Phew. What a trip. Over 3,000 photos to review and organize... I don't even know where to begin! A few first impressions:
1) The upcoming Audi A7 is a massively beautiful car.
2) British Airways has shockingly inconsistent service, ranging from the fantastic to the absolute most obnoxious, condescending, trip-ruining experience I've ever been subjected to. Their scones are pretty great though.
3) We have some pretty great food in the States.
Seriously, it seems like most Americans love talking about how mindbendingly amazing the food is in Europe... but then I don't think most Americans eat as well as I do here back at home in LA. Of all the on-shore meals we had, only a handful I would have considered truly memorable based on the merits of the food itself--in other words, when I leave out of consideration the company in my presence, the beautiful locations, the exoticism of it all. Mind you, we rarely ate at agency-friendly, kickback-endorsing, tourist trap-type places: most of the restaurants we went to had been researched, recommended, and booked by ourselves. Yet at the end of the day, Barcelona was meh, Italy was better... only Nice met my expectations. Nice was also the only French town we were in, so maybe conventional thinking is right: the French do still have the best food?
Holy fuck. I think I'm missing four days' worth of pictures. HOLY FUCK!! THAT'S FUCKING EVERYTHING FROM ROME TO POMPEI!!! WHAT THE FUCK?!?!
