Best of/ Worst of Awards – SCENERY

Cleanest Streets

Japan.

Japan... gashapon and vending machines galore, no bins... and yet no rubbish!

Dirtiest Streets

Rome.

How the bins get emptied in Florence! The base flaps open.

Favourite Park

Villa Borghese in Rome.

Beautiful Villa Borghese.

Best Snow

Ishiuchi, Japan.

Ishiuchi ski resort.

Nicest Weather

France and Italy in October and November.

Biking in France on 1 November.

Most Inconvenient Rain

Florence.

Walking 2km to the train station with all our luggage in rainy Florence!

Favourite Snow-Related Memory

A: Driving around Ishiuchi.

B: Clearing a metre of snow off the car in Japan.

F: Skiing.

J: Skiing. All of it.

Cleaning snow off the car in Ishiuchi.

Most Wow-Inducing Natural Phenomenon

Oeschinensee, Switzerland. 

Look at that water!!

Most Wow-Inducing Man-Made Phenomenon

Pompeii.

Pompeii, with Mt Vesuvius in the background.

Country With The Best Scenery Overall

Switzerland.

Switzerland.

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