My list is not as long as yours Auher, but maybe it will be…

1. Sweden
2. Denmark
3. Germany
4. Lichtenstein (Or isnt it a coutry??)
5. Italy
6. France
7. Portugal
8. Greece
9. Malta
10. Belgum
11. England ( Was at the Stansted airport for 20 hours so it counts!!)
12. Spain
13. Switzerland

I have the shortest list yet but here it is:

1) All of USA minus Alaska
2) Canada
3) Mexico
4) France
5) Italy
6) UK
7) Spain
8) Bahamas
9) Cayman Islands

Shortly to be added (December – January travel!! )

10) Netherlands
11) Belgium
12) Part of Germany (if time allows)
13) More of Italy!

Not bad at all guys. Funny thing is, I originally saw this thread on www.flyertalk.com, and I had one of the shorter lists. Check out that site if you are ever bored, makes eurotrip look like amateurs (of course theirs is for a diff. purpose, but still).

Not very impressive, but here it is:

1)Finland
2)Sweden
3)Denmark
4)Netherlands
5)Latvia
6)Spain
7)Ireland
8)Austria
9)Germany
10)Morocco

And in December I’ll be traveling to:

11)Belgium

29+
Western Europe 16: UK (England, Scotland, Wales), Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, France, Monaco, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Greece
Eastern Europe 7: Slovakia, Czech Rep., Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Slovenia, Croatia
Africa 1: Morocco
Asia 1: Turkey
Carribean 1: Bahamas
North America 3: US (all 50 states and DC), Canada (every province and territory except Newfoundland and Nunavet) Mexico

Kinda, sorta, you could see it, almosts 4: Portugal (landed in the Azores), Liechtenstein (think I was on a train that rolled through) Poland (toe in at the Slovak/Polish border), Russia (at the Russo/Ukrainian border and in Crimea which — oddly when you look at the map — was in the Russian SSR in the early soviet era)

Next trip: Russia/Finland, China/Japan or Australia/NZ unless a work project in Bulgaria or Rep. of Georgia comes up before I can afford those expensive destinations.

We had this exact thread in the Pub about a month ago.

35 bitches!

And what delfrio said, this was done already, started by that dashing young rogue, JonADHD I believe!

Georgia rocks!

Yes I did have the exact thread a while ago but who cares Im bored and today is slow going at the bank! Good memory sickboy! I forgot about that!

Is it ever fast going at the bank jonDD??

1. USA
2. Canada
3. Mexico
4. Cayman Islands
5. Puerto Rico (they have a separate Olympic team, so I count them)
6. Virgin Islands (same as P.R.)
7. Costa Rica
8. Panama
9. Bahamas
10. Belgium
11. Germany
12. Czech Republic
13. Poland
14. Slovakia
15. Austria
16. Liechtenstein
17. Slovenia
18. Hungary
19. Italy

Didn’t realize there was a Pub thread a while back on this, never wind up reading anything in the Pub….

But Im bored too……..and that’s why this started….Theres a site somewhere that lets you make a map of everywhere you’ve been in the world. I have to find that.

1. Canada
2. USA
3. Mexico
4. England
5. Ireland
6. Scotland
7. France
8. Italy
9. Montenegro
10. Croatia
11. Bosnia
12. Spain

Hopefully I will be adding more soon.

England
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Czech Republic
Switzerland
Italy
France
Mexico
Canada

Mine seems about average:

1 US
2 Mexico
3 France
4 Spain
5 Italy
6 Vatican City (guess it counts, its a country)
7 Greece
8 Switzerland
9 Belgium
10 UK

Yes it is. Just finished entering 6 equity lines…loads of fun! What do you do for a living Norwegiangirl??

Can’t believe I’m doing this, but I’m curious to know myself
1) Belgium
2) Canada
3) USA
4) Mexico
5) Cuba
6) Bermuda
7) Jamaica
8) UK (England, Scotland, Ireland)
9) France
10)Spain
11)Italy
12)Switzerland
13)Luxembourg
14)Netherlands
15)Denmark
16)Germany
17)Austria
18)Czech
19)Slovakia
20)Hungary
21)Poland
22)Finland
23)Russia
24)Quebec

Next up is Belarus,Romania,Georgia,Greece

1) Canada
2) USA
3) Israel
4) England
5) Scotland
6) Ireland
7) France
8) Monaco (can I count this?)
9) Spain
10) Italy
11) Vatican City (if Monaco counts, so does this…)
12) Greece
13) Austria
14) Germany
15) Liechtenstein
16) Switzerland
17) Netherlands
18) Belgium

Next up: Costa Rica, Australia, New Zealand, and Eastern Europe (order to be determined).

All that being said, I don’t think that merely having the longest list should necessarily be the goal of travel. Plenty of people spend 3 hours in a country just to be able to claim to have "been there" or to collect the stamp in their passport.

I don’t find that kind of travel very rewarding or fulfulling. I’ve been back to some of the best places several times, for longer stretches, to see them more in depth. It’s about quality, not quantity.

I’m only going to count the countries I actually set foot on (literally). The numbers might look wacko, but I didn’t want to label countries I visited two or three times with a new number. In order of appearance…

1) USA – 1975
2) Canada – 1984
3) Mexico – 1993

First backpacking trip (2001)

4) France
5) Luxembourg
6) Belgium
7) The Netherlands
8) Germany
9) Czech Republic
10) Austria
11) Slovakia
12) Hungary
13) Croatia
14) Bosnia & Herz.
13) Croatia
15) Yugoslavia (Montenegro)
16) Italy (Does the Vatican count as a country? LOL)
3) France
8) Germany
12) Hungary
17) Romania
18) Austria
4) France

Second trip (2004)

19) England
16) Italy
13) Croatia
15) Montenegro
13) Croatia
16) Italy
19) England

Upcoming trip (December)

20) Costa Rica
21) Peru
22) Bolivia
21) Peru
23) El Salvador

Hmmmm…

1 Canada
2 US
3 Mexico
4 Cuba
5 England
6 France
7 Switzerland
8 Italy
9 NZ
10 Samoa (American & Western)
11 Hong Kong
12 China
13 Czech
14 Hungary
15 Austria
16 Slovenia
17 Croatia
18 Portugal

And if we’re humouring Quebec as a separate country, then plus one

Next stop: Australia

quote:
And if we’re humouring Quebec as a separate country, then plus one

Hell no.

I’ll promise to forget you said that if you promise to never, ever say it again. Grin.

USA
Canada
Mexico
Bahamas
England
Scotland
Wales
France
Spain
Portugal
Monaco
Italy
Austria
Greece
Germany
India
Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
Indonesia
Hong Kong
Fiji
Australia

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Next will be places in Eastern Europe. Then I’ll move onto South and Central America.

quote:
Hell no.

I’ll promise to forget you said that if you promise to never, ever say it again. Grin.

Quebec is a distinct nation! Once these infidelic liberals get voted out in the provincial election we’ll be on our way.

Also, are you aware when immigrating to Canada, if you want to immigrate to PQ you must apply seperately than you would if you want to go to any other part.

1. Spain
2. Morocco
3. Croatia
4. Greece
5. Egypt
6. Israel
7. Italy
8. Netherlands
9. Belgium
10. France
11. Eire
12. Thailand
13. Russia

coming up
14. Germany [Oct]
15. Cambodia [Nov]

Looks like I could do with a tour of Eastern Europe to boost my numbers !!

1. Venezuela
2. USA
3. Panama
4. England
5. Germany
6. Netherlands
7. Belgium
8. France
9. Spain
10. Italy

I wanted to go to San Marino just so I could add it to the list… but in the end I couldn’t

AIGHT SO THIS IS MY LIST:

USA (+ HAWAII AND ALASKA)
MEXICO
CANADA
ISRAEL
EGYPT
GREECE
ITALY
SPAIN
FRANCE
BELGIUM
THE NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
DENMARK
SWEEDEN
NORWAY

NEXT WILL PROB BE INDIA,PLUS FRENCH INDOCHINA, ASWELL AS AUSTRALIA,AND NEW ZEALAND…

YALLA
BULBUL
SHALOM,SALAM,PEACE

Would be interesting to see the number of days spent next to each country. I bet it would be in single digits or even hours per country in most cases (something laughable, in other words), which puts this survey in perspective.

Care to show us all up?

quote:
Yes it is. Just finished entering 6 equity lines…loads of fun! What do you do for a living Norwegiangirl??

Im only 17, so Im still in school Glad to hear you have fun at work, I’ve no idea to what im going to do when i grow up…. (If I ever grow up!)

Ahh youth. I miss school all the free time, getting up at noon (dependent on schedule), mass quantities of women. Yup miss it!

quote:
Quebec is a distinct nation! Once these infidelic liberals get voted out in the provincial election we’ll be on our way.

Shock! Horror! Take it back!

quote:
Also, are you aware when immigrating to Canada, if you want to immigrate to PQ you must apply seperately than you would if you want to go to any other part.

Yep I did know that (but not firsthand cause I was born here, as were my parents and most of my grandparents… but I’ll never be "Quebecoise" according to the separatists). That’s because Quebec has a ridiculously high amount of independent say over its own affairs… which is why the whole idea of leaving Canada is so dumb.

Quebec is like the broke teenager whose parents give him everything and let him do whatever he wants, and yet he always complains about wanting to move out. But if he ever did move out, he’d have to pay his own bills and make it on his own and he’d come crawling back to his parents within a week.

I agree with you, Segacs – and I promise never, ever to say that phrase again!

quote:
Would be interesting to see the number of days spent next to each country. I bet it would be in single digits or even hours per country in most cases (something laughable, in other words), which puts this survey in perspective.

That’s a grand idea.

USA – 28 years
Canada – 10 days
Mexico – 15 days
France – 15 days
Luxembourg – 1 day
Belgium – 2 days
The Netherlands – 2 days
Germany – 7 days
Czech Republic – 4 days
Austria – 8 hours (Vienna)
Slovakia – 1 day (Bratislava)
Hungary – 2 days
Croatia – 3 days
Bosnia & Herz. – 3 days
Yugoslavia (Montenegro) – 2 days
Italy – 8 days
Romania – 19 days

Second trip (2004)

England – 2 days
Italy – 1 day
Croatia – 11 days
Montenegro – 3 days

I agree with Segacs. Although this thread is an interesting expirement, it shouldn’t be a pissing contest. It never occurred to me to plan on visiting a country just to say that I’ve been there. That sounds rediculous and is just a waist of time and money.

okay..this is over a lifetime

USA – most of my life
Canada – several times, probably totaling in lifetime 1 month
Mexico – 6 days
Bahamas – 4 days
England – years
Scotland – 2 weeks
Wales – 5 days
France – 2 weeks
Spain – 3 weeks
Portugal – 1 week
Monaco – 1 day
Italy – 2 weeks
Austria – 4 days
Greece – 1 week
Germany – 4 days
India – 1 month
Malaysia – 3 months
Singapore – 3 weeks
Thailand – 1 week
Viet Nam – 5 days
Indonesia – 1 week
Hong Kong – 4 days
Fiji – 3 days
Australia – 2 months

ALright, here it goes:

2. USA – 26 days
3. Panama – 1 day
4. England – 1 day
5. Germany – 15 days
6. Netherlands – 1 day
7. Belgium – 3 days
8. France – 6 days
9. Spain – 5 days
10. Italy – 38 days

1. Mexico
2. Usa
3. Germany
4. Austria
5. Netherlands
6. Czech Republic

Pretty soon…

7. Belize
8. Cuba

…and also the rest of Europe in March!

Duke

Wow, we have a lot of world travelers here! I thought I was good. Still a rookie I guess. So here goes…

1. France
2. Ireland
3. Spain
4. England
5. Mexico
6. Japan
7. Cambodia
8. Thailand
9. Vietnam
10. Singapore
11. Czech Republic
12. Italy
13. Costa Rica
14. El Salvador
15. Holland
16. Panama
17. Alot of states in the U.S. (but I live there so that doesn’t really count)

It’s interesting to see how many people have counted England and Scotland separately (or other parts of the U.K.). I always thought there were just two distinct fully independent countries: the UK and the Republic of Ireland (although there is a high level of "self-rule" in the constituent parts of the U.K.). And then we can argue about the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, etc. But I haven’t been to those and I suspect not too many Eurotrippers have either.

At any rate, my list is:

1. Canada (most provinces and territories)
2. U.S.A. (Alaska and a handful of mostly northern States)
3. Morocco
4. United Kingdom (including Orkney, which really should count extra)
5. France
6. Spain
7. Portugal
8. Switzerland (10 times so far – at least one week per trip)
9. Italy
10. Liechtenstein
11. Austria
12. Germany (7 times)
13. Luxembourg
14. Belgium
15. Netherlands (5 times)
16. Hungary
17. Czech Republic
18. Pre-dissolution Yugoslavia

I’m not sure what to call my last entry. I went into what was then the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia in mid-June, 1991. It was at Sentilj, which is now in Slovenia. However, Slovenia declared its independence 6 days later and became independent after some relatively minor resistance (unfortunately there were fatalities). So for people who seriously count this sort of thing, does this count as "Yugoslavia"? And if I go to Slovenia (or Serbia & Montenegro)now, can I count it as my first time? It would seem so.

And do my pre-1989 trips to "West" Germany count separately from post-reunification Germany? I doubt that, as they were/are both known as the Federal Republic of Germany.

And as a Canadian (temporarily exiled from Christmas Island), Quebec is a part of Canada. Period.

OK, here goes:

Canada – 24 years minus travelling time to other countries!!
US – if you added it up, i’m guessing about half a year or so (b/c of work)
Bahamas – 2 weeks
Dominican Republic – 1 week
Germany – 2 weeks
France – 1 week
Netherlands – 5 days
England – 3 days
Belgium – 1 day
Switzerland – 2 days
Lichenstein – 1 day
Austria – 3 days

That’s all for now but in less than a year I’ll be adding:

Italy 2-3 weeks (including a couple days in San Marino)
and eventually/hopefully:
The rest of the world!!

Matt, what part of Canada are you from?

Great idea about the time in country thing……. Really makes the places matter more (or less

1)USA [25 Yrs. of my life, visited all but 5 or so states]
2)Canada [3-4 weeks]
3)Mexico [2 days]
4)Bahamas [1 day]
5)UK [5 days]
6)Netherlands [1 day]
7)Belgium [5 days]
8)France [5 days]
9)Germany [2 days]
10)Denmark [~ 6 days]
11)Austria [5-7 days]
12)Poland [5-10 days]
13)Czech Rep. [4-5 months
14)Slovakia [2-3 daus]
15)Hungary [6-7 days]
16)Slovenia [2-3 months
17)Croatia [2-3 weeks]
18)Italy [1-2 weeks]
19)Estonia [4 days]
20)Latvia [3 days]
21)Lithuania [5 days]
22)Bosnia/Herceg (Federation) [4 days]
23)Serbia [1 day]
24)Montenegro [5 days]
25)Indonesia [9 days]
26)Taiwan [2 days]
27)Malaysia [4 days]
28)Bosnia/Herceg (Republik Srpska) [1 day]
29)Finland [ 1 days]
30)Turkey [will be there for 9 days]
31) Vatican City [ 1 day]

Zontar – I would think that there would be two ways to count a country: Political and geographical. If it’s political, Yugoslavia and Slovenia would count as two countries you’ve visited. But if it’s geographical, then they would only count as one visit no matter what it’s called upon your visit.

Auher – where in Montenegro did you go? Nice place, eh?

Kahunna,

I went to Herceg-Novi, Kotor, & a little in Podgorica. Yeah, it was fantastic. I have a good friend who lives in HN, so I visited up with her, and she took me all around. It’s really amazing how few americans go there, as it’s such a beautiful place. There truly isn’t anything like the Bay of Kotor. I was in Kotor during the Carnival, and the place was crazy.

It’s funny, looks like the both of us have been to many of the same places, and share the same "obsession" for that part of S.E. Europe (Balkans, whatever you want to call it). Do you have any plans to go back this year? I think I am going to take my wife to Sarajevo, Dubrovnik, & maybe a Croatian island. Yet to decide, but I have another Star Alliance Award ticket that would get one of us there for free!

Best,

Alex

Alex,

Yeah – the Bay of Kotor is amazing. I obsessed about it for three years, ever since I first saw it in 2001, until I was able to return in May. I don’t have any upcoming plans to see it again soon. I took a ton of photos of it on my last trip, so those should hold me over for a while.

Here’s on for ya:
http://www.kahunna.n…

Ok, I’ll play too…

The Netherlands-10 days and soon to be 6 additional days for NYE
France-7 days
Belgium-3 days
Luxembourg-1 day
Germany-10 days
Austria-6 days
Slovakia-1 day
Czech Republic-5 days

Although my list is short, I do hope to make it longer in the near future. I am currently planning a 15-night trip to France and Switzerland for Fall 2005. Luckily I have an end of the year 2004 trip to hold me over until then. I’m addicted to travel in Europe! It’s too bad that my bank and vacation accounts can’t feed my addiction more often!

Don’t I feel like the virgin traveller…
But soon I know, I will scratch my itch and up my list by double!

1. USA
2. Germany
3. Czech Republic
4. Austria
5. Belgium
6. Luxembourg
7. Netherlands
8. France

(9. Quebec if we’re counting it? I’m not going to enter myself into this debate lol – but that aside, what a great province!)

1)Canada
2)USA
3)Mexico
4)Austria
5)Slovakia
6)Hungary
7)Poland
8)Germany
9)Denmark
10)Norway
11)Sweden
12)Finland

in order from my current trip
13)UK
14)Netherlands
15)Belgium
16)Luxembourg
17)France
18)Switzerland
19)Italy
20)Slovenia
21)Croatia
22)Serbia
23)Romania
24)Bulgaria
25)Greece
26)Turkey
27)Bahrain
28)Syria
29)Jordan
30)Egypt
31)Iran
32)Turkmenistan
33)Uzbekistan
34)Pakistan
35)India
36)Nepal
37)China
38)South Korea

Coming up

39)Vietnam
40)Laos
41)Cambodia
42)Thailand
43)Malaysia
44)Singapore
45)Indonesia
46)Australia
47)New Zeland

1. Germany-about 7 months
2. Ireland-6 weeks
3. Czech Republic-10 days
4. The Netherlands-two weeks
5. Austria-6 days
6. Belgium-9 days
7. France-3 days
8. England-3 days
9. Canada-2 weeks
10. Denmark-1 day but I’m counting it because I fucking rode a bicycle 3+ days in an almost constant downpour to get there!

Australia
Fiji
Norfolk Island
United Kingdom
Rep Ireland
Wales
Thailand
Cambodia
Laos
Burma
Singapore
France
Austria
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Greece (& islands)
Cyprus
Turkey
Syria
Jordan
Egypt
Croatia
Bosnia
Hungry
Slovakia
Slovenia
Hungry
Poland
Romania
Czech Republic
US of A

Next trip…. back to SE Asia in March.

Where I wanna go next…Explore the south Pacific, would seem rude not too, being from this part of the world and all!

just curious, how old are you all, what do you do and how are you able to find so much time for traveling? (i’m envious

Well I’m 25, and I just love to travel so much that I make it happen. Neither I or my wife make that much $$, but if you plan right, u can make it happen. I luckily get lots of vacation @ work. This year we did…..

Baltics (Es, Lt, La)
Bali & Malaysia
New York
Sarajevo/Montenegro/Belgrade
Bahamas Cruise
San Francisco

Next year looks like:

Turkey in Feb.
Bosnia/Monte/Italy in August