Countries I have been to…

 

N. America

1.      USA

2.      Canada

3.      Mexico

4.      St. Lucia

 

Europe

5.      Netherlands

6.      Germany

7.      Sweden

8.      Denmark

9.      England

10.  France

11.  Norway

12.  Luxembourg

13.  Poland

14.  Czech Republic

15.  Slovakia

16.  Switzerland

17.  Austria

18.  Hungary

19.  Italy

20.  Vatican

21.  Slovenia

22.  Croatia

23.  Bosnia & Herzegovina

24.  Montenegro

25.  Portugal

26.  Spain

27.  Greece

28.  Bulgaria

29.  Turkey

30.  Cyprus

31.  Monaco

32.  Ireland

33.  Romania

34.  Belgium

35.  Finland

36.  Estonia

37.  Lithuania

 

Asia

38.  Japan

39.  China

40.  Thailand

41.  S. Korea

42.  Vietnam

 

Australia & Pacific

43.  Australia

44.  New Zealand

45.  Indonesia (Bali)

 

S. America

46.  Columbia

47.  Ecuador

 

Passed Through (or crossed border)

48.  N. Korea

49.  Taiwan

 

Not Quite Countries

50.  Hong Kong

51.  Tahiti

52.  Crete

53.  Gibraltar

54.  Martinique

55.  Scotland

56.  Christiania

 

No Longer Exist

57.  West Germany

58.  East Germany

59.  Czechoslovakia

 

Top Five for Travel

1.      France

2.      Italy

3.      Spain

4.      Australia

5.      Japan

 

Best for Long Term Visits

1.      Australia

2.      Spain

3.      France

4.      England

5.      New Zealand

 

Best Food

1.      Italy

2.      Bosnia

3.      Greece

4.      Turkey

5.      Spain

 

Best man made sites

1.      Great Wall (& lots more in China)

2.      Vatican

3.      Louvre

4.      Neuschwanstein Castle

5.      Colosseum

6.      Tower Bridge

7.      Cinque Terra (also natural)

 

Best natural sites

1.      Grand Canyon

2.      Banff/Lake George

3.      Yellowstone

4.      Norway Fjords

5.      Iceland

6.      Australian Outback (inc. Uluru)

7.      Great Barrier Reef

8.      Daintree Rainforest

9.      Niagara Falls

10.  Great Ocean Road

11.  Swiss/Austrian Alps

12.  Andes in Ecuador and Colombia

13.  Miyajima Island Japan

14.  Plitvice Lakes Croatia

15.  Wineglass Bay, Tasmania

16.  Northern Lights

 

Nicest People

1.      Bali

2.      Denmark

3.      Tasmania

4.      Japan

5.      New Zealand

6.      Australia

7.      Canada

8.      Thailand

9.      Ireland

 

Best Days Traveling

1.      Running with the Bulls

2.      Trip to Wineglass Bay

3.      First time feeding the kangaroos and wallabies

4.      Diving the Great Barrier Reef

5.      Formula 1 in Melbourne

6.      Driving the Great Ocean Road

7.      Seeing koalas in the wild

8.      Driving in the Outback

9.      World Expo in Seville

10.  Wimbledon

11.  Tour de France

12.  Playing basketball in Slovenia

13.  Visiting East Berlin

14.  Seeing Granddad’s house in Sweden

15.  Tiananmen Square

16.  Walking the Great Wall

17.  Visiting Fjords in Norway

18.  Renting a scooter and driving around Aegina in Greece

19.  Hiking in Switzerland

20.  Visiting DMZ in Korea

21.  Bus trip from Ecuador to Columbia, ending with Carnaval de Negros y Blancos

22.  New Year’s Eve in Quito

23.  New Year’s Eve in Prague

24.  New Year’s Eve in Amsterdam

25.  Swimming with the dolphins in Mexico

 

Countries I would be fine never going back to (even though I may have liked them)

1.      Mexico

2.      Bulgaria

3.      Crete (Greece in general)

4.      Cyprus

5.      Romania

6.      Estonia

7.      Lithuania

 

Top countries I want to go back to

1.      Australia

2.      China

3.      Indonesia (Bali)

4.      Turkey

5.      Spain

6.      Ireland

7.      Iceland

 

Places I want to go to that I have not been

1.      Alaska

2.      Russia

3.      India

4.      Nepal

5.      Kenya

6.      S. Africa

7.      Antarctica

8.      Chile

9.      Brazil

10.  Argentina

11.  C. America