My dad worked in the oil industry in the 80s, so my travels began with a trip to Hong Kong at 2 years old in 1988.
Since then, I’ve been to 140 out of 195 countries (including Palestine and the Holy See). My favorites are mostly in Europe, like my home country of Germany, as well as France.
I’ve also been to some countries most people are shocked to hear that I went to, like Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. Haven’t been to North Korea, though. Probably never will.
How about you? Feel free to also ask me about the travels I’ve been on, if you want. I’m an open book.
USA (home sweet home)
Canada
Mexico
Germany
Great Britain (just London)
France (just Paris)
Italy (just Venice)
Hungary
Spain (just Barcelona)
Portugal
Netherlands (Just Amsterdam)
There’s a lot more I plan on seeing over the next five to 10 years. (and I see I need to dive a little deeper on most of my trips)
I grew up with a near-minimum wage single mother and retired grandmother, so international trips were out of the question even if there was interest. So as child I wasn’t raised in the habit of travelling and as an adult never developed any particular interest in the extreme hassle and cost of it. So at 45, I’ve not only never been outside of the US, I’ve never been outside the NC/SC/Georgia/Tennessee/Florida area, and almost certainly never will be.
Not too many: US, Canada, England, Scotland, France, Italy (just a drive through between Switzerland and Nice), Switzerland (lived for very nealy 3 years in toto), Germany, Denmark, Sweden (just a drive from the Frederikshavn-Goteborg ferry to landing to the Volvo factory for shipment back to NY and then back to the ferry), Israel, Japan, Mexico (a half hour in Tijuana on foot, then back to San Diego), and many, many trips to Barbados. I think that makes 15.
A lot of it were business trips with my Dad. When he was married to my mom, we often went on these trips with him. After he divorced my mom shortly after we moved to America when I was 11, he would often stop by my mom’s house and bring me along with him on his business trips still.
The rest of the trips (18 and up) were taken in cheap hotels (not for everyone, trust me), and money from my career as a consultant.
There are many sights to see, like the Taj Mahal and the Ganges. However, as a woman, aside from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, it was the place I felt the most unsafe. Too many staring eyes and catcalls. It’s also the site of the only other place that I was nearly sexually assaulted in (the other was Cairo).
Very unfortunate. There’s a lot of this shit going on nowadays. Typically the South and West parts of India are the safest, the North being the most unsafe, including the capital Delhi. Besides the South contains most of the original Indic cultural spots and is pretty safe for everyone.
Somewhere in the 30-ish area, the majority of them being in Europe, but I’ve also been to Australia, India, Uzbekistan (with technically a brief foray into Turkmenistan), South Africa, Mexico. Haven’t had a chance yet to get to South America.
I never traveled outside of the US until I was an adult, and I’ve only taken a few international trips, though those were enough to give me a nice little list:
Bahamas
Jamaica
Cayman Islands
Mexico
Canada
Ireland
Germany
Czech Republic
Switzerland
I missed out on adding Japan to the list back in the 1990s – I was supposed to go there for a work trip, which was cancelled at the 11th hour.
Canada is the only one. Back when you only had to show I.D. . Drinking age was 19 when they changed it to 21 in Michigan.There was a Court Case over whether you could be arrested for being underage in Michigan with a Blood Alcohol Level after visiting Windsor, Ontario. “(17) In a prosecution for the violation of subsection (1) concerning a minor having any bodily alcohol content, it is an affirmative defense that the minor consumed the alcoholic liquor in a venue or location where that consumption is legal.” http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(hrktyb2gj5vhcypzoapsnh1e))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-436-1703
United States
Canada
Bahamas
South Korea
Australia
Cambodia
Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan
Kuwait
Iraq
Jordan
Egypt
Greece
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Albania
Montenegro
Bosnia
Croatia
Slovenia
Austria
Czech Republic
Italy
Vatican City
Germany
Switzerland
Monaco
France
Luxembourg
Belgium
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Not a huge number. Never been to South America, Africa, Middle East, Australia/NZ. Never been to foreign Pacific islands or Caribbean. In order of visits:
USA (home base)
Japan
Mexico
Canada
South Korea
Hong Kong (when it was British)
Thailand
France
Italy
So that’s 8 other countries so far, probably no more than 1 or 2 more if any during the rest of my life. I’m not a roving traveler kind of person, and age is taking its toll.
Canada
Britain
Ireland
Brussels
Netherlands
France
Spain
Portugal
Germany
Austria
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Italy
Switzerland
Jamaica
ETA: Denmark
Now that I listed them I feel like I’m forgetting a couple.
First trip was with my Dad to stay with some family friends in Austria for the summer before 9th grade.
Born and currently living in USA
Used to live in Singapore
Have eaten a meal and been outside the airport in: Canada
Thailand
Denmark
Italy
The Holy See
Indonesia
Malaysia
Japan
My brother has me beat since he took that working trip to India, but I never had to work in India so :p.
The only countries I really want to go to are Sweden (specifically Gotland) and Iceland (it seems like a good place to add to the list of animals I’ve eaten)
I’ve made it to all six inhabited continents, but some of them have been airplane stopovers, or can I say I’ve been to Russia because I spent a day touring St. Petersburg on a Cruise?
So just listing those I’ve gotten out of the airport and into the country:
Canada
Jamaica
Panama
Ecuador
Peru
Brazil
Britain
Ireland
France
Greece
Netherlands
Russia
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Estonia
Lithuania
Turkey
Israel
Egypt
United Arab Emirates (lived there 1999-2003)
Kenya
Tanzania
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe (walked across the bridge at Victoria Falls and ate lunch there).
Australia
New Zealand
Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand
China (PRC)
And about a dozen others, like Japan and Saudi Arabia that I never left the airport (changing flights).
