How many countries have you visited?

[Zoflorabore]

Hi, my friend from school is very well travelled and is now a high end travel agent. She was saying recently that she has been to 47 countries.

Many of them are long haul types ie Australia, Japan, lots of Caribbean and Europe and some really exotic places such as Bora Bora.

I worked out I’ve been to 12 countries which I think is probably more than average. I have an auntie in her 60’s who has never left the country and know a few others who are the same.

It would be really interesting to hear about other people’s experiences. Included are England/Ireland/Scotland/Wales.

Whilst I was very impressed with my friend’s tally, she said one of her bosses has been to almost 70. I just couldn’t imagine even wanting to go to that many places!

Thanks for reading.

Hungry and Czech Republic I forgot to add to the list

Probably only about 4 or 5 . Haven't been anywhere on a plane for at least 20+ years.

France
Germany
Spain
Italy
Lichtenstein
Luxembourg
Cyprus
Turkey
Greece
Austria
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Israel
Jordan
Maldives
USA
Holland / the Netherlands

And a country that doesn’t exist : Turkish Republic of cyprus, or more accurately the turkish controlled area. That last one is quite controversial

UK
France
Germany
USA
Canada
Spain
Portugal
Belgium

Is Monaco another one? 'cos it's not France.

Forgot Belgium and the Vatican so 19 or 20 depending on how you view the north bit of Cyprus

England
Scotland
Wales
NI
Spain x 4
Italy x 4
Luxemburg
Vatican
Turkey
Austria x 5
Germany x 3
France x 3
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Switzerland x 3
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Cyprus
Malta
Gibraltar
New Zealand
Dubai
Argentina
Chille
Dubai
Peru
Brazil
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Morocco x 2
Egypt x 3
Jordon x 2
Israel
Mexico
Romania
Hungary
Slovakia
Belize
Guatemala
Honduras
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Japan
Russia
Poland
S Africa
Namibia
Tunisia
Libya
Thailand
China
Vietnam
Laos
Nepal
Bosnia
Serbia
Montenegro
Croatia x 2
Belgium
Seychelles
USAx 7
Canada x 5
Portugal
Armenia
Singapore
Malaysia
Myanmar
Holland
Iceland
Denmark
Czech republic
Bulgaria
So 76

Plus Zanzibar
Sardinia
Majorca
Corsica

15. Everytime I go to book a holiday, I end up going back to the same countries, albeit different locations. I really want to visit different countries, but I always feel a strong pull to the Med.

My mum wouldn't fly so we drove to places like the south of France, occasionally we would have detour into another country so I 'collected' a couple then.

I've also changed planes in a couple of places so I'm only counting the ones I actually got out of the airport.

England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Mann
France
Germany
The Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Australia
Singapore
Indonesia (Bali)
Mauritius
Argentina
Ecuador
Chile
Uruguay
Spain
Italy
Andorra

I'd love to see more but due to health and financial reasons I probably won't.

My brother has never left Europe and his main holiday is usually in Brittany, which there is nothing wrong with, but he lives in Cornwall which is so similar.

My mum used to say there must be gypsy blood somewhere in the family (when she wasn't claiming I must have Viking blood).

My aunt emigrated to Australia as a 'Ten pound pome' and my grandmother went to visit her a few years later on a cruise ship, she had a detour cruise around the med for 2 weeks and the actual ship made a few visits to places like South Africa on its way.

So before 1970 my grandmother must have visited quite a few countries, which would be fairly unusual for a working class woman.

69. Still so many more I want to see. Am supposed to be going to Malta in September which would make it 70, but it’s not in the no-quarantine zone at the moment...

Accidentalaccountant

I think 7 on your list are not countries. Not counting your last 4.

47 too. There is still so much more to see!

I think 31
I’m 42

Missed 2! 33

47. Repeated quite a few many times. I love to travel.

Accidentalaccountant
You’ve listed the same city twice

1-Mexico
2- Guatemala
3- The US (Boston, NY, LA, San Diego, San Francisco, Houston, New Orleans, Miami, Orlando).
4- Canada
5- Australia
6- New Zealand
7- Fiji
8- Israel
9- Egypt
10- Jordan
11- Italy
12- Austria
13- Germany
14- Spain
15- France
16- Romania
17- The Netherlands
18- Portugal
19- Ireland
20- Scotland
21- Wales

55
I lived overseas for 25 years. I was hoping to do lots of lovely trips to Europe now I am back in the uk, but all on hold for the next 6 months at least.

I’m not counting Scotland, England and Wales but I think these are them all......

France
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Italy
Vatican
Greece
Spain
Balearics
Denmark
Sweden
Slovenia
Croatia
Turkey
Cyprus
Malta
Madeira
Greece
Egypt
Bulgaria
Tunisia
Botswana
South Africa
UAE
Oman
Qatar
Sri Lanka

For someone with a mega phobia of flying that’s not too bad 😂

England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Iceland
USA x 4
Spain x 4
France x8
Italy x 2
Vatican
Malta
Slovakia
Greece
The Netherlands x5
Belgium
Germany

My youngest has just finished school so hoping to do a lot more now. Had to cancel a weekend in Poland we had booked in June 😢

About a dozen? I mostly fly between Australia and the U.K. but have spent a lot of weekends away in various places, I can’t really remember all the trips tbh, most of them were in Paris but I remember flying on a few weekends away so I guess I have quite a few lostweekdnds in various European cities. The joys of being young.

About 40 I think. I've lived abroad as a child and adult and travel a lot for work. Plenty more still on my list though!

I'm from Australia. I've been to 11 other countries:
England
Ireland
France
Portugal
Germany
Poland
Italy
China
New Zealand
USA
Canada.

43, I think, but definitely slowing down. I am not sure I have been to a 'new' country for a long while:
France
Ireland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Italy
Vatican City
Spain
Andorra
Portugal
Croatia
Yugoslavia (when there was one)
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Russia
South Africa
Mozambique
Gambia
Morocco
Tunisia
Lesotho
Swaziland
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Namibia
Vietnam
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
Syria (the friendliest country I have ever been)
Lebanon
Pakistan
India
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Malta
Usa
Canada
Guatemala

16, still so much to see, but more than many!

Lived in: UK, Cyprus, Germany

Visited
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Italy
Vatican
Spain
Portugal
Austria
Switzerland
Greece
Dominican Republic
USA
Mexico