- Best new word I learned: snyrtingar (Icelandic for "loo")
- Most awe-inspiring view: Hardangarfjord, Norway
- Best view of Paris: top of the escalator arriving at the fifth floor of Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (through the open window)
- Best service in a restaurant: Les Artistes Italian restaurant, Paris
- Most sour & cranky waiter ever: Kaļķu Vārti, Riga, Latvia (the food was good, though)
- Best hotel: Hotel Bergs, Riga, Latvia
- Best seafood chowder: Bergen, Norway
- Best shrimp salad sandwich: Troldhaugen, Norway (see above)
- Best view while playing on stage: Troldsalen, Troldhaugen
- Best drivers for stopping at crosswalks: Bergen, Norway
- Best airports: Kastrup(Copenhagen) and Keflavik(Reykjavik)
- Most loved (and rarest) convenience: air-conditioning
- Most ridiculous item in my suitcase: long, thick, heavy, black turtleneck
- Best ice cream: Latvia (everywhere, every day)
- Best coffee: cafe next to Smiltene bus station in Latvia
- Best pirags: cafe next to Smiltene bus station in Latvia
- Most touching comment after my performance: Valmiera, Latvia
- Most thrilling moments: performing at Troldhaugen & watching my daughter perform in Sigulda, Latvia
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