What countries have you been in?

[Holdfast]

Hasnt' changed from this thread last year, requoting my post from there below:

Oops, I missed that one! Not that people seem to mind.

No, I didn't mean it that way. Just meant it as a way of saying that I haven't travelled to any fresh countries since back then, and as a quick way of relisting.

 

[Bisz]

1) Poland (0-9 years of age)
2) Canada (Ontario (9-29 years of age))
3) US (Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana (27 years of age), Illinois, Georgia (airport))
4) Japan (business)
5) Czech Republic (airport)
6) Cuba (pleasure)
7) France (airport)
8) England (airport)

Roughly in that order.

 

[Scout101]

Live in the US. Been to Canada, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Dominican Republic, Martinique, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda. Think that's about it. Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands don't count as leaving the country...

Edit: Forgot the Vatican

 

[Starbreaker]

I went to Canada once.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

6) Cuba (pleasure)

Cool! I'd love to visit Cuba, if only because it's not allowed from the U.S.

 

[Count Zero]

I'd love to, as well, but it doesn't fall within my own personal politically correct travel policies (countries should be at least halfway democratic). It rules out a lot of places in the world, unfortunately.

 

[wew]

I've lived in the US and been to 48 states (ex. Hawaii & Alaska)
and have also live in Italy for 3 years and Germany for 3 years when my father was stationed there.
Have visited:
Canada
Mexico
Bahamas
Cayman Islands
Peru
Senegal
Tanzania
Kenya
Iceland
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Finland
Estonia
Portugal
Spain
Gibralter
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Austria
Vatican City
San Marino
Malta
Liechtenstien
Greece
Turkey
Israel
Slovenia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Ireland

 

[RandyS]

I've been in the United States and America.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

US, born and raised.

I've been to:

Singapore
Malaysia (Kuala Lumper)
Hong Kong (airport)

I want to go to:
Thailand
Vietnam
Cambodia
South Korea
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Japan
Scandanavia
UK (only because of Doctor Who)
New York (I've only been years ago)
Kenya

I plan on possibly becoming a permanent resident in Singapore in the future...so, maybe I won't have long (or pricey) plane rides.

 

[iguana_tonante]

Business travel has been very good to me but the USA is home. In addition to setting foot (not just an airport) in all 50 states, I've been to 23 countries.

That's quite impressive. I've only been to 14 of my country's 16 states myself, and it's much smaller than the USA. I don't see it changing anytime soon, either.

I've been to 13 of the 20 Italian regions (Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Trentino-Südtirol, Friuli, Liguria, Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Marches, Umbria, Latium, Sicily) and we are tiny compared to the US.

Just meant it as a way of saying that I haven't travelled to any fresh countries since back then, and as a quick way of relisting.

Same here, because I'm lazy.

Italy: well, home. I can't have an accurate opinion about it, so I'll let other people comment on it.

France: Marseille: proud and full of life. Real people and real lives, all against the panorama of the Old Port. I have still to see Paris, a mistake I am willing to correct soon.

Spain: Barcellona. Awesome place, the most fun I ever had in my life. Culture, entertainment, history, arts, beaches, sex, whatever you want, it's there, and it's great. Love the people: you connect with them in an instant and you are best of friends in no time. It helps everybody is drunk most of the time.

England: Or more accurately, London. I loved every aspect of it, from Westminster's foggy history, to Fulham's multi-ethnic markets. Probably the only city outside of Italy I could see myself living in, and feel completely at home.

Scotland: Harsh, wet, rainy, cold, and smelly. I should have hated it, and I ended up loving it on a deep, instinctual level. Everything was so different from what I experienced in my life, and yet so strangely familiar and comforting.

Ireland: Dublin, mostly. Lovely and lively. I intend to take some time to visit the coast and the countryside some day.

Austria: Very nice and clean. Vienna, even if magnificent, left me unimpressed. Graz, on the other hand, was fun and with a wonderful atmosphere. The countryside was delightfully scenic, too.

Germany: Just an airport stop in Frankfurt unfortunately. Planning to visit Munich and Berlin in the near future.

Greece: Every step was a step into history. Athens is crowed, torrid, dirty and beautiful. The Sporades islands are jewels of white and green in the sea, and the people are incredibly friendly and welcoming. Probably the best food I ever had, too.

Belgium: Nice if a bit quaint. Bruxelles was better than expected. Really wanted to see Bruges, but I couldn't fit it in my schedule.

Netherlands: Amsterdam was not bad. Unimpressed with the Red-light District. The canals and relaxed atmosphere was nice, I wouldn't mind to go back and see more of it.

Czech Republic: Prague is, frankly, the most beautiful city I ever visited. It's simply magic. As far as melancholy goes, nothing beats the fog over Charles Bridge in the early morning. I left a piece of heart there.

Slovenia: I visited the Istrian coasts, and they were very nice and very scenic. Friendly people and great food everywhere.

Croatia: Again I only saw the Istrian coasts, it was about the same as Slovenia.

Brazil: Visiting Rio de Janeiro was like a feast for the eyes and the heart. So many different people, buildings, lifestyles and wildlife. The rich and the poor, the wonderful and the terrible. One of the most beautiful people I ever saw, too.

San Marino: What's not to love there?

Vatican City: Well, I felt more like a stranger there than in all other places in the world. More seriously, the building were literally breath-taking, and the beauty of the place was overwhelming. I still dislike the Catholic Church, tho.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

^Wow! Wonderful, evocative descriptions, Iguana.

I don't count airport-only stops, but since some of you did... add the Netherlands to my list.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I've been to 7 Italian regions (Lazio, Campania, Umbria, Toscana, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, and Marche). I only spend a couple of hours in Emilia-Romagna, though (train transfer in Bologna, visited my grandfather's cousin in Rimini).

 

[Finn]

Funny how one can be well travelled while not having been to all parts of one's home state/province/region. I've been to Alaska, the rainforests of southern Mexico, 30 miles off the coast of South America (Curaçao), the Alps of Germany and Austria. Yet I never have been to Cape Cod and the Islands, one of popular tourist spots in my boyhood homestate of Massachusetts.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

^When I was a kid growing up in NJ, we spent a couple weeks on the Cape every summer. Never the Jersey shore.

 

[Bisz]

6) Cuba (pleasure)

Cool! I'd love to visit Cuba, if only because it's not allowed from the U.S.

Cheaper and way, way safer then Mexico. Its great

 

[Star_Trucker]

Been to Canada twice

Been to all but Hawaii, Alaska and the gulf coast states of the U.S.

Never been to other countries, but would really like to visit Germany, Russia, Egypt ( always found the pyramids fascinating ), England, France, Australia, Greece, Italy and the Amazon. Not necessarily in that order those places are on my bucket list.

 

[RandyS]

I forgot one. I've also been to Mexico. It was Tjuana, and it was NOT pleasant.

No wonder I forgot.

 

[Kestra]

Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Venezuela, a bunch of European countries on the way to India (also Japan and Singapore for that reason), and India of course.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I've not been to many. I'm from the US. I've been to Canada, Belgium, and Hungary. That's it.

 

[Kestra]

I've not been to many. I'm from the US. I've been to Canada, Belgium, and Hungary. That's it.

Let's go somewhere. Antarctica? Australia? Norway?