Numbers from the trip

• 1 -- 1 Euro is worth $1.55 dollars


• 4,881 -- air miles from Chicago O'Hare to Barcelona (by way of Amsterdam)


• 11 -- bars and lounges on the NCL Gem


• $25 -- Our tab upon leaving the ship in Barcelona (go us!)


• 12 -- restaurants on the NCL Gem


• 0 -- times we dined in a restaurant with an added fee


• 5 -- minutes we were in a pool or jaccuzzi on the ship


• 1 -- angry soccer fight witnessed (in Rome)


• 1 -- whale spotted while sailing


• 2+ -- pizzas eaten during trip (the best was oddly in Barcelona)