Because of the opportunities I've had to travel lately, I have been thinking a lot about this big wide world. It is so big and there is so much variety. No place is the same. I've had the opportunity to hike on four different continents now. I've hiked in North America, South America, Africa, and Europe. It's different everywhere. In America I love hiking in the Adirondacks. There is no humidity, there are trees everywhere, and the mountains are huge. In South America I hiked the Inca trail in the Andes mountains. It was a very high altitude, it was andean flat (which means the trail goes up and down a lot), and there weren’t as many trees as in the adirondacks. It was still beautiful though. In Europe I've only been in Tuscany so far (going to Switzerland soon though!). There are mountains all around. I think Africa is the most different. There are very few trees, many rocks, and a lot of dirt and dust. There aren’t really mountains, at least not the type of mountains I think of as mountains. I had fun exploring around the little bit I was able to during my two months in Nigeria.
Another thing I've had fun trying in all four continents is the ice cream. That too is different everywhere. My favorite place for ice cream is Italy. Technically, it's gelato. It tastes so different from the ice cream in America. It's so much better! Ice cream in Africa is not so good. At the grocery store it is way over-priced and there was only one shop where you could get it served to you in a cone. The fruit in Africa is better than the ice cream.
Cheers for hiking and gelato!
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