Thursday, November 11, 2010

Countdown

This time next week four Americans will be in Portugal!


1 Euro = $1.36
2 weeks, 17 November - 1 December.
3 countries to visit along the way. (Portugal, France & Spain)
4 fine ladies, ready for adventure.
5 hour time difference.
6 hours to spend in Paris.
7 dollars per gallon of gasoline in Portugal.
8 movies per person, potential in-flight viewing.
9 countries use Portuguese as their official language.
10 hours flying time going.
11 players on a futebol team, Portugal's most popular sport.
12 hours flying time coming home.
13 opportunities to eat bacalhau for dinner, Portugal's popular dried cod dish.
16 years old is the legal drinking age in Portugal.
18 years old is the legal driving age in Portugal.
19 C = 66F average high temperature for November in Faro, Portugal.
23 dollars for one international driver's permit.
25 years, our average age.
26 letters in the Portuguese alphabet after the 1990 Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement went into affect, adding K, W & Y.
27 members of the European Union, including Portugal, France & Spain.
28 years of our combined full-time service.
37,01 N, latitude for Faro, Portugal.
39 our average European shoe size.
40,27 N, latitude for Pittsburgh, PA.
109 is Portugal's rank by size, 35,672 square miles.
351 international telephonic country code for Portugal.
646 congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses in Portugal.
6,532 feet is Portugal's tallest mountain Estrela.
12,800 congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses in USA.

The experience: Priceless!

5 comments:

  1. mmmm....dried cod....cant wait...

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  2. that was a lot of numbers, but interesting. can't wait to hear all the details :)

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  3. I don't know what's more impressive... That you four are headed to Portugal, or that ingenious list :) Have lots of fun and be safe!

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  4. wow keri that is alot of info and time. were you at work?

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  5. Yes Corey you will eat cod and like it!
    John & Rachel, Jenny & Larry - glad you liked my list!
    Jason - no I don't blog at work!

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