Europe vs. Utah - Who Wins?

Canoeing on the Provo River

Europe and Utah...

These two geographic locations are rarely compared, probably on account of them being so radically different and distant from each other. We probably never would have done it either, but seeing as we just spent 2 weeks in Europe and are almost done with a 2-week trip to Utah, we figured why not?

EUROPE PROS: beaches (REAL beaches), castles, architecture, diversity, history (REAL history), crepes, Diagon Alley, chocolate, user-friendly public transportation, foot-traffic only streets filled with shops, restaurants, and street performers.

EUROPE CONS: public urination (mostly Paris), general absence of familiar faces, occasional language barriers, sketchy hotels

VS.

UTAH PROS: family, friends, childhood memories, wakeboarding, homemade rootbeer, Costa Vida, mountains, sunsets, mountain sunsets, shaved ice shacks, cheap matinees, 4th of July celebrations, driving on the right side of the road.

UTAH CONS: lopsided political system, Andrei Kirilenko, inversion, BYU


Well, we're a month into our summer vacation, and we've only spent 1 night at our apartment in North Carolina. We'll get back this week, but we still have a vacation to Boston/New England in a few weeks. Some of you might think that all this traveling is a little overboard, but ask yourself: what would you do if you had 2 months paid vacation? Doubtful any of you would just sit around. We figure we many never have the chance to travel like this ever again, so we might as well cash in while we can.