, Portugal (hands down, didn't have to think twice)
• favorite European city: Paris (again, not even close.  LOVE!)
• most AMAZING ancient sightseeing:   Ephesus, Turkey (not blogged yet)
• best book/movie sightseeing:  Fraulein Maria's Sound of Music bike tour
• best WW2 history:  Berlin
• coolest kind of quirky destination:  Thanksgiving Day in Leiden
• favorite Eastern europe destination:  Wroclaw, Poland (not blogged yet)
• favorite cheese town: Alkmaar, Holland (not blogged yet)
• favorite harbor town:  Volendam, Holland (not blogged yet)
• most picturesque village: Riquewihr, France (not blogged yet)
• best European meal: Dona Barco Tavern in Portimao, Portugal  (now called O Barco)
• best shopping: Boleslawiec (and a yet unblogged 2nd trip)
• best main square Brussels
• favorite girls' trip:  London
• most surprising fun: 2 moms, 5 kids and a van just outside Regensburg, Germany (not blogged yet)
• favorite day trip: Amsterdam
• oddest hotel:  Mercure Hotel in Nuremburg (not blogged yet)
• best Christmas market: Trier
• most over-rated destination: Malta (not blogged yet)
• favorite local hangout:  Cafe Liege
• most beautiful scenery:  Scottish Highlands
• best grown-up only destination: Venice
• biggest, "whose wicked-cool life did I wander into by mistake?" moment: the Russian Ballet
• favorite castle: Vianden
• place I most want to buy land and stay a while: Sicily (not blogged yet)

I'm sure once we get settled in stateside and the wanderlust hits, I'll eventually get around to blogging the unblogged portions of this list (as well as the many unblogged trips that didn't make the cut).  It's certainly been a fabulous ride!