How many countries have you visited?

[jonesy]

To inform the ignorant American (that would be me): where is Ahvenanmaa?

It's most of the islands southwest of Finland.

 

[johnsemlak]

Have you been, cause it certainly seems like it wants to be!

No, it does not fit the criteria. But no other US State, and not even some of the other countires I have visited, have as much invested in regional identity or pride as the average Texan. I kinda dug it while I was there.

Actually, I don't think texas has nearly as much regional pride or identity as Hawaii does.

To inform the ignorant American (that would be me): where is Ahvenanmaa?

learn more about Ahvenanmaa

 

[Klaus]

Brazil (8 out of 27 states)
Paraguay
USA (Miami, Orlando, New York City, Milwalkee, Indianapolis)
Canada (Toronto, Niagara Falls, Brampton )

 

[MrFilthyIke]

Unfortunately, i've only been in the US and made one trip to Ireland.

Need to get out more...

 

[Ziggy]

Hmm, let see:

1. Norway (home country)
2. Sweden
3. Denmark
4. Finland
5. Iceland
6. Germany (West & United)
7. Belgium (briefly)
8. France
9. Spain
10. Portugal
11. Switzerland
12. Italy
13. Greece
14. Czech Republic
15. UK (including Wales & Scotland)
16. Ireland
17. Monaco
18. The Vatican State
19. Tunisia
20. South Africa
21. US
22. Thailand
23. Cambodia
24. Malaysia
25. Vietnam

My wife's teddy goes with her to most of her international meetings & some of our holidays. So far he's been in:

1. Norway (home country)
2. Sweden
3. Denmark
4. Finland
5. US (California)
6. Brazil
7. Rumania
8. Canada
9. Tunisia
10. Italy
11. Malaysia
12. South Africa
13. Slovenia
14. France
15. Poland
16. Hungary
17. Austria
18. Switzerland
19. Germany (united)
20. Portugal
21. Vietnam
22. UK (incl Wales & Scotland)
23. Ireland

He is a very experiences teddy wrt travel

.Ziggy

 

[TerraDave]

And I thought I was well traveled...

ok here goes

1. US (lived)
2. France (lived)
3. Belgium
4. Netherlands
5. Spain
6. Italy
7. Vatican
8. Croatia
9. Serbia and Montenegro
10. Bosnia
11. Macedonia
12. Bulgaria
13. Romania
14. Slovenia (transit)
15. Austria (transit)
16. Germany (transit)
17. Albania
18. Turkey
19. South Africa
20. Kyrgyzstan
and I almost forgot
21. UK
(22. I have seen Greece, but not been over the border)

I have been surprised at the number of visitors to the Balkans, and the number of countries visited overall, but then again, it is a big community here

 

[diaglo]

Turkey
England
Scotland
Wales
West Germany
USA
Canada
Mexico
Bermuda
Nicaragua


had a chance to pick a country but settled in the USA.
edit: forgot Spain and Gibraltor

 

[diaglo]

my wife worked for Quarantine.

so i'll just list the continents she has visited. as the countries in them include almost all.

North America/Central America
South America
Asia
Europe
Africa

not Antarctica nor Australia.

but many of the little dots in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans too.

 

[drakhe]

Only recently started the traveling, so little list

Germany
Holland
Malta
Spain

Holland mostly for day-trips, Germany was my families summer retreat for 14 years (we stayed on a farm in the black forest).

I only recently started the big traveling thing. I never considered traveling until a friend kinda out of the blue told me he was going to go to Malta and asked me if I wanted to go allong. So my actual organised travels are just to Malta and Spain. These two trips have been following the same structure: lotsa sightseeing (mainly historic sites) and lotsa chilling, trying out local food...

Hope to add many exiting locations in the coming years!

 

[Perun]

Well, was born and live in Croatia.

Of the ex-Yugoslav republics, visited
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Serbia
- Slovenia

Also, was in
- Austria
- Hungary
- Slovakia (which involved drinking a lot of alcohol on a petrol station near Bratislava, all the while paying in currency of various countries )
- Germany
- Poland

Funnily enough, I must be one of like a dozen Dalmatians who never went to Italy

Also, I find it curious to see that quite a number of people visited Coratia, apparently. I presume most were here as part of their service in either the armed forces or the peace-keeiping missions?

 

[Krieg]

Also, I find it curious to see that quite a number of people visited Coratia, apparently. I presume most were here as part of their service in either the armed forces or the peace-keeiping missions?

Not in the military at the time (EAS'd out of the 'Corps in 94) but was there in an official capacity with another branch of the US Government.

 

[Ferret]

About three: England, France, Tunisia.

Except I can't remember anything from Tunisia, as I was a toddler at the time.

 

[Samothdm]

Actually "visited":

• United States of America
• Canada
• Mexico
• Italy
• France
• Czech Republic
• Hungary

Airport Stops and Train Routes:

• Germany
• Slovakia
• Switzerland

 

[johnsemlak]

Also, I find it curious to see that quite a number of people visited Coratia, apparently. I presume most were here as part of their service in either the armed forces or the peace-keeiping missions?

Well, I visited it as a tourist. We started in Dubrovnik and drove of the coast to Split, then Visited Zagreb and Istria. Really loved it.

I think tourism in Dalmatia is picking up again (as I'm sure you know better than me), but I suppose not as many Americans get there that way.

Funnily enough, I must be one of like a dozen Dalmatians who never went to Italy

I don't really find it funny at all. In my experience there, it seems ot me like Italy pretty much comes to Croatia, so there's no need to visit Italy (particularly given the costs)

 

[Old One]

Let's See...

I think I have them all...

• USA (46 of 50 states meaningfully visited, not just driving through - Alaska, N. Dakota, S. Dakota and Wyoming left)
• Canada
• Mexico
• UK (England, Scotland and Wales - LOVED Wales)
• Republic of Ireland
• FRG (West Germany - back in the "Cold War" days)
• DDR (East Germany - back in the "Cold War" days - did the whole "Checkpoint Charlie" deal)
• Austria
• Belgium
• The Netherlands
• Lichtenstein
• Luxembourg
• France
• Aruba
• Cayman Islands
• Bahamas
• Jamaica
• US Virgin Islands (St. Thomas/St. Johns)
• St. Maarten/St. Martin

Some glaring gaps - Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean, Pacific Rim.

We are heading to Italy in the fall...doing the whole "Under the Tuscan Sun" thing with 3 other couples at a nice villa outside of Florence. I think we may also shoot for Greek Island trek in 2006.

~ Old One

 

[reanjr]

Just the US and Canada here (and, well, the 3+ years I"ve lived in California have been far more alien to my midwestern sensibilities than my short stops in Texas have been, so I can't count Texas as a whole 'nother country), though I can add Mexico whenever I want to; the border's about 45 minutes from my place.

I agree, California should be counted as a foreign country for those who live in the midwest. Certainly more than Canada should.

 

[reanjr]

Curiosity

I've seen a lot of Europeans who have visited the US, but not their bordering countries. As I live in the US, it doesn't really seem like that much of a draw for visiting (at least not for the price). What are the reasons people traverse an ocean to come here?

 

[CRGreathouse]

Have lived in:
United States
Wales

Visited:
England
France
Jamaica
Morocco

Yes, it's amazing -- I've never actually been to Canada, despite living practically next door.

 

[Khayman]

Prepare to be underwhelmed.

Canada (6 provinces, and Nunavut later this year)
USA (2 states, and not the fun ones)

Pretty sad. Every time I have a trip lined up to travel abroad (Egypt, UK, Thailand) something gets bollocksed on the work end. On the plus side, my travels within Canada have been extensive and off the beaten track. Hell, I even lived in Flin Flon...

 

[Khayman]

I agree, California should be counted as a foreign country for those who live in the midwest. Certainly more than Canada should.

Sigh.