A Summary

Total blog entries published: 233
Length of time to create each entry: usually an hour or two, often longer
Number of days spent working on the blog: 233 entries x 2 hours per entry ÷ 24 hours = 19 days (or almost 12 weeks of full-time work at 8 hours per day)
Number of photos shot during this trip: 5,973
Number of photos used on the blog: 1,372 (not including links to extra albums)

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Quirky Dreams Fulfilled:
Walk on the Cobb at Lyme Regis.
Work on a farm during lambing season.
Toss a coin in Trevi Fountain.
Climb the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
See bluebell fields in England.
Experience a West End theatre production in London.
Have my photo taken in front of the Eiffel Tower.
Eat outside at a cafe in Paris.
Drink a proper cream tea.
See a live Panda.
Hear live, classical music in Vienna.
Visit Portobello Road.
Eat fish and chips at the beach (ate chips at the beach).
See the crown jewels at the Tower of London.

Quirky Dreams Yet to happen:
Watch a pantomime.
See sunflower fields blooming in Italy.
See the white and blue buildings on the coast in Greece.
Do a road trip through the Maritime provinces of Canada.
See the clusters of monarch butterflies in Mexico.

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A selection of some of my favourite photos:

October 7, 2008
Door knob on Salisbury Cathedral.
The first of many door photos.

October 10, 2008
The folding fork represents my fascination with everything quirky and charming in England. Yes, I brought it home as a souvenier.

October 19, 2008
Me and Qimmiq in Wales.
The house-sitting opportunity was the first adventure of many that were simply dropped in my lap.

October 26, 2008
The view from Dolforwyn Castle in Wales.

November 15, 2008
Rope tied to a boat in Ely, near Cambridge.

This was my laptop background photo throughout my time in England.

December 12, 2008
Walking on the Cobb at Lyme Regis.
The first of many quirky dreams fulfilled.

December 13, 2008
A view during my eight-day solo road trip through south-west England.

December 29, 2008
Catching a sheep during Christmas in Eastbourne.

January 30, 2009
The Leaning Tower of Pisa.

February 3, 2009
Neptune's Fountain in Rome.

March 12, 2009
Snow-encrusted railing in Switzerland.

April 1, 2009
Winchester Cathedral.

April 7, 2009
Lambing season at Chalk Farm in Eastbourne.

April 9, 2009
Wooden eggs in Krakow, Poland.

May 2, 2009
Bluebell walk in Hampshire, England.

May 18, 2009
My first evening in Paris.

May 21, 2009
The view over Paris from the Arc de Triomphe.

May 31, 2009
Honister Pass in the Lake District.

June 12, 2009
Doorway through gateway at Lyme Park.

June 10, 2009
Walking along the chalk cliffs in Eastbourne with my parents.

July 2, 2009
Salzburg, Austria.

July 30, 2009
One of my favourite views in London.