Mary Lynn and Victor's

Best and Wurst Travel Awards

You’ve waited for months and now the juddges’ ballots are in. Here are our favorite and not-so-favoite travel picks of the year - in no particularly logical order. All decisions are either final or subject to change. Hey, it’s our game and we are the rules committee.

Best Country: Ireland

Best City (large): Paris

Wurst City (large): Athens

Best City (small):  Krakow

Wurst City (small): Brindisi, Italy

Best Village:  Gimmelwald, Switzerland

Best Looking Men: 1)Edinburgh  2)Barcelona 

    3)Krakow

Best Looking Women: 1)Krakow  2)Munich  

     3)Santorini

Best Scenery: Scottish Highlands (ml) Gimmelwald (v)

Best Ancient Site: Pyramids at Giza

Best Beer: Guinness (when consumed in Ireland!)

Wurst Beer: Guiness (when consumed in Egypt)

Best Wine: Just about anything in France

Best Appetizer: Stilton cheese-stuffed mushrooms,

    (Chawton, England)

Best Main Dish: Lamb Chops (Neufchatel, France)

Best Dessert: Cream Cakes (Bled, Slovenia)

Best Cheese: Just about anything in France

Best Accomodations:

    (under $20) Aegean Hotel, Santorini

    (over $20) Hotel Calendal, Arles, France

(I must note here that our very best accomodations, of course, have been with our various friends who put us up for free! Thanks Michelle, Ernst, Chuck and Linda)

Wurst Accomodations: Lausanni Hostel, Athens

Best Cybercafe: “cyberteria” Prague