Brag A Little...What Countries Have You Been To?

[Phoenix]

I really need to do some spell-check first before posting, ha ha.

I meant Tucson, AZ - though it was prob a Freudian slip, would lurve to go to Tuscan, Italy someday.

Oh, and we've been to Reims too and drove all the way from Brussels through to Reims and then from there to Paris. I've also been to another place outside of Paris but just cannot remember its name. My plan is to visit the South-West of France in the near future.

 

[yiska]

I live in the UK and I've done most of Europe and quite a few further afield.

UK (live in)
France (born in)
USA
Canada
Cuba
Spain
Italy
Portugal
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Denmark
Sweden
Finland
Estonia
Russia
Belarus
Ukraine
Poland
Italy
Wales
Switzerland
Monaco
Corsica
Greece
India
Reunion Island (Indian Ocean)
Morocco

My favourite is probably Cuba, because it was such an amazing holiday- the people we met, the weather, the culture etc

 

[slg47]

wow...I am amazed at all the countries everyone has been to! (or maybe people who have been to a lot of countries are more likely to post here?)

I have been to

USA (live here, have lived in TX, NY, and CA...feels like different countries )
Mexico (border towns, Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun/Cozumel)
Switzerland (Geneva, Zurich)
Austria (Vienna, Salzburg)
Italy (Rome)

 

[monarch64]

Eh, not that many. US, Canada, Mexico, and Jamaica. SO has traveled far more extensively and we would like to move to Europe in 6-7 years and raise our children there for a few. I look forward to traveling more in the future!

 

[mayerling]

Let's see:

UK (have lived here for the past 8 years)
Ireland x4
France x2
Greece (too many times to count)
Israel
Austria
Hungary
Italy
Germany
Luxembourg
Belgium
Netherlands
USA (California x4)

 

[chemgirl]

Wow Pser's have been to so many cool places! Here are mine:

Canada
United States
France
Mexico
Cuba
England and Wales (does Wales count as a different country? It seems very different!)
Malta

 

[Viola]

What a fun thread!

I'm impressed by everyones lists, what a well-travelled bunch!

Places I've lived
Sweden - I was born here and live here
Iran - lived there for 2 yrs, as a child
US - lived there twice, as a child, Santa Barbara, CA and Austin, TX

Places I've visited
US - x4 as a tourist
Iran - x15+
Armenia - x6
England - x3
Wales - x2
Norway
Finland
France - spent 3 months
United Arab Emirates - Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Turkey - Istanbul
Spain - Barcelona
Russia - St Petersburg
Luxembourg
Hungary

I think my favorites out of the countries I've visited are England and, maybe Armenia (I keep going back, so I guess that's a sign)

 

[Deia]

Lived in:

USA
Brasil
Belgium
Singapore
France
UK (current)

Visited:

Italy
Spain
Hungary
Luxembourg
Czech Republic
Portugal
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Turkey
Switzerland
Monaco
Austria
Italy
Greece
Switzerland
Malaysia
The Philippines
Thailand
Indonesia
The Maldives
About to add Dominican Republic to the list in 2 weeks time!

 

[mayerling]

Let's see:

UK (have lived here for the past 8 years)
Ireland x4
France x2
Greece (too many times to count)
Israel
Austria
Hungary
Italy
Germany
Luxembourg
Belgium
Netherlands
USA (California x4)

Forgot to mention that when I went to Italy, I also visited San Marino (it's its own country)!

 

[zoebartlett]

I've been to:

Mexico
Canada
Ireland, England, and Wales
Russia
Sweden
Czech Republic (Prague)
Bermuda (Does that count? It's not a US territory.)

My favorite is Ireland, and I'd love to go back someday. Of the places we visited during our trip, we loved the Galway area in particular. There's so much more we want to see!

 

[hawaiianorangetree]

Australia
Indonesia (Bali)
Thailand
Samoa
Fiji
England
France
Spain
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Switzerland
Austria
Lichtenstein (for lunch!)
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Dubai
Brunei
Monaco

Not too bad for living in one of the most isolated places but I would like to make it much longer.

Favourite place would be France, loved everything about it and can't wait to go back again, ESP if I win lotto I think I would move there.

Forgot the Vatican City! That counts right?

 

[Pandora II]

Here's mine (that I can remember... oh, bolded are places I live):

England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Ireland
France
Germany
Russia
Czech Republic
Italy
San Marino
Vatican State
Spain
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Austria
Croatia
Greece
Turkey
Tunisia
Dubai
India
Thailand
Nepal
Sri Lanka
China
Hong Kong
Fiji
Phillipines
Kiribati
USA
Hawaii

 

[mayerling]

Australia
Indonesia (Bali)
Thailand
Samoa
Fiji
England
France
Spain
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Switzerland
Austria
Lichtenstein (for lunch!)
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Dubai
Brunei
Monaco

Not too bad for living in one of the most isolated places but I would like to make it much longer.

Favourite place would be France, loved everything about it and can't wait to go back again, ESP if I win lotto I think I would move there.

Forgot the Vatican City! That counts right?

Ooh, Vatican for me too.

 

[mayerling]

Here's mine (that I can remember... oh, bolded are places I live):

England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Ireland
France
Germany
Russia
Czech Republic
Italy
San Marino
Vatican State
Spain
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Austria
Croatia
Greece
Turkey
Tunisia
Dubai
India
Thailand
Nepal
Sri Lanka
China
Hong Kong
Fiji
Phillipines
Kiribati
USA
Hawaii

Wow, Pandora, you've lived in Kiribati!?

 

[marymm]

USA
England
Wales
Ireland
Scotland
France
Mexico
Canada
Italy
Spain

 

[purselover]

I've visited:

China
Brazil
Jamaica
France
England
Austria
Poland
Germany
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Slovenia
Hungary

My favorite was hands down China

 

[stephbolt]

Y'all are making me so jealous with all the amazing places you have been!

Here's my list:

US
Mexico
Dominican Republic
Italy
Vatican City
Jamaica

The most memorable trip was Italy, hands down, the rest were just standard beach resort vacations. DH and I hope to add a lot more countries to this list though!

 

[iheartscience]

I love this thread and I swear it's not just because I started it! I can't wait to grow my list. I'm not sure where we'll go on our next vacation. The last one was Sweden and we spent a ton of time in Stockholm, so I might want to go on more of a beachy/nature type vacation next.

Oh and I've been to Vatican City, too-I always forget that's its own country!

 

[Imdanny]

US- native
England

I live in Hawaii and some people consider it a separate country (no, I'm not joking, long story but you can find out about that with teh google).

I need to get out more, apparently.

 

[y2kitty]

United States (native)
Canada
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico (not a state but a territory)
Cayman Islands
Jamaica
England
Wales
France
Netherlands
Italy
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Vatican City
Denmark
Sweden
Austria
Germany

 

[dragonfly411]

I'm jealous of all of you.

Live - US

Visited - UK (London, Bath, Windsor)

 

[kama_s]

Love this topic! So envious of a bunch of you who have travelled wide and far. If I won a million dollars, I would travel for life!

Here are mine:

- Canada (obviously, living here currently)
- India
- Egypt
- French Polynesia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Germany
- Netherlands
- UK
- France
- United Arab Emirates (lived here for 18 years)
- Singapore
- Thailand
- USA
- Dominican Republic

Such a small list...*sigh*

ETA: I am hoping we can spend a month in Italy this summer. I have wanted to visit Italy for a long while now, but I don't want to go for just 2 weeks. If things work out, this summer will finally be the year for Italy.

 

[princesss]

Add me to the list of people who forgot Vatican City!

 

[GamerGirl]

Oh man - I have a lot of catching up to do!!!

USA native
Canada
Mexico
England (mostly just London and surrounding areas)
St Lucia
Puerto Rico
USVI / BVI -- ditto what everyone else said!
Caymans
Barbados
Aruba
Antiqua
Bahamas (multiple islands)
Dominica <---this was one of my favorite spots! still relatively natural with some great hiking and diving!
St Maarten
Grenada
Bonaire

I'm sure I forgot some -- but I have SOOOO many more I want to add to the list!!

 

[ForteKitty]

Haven't been to too many places yet because I keep going to Hawaii and NY, but that is about to change. I have a 10 year travel plan.

These are the places i have visited:

French Polynesia- 10 nights in Tahiti & Moorea. Was upgraded to an overbungalow for free for 6 nights at the Hilton Moorea! This was my absolute favorite because we got to swim w/ SHARKS and rays, and we fed them from our deck. It was dirt cheap too because i lucked out on a package deal, plus our exchange rate was excellent. Paid about half what it would normally cost!! Next time we want to do the cruise and stay a few addt'l days in an owb.

England (Loved the people and the pubs!)
Belgium (Bruges and Brussels- LOVED Bruges)
Netherlands (Amsterdam... was just okay for me. It was really dirty w/ broken bottles everywhere)
Hong Kong (twice)
Taiwan (about 20 times, i had family there)
Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and some mountain hot springs resorts. Japan was so-so to me. 2 weeks was too long)
Mexico (5 times)
Canada (Vancouver-3 times, Toronto)
Does an Alaskan cruise count? It's practically Russia...

 

[Blackpaw]

i forgot Cuba and Vatican City too

sigh, this thread has me feeling really irritated with my travel plans for the next little while - Jamaica next week but then probably nothing outside of Canada until later in 2012 - except Australia which doesnt count because its just a trip hone

 

[Bunny007]

Germany X 2
Spain X 2
Italy
Hungary
Czech Republic X 2
Poland
Belgium
France
Ireland X 2
Turkey

Poland and Turkey might be my favorites but that may have more to do with who I went with.

I'm so jealous of everyone's lists! I've mostly only been to Europe, so I'd love to go some place more "exotic." China, Peru, and Croatia are high on my list.

ETA: I forgot Great Britain and Vatican City

 

[nfowife]

Well, we spent 2 years living in Italy (just moved back last summer), so we've done most of Europe. We also did a trip up to Scandinavia and Russia before moving back to the states, as well as Ireland and London. I have been to a few places in the Carribean as well.

I love to travel! I really miss living overseas and the easy travel you can do within/around Europe. It's not as easy (or cheap!! especially with a family of 5!) from the states, for sure.

 

[rosetta]

Lived or visited

Yemen

UAE

Syria

Bahrain

Saudi Arabia

Kuwait

Australia

Malaysia

Thailand

Singapore

Turkey

France

Scotland

England

Wales

Bangladesh

India

Italy

Spain

Germany

I'm sure I've forgotten loads but that's all I got now.

 

[Pandora II]

Wow, Pandora, you've lived in Kiribati!?

I grew up on Tarawa - my father was the main doctor for the whole Republic. We moved there when it was still a British Colony and left a while after independence. It's one of the reasons I have no interest in shoes I think... I didn't own a pair till I was nine!

Loved living there as a kid, but not sure I'd enjoy it now. Tropical islands look idyllic but having to bath/shower in cold salt-water isn't that great (fresh water was too precious to waste on bathing); the mosquitos; the ship with foodstuffs only calling once a month so by the end of the month everyone was living on fish and coconuts; the cholera epidemic... etc etc

I have never wanted to go back. A few years ago I found a book called 'Sex Lives of Cannibals' written by a guy whose girlfriend was an NGO out there and he'd accompanied her and written this book. I cried my eyes out - both laughing and at what has become of the place. It was an example of British Colonialism at its best and now... OMG, a disaster. So sad.

Have you been there?