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I've been to (not including the United States): Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan

A slightly updated list with a few new countries:

Europe:

Netherlands*
Belgium*
Spain*
Romania*
Greece*
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Iceland
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
United Kingdom (but only England)
Czech Republic
Andorra
Vatican City
Hungary
Russia
Poland
Slovakia
(Belarus) - I spent all this time on a train. But it was ~24 hours.


North America:
Canada*
United States (quite a few states, about 10 or so I think?)

Asia:
China PR*
South Korea
(and technically North Korea as I stepped over the border at Panmunjeom)


This is by far not enough to satisfy my tastes, so I plan to add a lot more countries to this list (and add a lot more languages in order to speak to people from those countries). I've studied most of the languages of these countries though.

I haven't been to any new country in quite a few years now. Maybe my best chance for increasing the number is Scotland or Catalonia becoming independent.

IronMike wrote:Most states in the U.S.
Canada
Russia
Germany
Denmark
Norway
UK
Ireland
Spain
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Japan
France
Romania
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Bosnia
Croatia
Italy
Iraq
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia

I think that's it.

I can now add Finland and Montenegro.

U.S. states (not including airports):
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
California
Arkansas
Texas
Alaska
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Connecticut

Countries:
China
Japan
Guatemala
Mexico
Canada

Hopefully once I'm moved to the East Coast, Europe will be in easy reach.

Canada
USA
UK
Germany
Hungary
France
Czech Republic
Austria
Belgium
Slovakia
Poland

Singapore
China
Cambodia
Thailand
Japan

Rhian wrote: Half the time I'm filling out forms abroad I want to end up screaming that England is not the UK.

In India people only seem to understand England. I was interviewing some potential students in Delhi once, and at another table one candidate was being told about Glasgow: "Is it in England?", "Yes, yes, England" she was assured... I've yet to have problems with forms though.

Most of my holiday travel has been around various parts of Britain and India. I've not got a great desire to travel elsewhere, but somehow academic conferences and other persuasions have taken me away from this island to more places than I thought: Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malta, Sweden, the Netherlands, USA.

(Israel proved to be "unlucky 13" - we were all booked to go this summer, but illness scuppered the whole plan.)

sfuqua wrote:US* (Michigan**,Ohio**,Massachusetts**,Minnesota**,Virginia**,California**,Hawaii**,Kentucky**)
Canada
Mexico
Samoa**
American Samoa**
Fiji
Philippines**
Singapore
Japan
China
Thailand*
Northern Mariana Islands**
Ireland

I haven't really travelled very much, but I have lived for several years in several places.
** more than a year
* more than 3 months

I guess I can add a star to Ireland* and if I can count "Northern Ireland" I can add a mention of that... Or UK if that is what I should call it.

I can't wait for summer; I want to add Scotland, England, Wales, and France to the list.

I don't think I've answered...

• Mexico
• USA
• Canada
• Guatemala
• Barbados
• Costa Rica
• Dominican Republic
• Panama
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Argentina
• Brazil
• Venezuela
• Austria
• Belgium
• France
• Spain
• Portugal
• Luxembourg
• Croatia
• Ireland
• UK
• Czech Rep
• Slovakia
• Denmark
• Germany
• Hungary
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Vatican
• China
• India
• Jordan
• UAE
• Singapore

zenmonkey wrote:I don't think I've answered...

• Mexico
• USA
• Canada
• Guatemala
• Barbados
• Costa Rica
• Dominican Republic
• Panama
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Argentina
• Brazil
• Venezuela
• Austria
• Belgium
• France
• Spain
• Portugal
• Luxembourg
• Croatia
• Ireland
• UK
• Czech Rep
• Slovakia
• Denmark
• Germany
• Hungary
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Vatican
• China
• India
• Jordan
• UAE
• Singapore

I in no way hate you out of envy.