Euro 2017 - Epilogue

Overall a fantastic trip that went off according to plan.  Some summary thoughts and statistics.

Exceeded Expectations

1. Weather.  A few unsettled days when we first arrived and a couple other spots of rain but nothing that every impacted our plans.  To get three straight sunny days in London is relatively rare.  As we did not have A/C in any of our place - it was nice to have daytime temps in the 70's and cool nights to sleep.
2. Language Barrier.  I have traveled enough to know that English is spoken by a large percentage of people in Western Europe but have had some issues at restaurants.  We had no issues with language and able to navigate without any issues.
3. Health.  Outside of Kelsey's back issue that impacted the last day in London everybody was healthy and happy.  My migraines were minimal and I was glad everybody could enjoy the trip.

Below Expectations (had to work hard to think of things for this list)

1. Soccer.  Really wish I could have pulled off tickets to the football (soccer) game in Ghent. Spent lots of energy trying to make that happen and did not work out.  Also wish we had a bit more of a Premier League experience in London - although the Brentford game was very fun. 
2. AirBnb London.  Although it worked out fine - having to deal with a late cancellation and not getting my primary choice was annoying
3. Morning Start Times.  I think everybody else in the crew was happy to have the ability to sleep in and take our time to get out into the world.   I did my best to not drive the agenda too hard but would have liked to have gotten out a bit earlier and have the ability to do a few more things.

A few stats on the trip.  Number of segments on each type of vehicle.

✈  Airplanes - 3

🚆  Trains - 12

🚋 Trams - 2

🚡 Cable Cars - 3

🚇 Subway - 14

Family Memories

	Dad	Mom	Jake	Kelsey	Brett
Favorite City	Ghent	Maastricht	Pairs	Ghent	Ghent
Top 3 Attractions	· Boating in Ghent · Brewery Tour · Indoor Skiing	· Concert · Brewery Tour · Seine River Cruise	· Disney · British Museum · Caves HM: Brentford, Antwerp Brewery and EU Musuem	· London Eye · Caves · Boating in Ghent	· Disney · Caves · Griffin Park
Favorite Restaurant	Le Bistro - Porte de Hal - Brussels	Carnal - Maastricht	Comic Sans (Ghent)	Carnal - Maastricth	Eetcafe de Preuverij Maastricht – (Pitcher of Water)
Favorite Meal	Eetcafe de Preuverij (Maastricht)	Salad (bacon/goat cheese) in Ghent	Steak in Cologne (Maredo)	Salmon in Cologne (Maredo)	Steak in Cologne (Maredo)
Better in Europe	Everybody Bikes !	Outside Seating – People watching	Biking	Public Transportation	Trains
Better in US	Beverage sizes	Toilets everywhere !	Drink Selection and Size	Free water and bathrooms	Wendy’s !
Misc Favorite Memory	Playing hearts on trains (Shooting the Moon!)	Try to go bathroom in pub packed with chanting soccer fans	Trapped in Lift	Concert in Maastricht	Getting my Belgium Hat