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How many countries have you been to?

169 replies

MaknCheeese · 14/04/2023 20:51

The north south east west thread got me thinking of all the countries I have visited.
Uk
Ireland
France
Spain
Italy
Tunisia
Cyprus
Egypt
UAE
Kenya
Thailand
India

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mondaytosunday · 15/04/2023 02:31

UK
Ireland
France (and Corsica)
Spain
Italy
Australia
USA
Canada
Belize
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Portugal
Finland
Anguilla
St Martin
Monaco
The vast majority before I was 25.

Deanie02 · 15/04/2023 02:41

Ireland,mainland spain,Majorca and Tenerife,Malta,France,Germany,Austria,Holland and Usa.

AreYouHavingAGiraffeNoItsACamel · 15/04/2023 02:54

Never been to America. But I've been in some states! 🍷

AncientToaster · 15/04/2023 03:28

20 for me

DH is the most well travelled person I know at well over 100 countries. He spent 18 months mooching round the world between degrees, travelled extensively with work for a decade and was off overseas a lot as a child as his family were very wealthy.

Lovegossip · 15/04/2023 06:26

England
Northern Ireland
America (only new york)
France
Belgium

theyoungishman · 15/04/2023 07:02

40 all up:

England, Scotland, Wales, Italy, Vatican City, France, Spain, Greece, Czech Republic, Latvia, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Turkey, the United States, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, China, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan.

katscamel · 15/04/2023 07:02

47 which isn't bad I suppose. Several I've lived in and some just for holidays. Will be adding number 48 in the summer ... cant wait especially as it'll be my first time heading West.
Still so many I want to go to though.

KitKatLove · 15/04/2023 07:07

Born England
Spain
Greece
Bulgaria
Scotland
Spain
France
Wales
Barbados
Kenya
Turkey
St Lucia
United States
The Netherlands

Simonjt · 15/04/2023 07:16

I’m not 100%, an ex travelled a lot for work, so most are from that rather than holidays I’ve had to pay for.

Pakistan
Afghanistan
Poland
Czech republic
Spain
Portugal
France
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Austria
USA
Canada
Mexico
Chile
Brazil
Argentina
Iceland
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
South Korea
Thailand
Malaysia
Colombia

Lucia574 · 15/04/2023 07:20

U.K.
France
Germany
Ireland
Austria
Switzerland
Greece
Italy
Czech Republic
Croatia
Montenegro
Belgium
Netherlands
Sweden
Spain
Turkey
USA
Canada
Thailand
Malaysia
Singapore
Vietnam
Cambodia
Sri Lanka
India
Japan
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
South Africa
Namibia
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Malawi
Botswana
Australia
New Zealand

Limetart · 15/04/2023 07:26

Cheshiresun · 14/04/2023 22:27

So have people included Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as different countries? I've only classes them as one country - the United Kingdom (and not included that as it's my home country).

All the Greek Islands are Greece - one country. Same as US territories etc. Madeira & Portugal is one country, etc etc.

On that basis I'd be adding 100 more 😂

Scotland, Wales and NI are different countries.
The UK isn’t a country. It’s 4 countries.

Dibblydoodahdah · 15/04/2023 07:29

Jersey
Spain
France
Italy
Greece
Portugal
Belgium
Austria
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Malta
Turkey
Cyprus
Egypt
USA
Barbados
French Polynesia
Dubai
Singapore
Malaysia
Mauritius

So 21. 24 is you count England, Scotland and Wales. Vistited many of the above places multiple times. Lost track of how many times I have visited Spain…and my DCs are obsessed with holidaying in the US!

Azure · 15/04/2023 07:29

About 75 plus all countries of the UK

gogohmm · 15/04/2023 07:43

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Vatican City, Greece, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Qatar, Bahamas's, USA, Canada, Hungary and might have been in Liechtenstein ... we were trying to ride through it but didn't see the sign even though our sat nav implied we crossed the border briefly, ditto drive through San Marino and took a photo, blink and you miss them!

gogohmm · 15/04/2023 07:46

@Mañanarama

Me too though it's a new island for me, next week Ibiza (not technically a new country as I've been to mainland Spain and the canaries)

QueSyrahSyrah · 15/04/2023 07:48

17 affording to Been, which has counted UK as one country, so 19 if I were to split out England / Scotland / Wales or 21 at a stretch if I also split out Guernsey & Jersey Blush

I'm adding 4 more countries and a continent before the end of this year though!

MissDollyMix · 15/04/2023 07:52

I don’t feel particularly well travelled- I think it’s mostly because I’ve never been to Italy! People always talk about Italy and I can never join in with the conversation!
In the meantime though I have been to:
U.K. (England, Scotland and Wales, still to visit NI)
Ireland
France
Germany
Netherlands
Malta
Switzerland
Spain (Islands and mainland)
Portugal (Madeira)
Greece (islands and mainland)
USA
Canada

yup. That’s only 12! One of the shortest lists here I think!

SinnerBoy · 15/04/2023 07:55

Not including the UK

1 Canada
2 USA
3 Colombia
4 Barbados
5 Trinidad and Tobago
6 Brazil

7 Ireland
8 Sweden
9 Norway
10 Denmark
11 Germany
12 Belgium
13 Netherlands
14 France
15 Poland
16 Germany
17 Russia
18 Czech Republic
19 Spain (also the Canaries)
20 Portugal (also Madeira)
21 Italy
22 Greece
23 Cyprus
24 Malta
25 Croatia
29 Montenegro

30 Angola
31 Nigeria
32 Equatorial Guinea (Malabo, on Bioko Island)
33 Senegal
34 Cape Verde
35 Republic of Congo (formerly Brazzaville)
36 Libya
37 Tunisia
38 Egypt

39 Kazakhstan
40 Malaysia
41 Singapore
42 UAE (Dubai)

43 Australia

SinnerBoy · 15/04/2023 07:57

44 Luxembourg - how did I forget that? My sister lived there for years!

PussBilledDuckyPlait · 15/04/2023 07:58

7 including country of birth.

I'm not very well travelled.

Simplelobsterhat · 15/04/2023 08:00

Hmm, I'm Welsh and don't see going to England as going abroad (plus if I count Wales and England separately I'm not sure about other places like the Canary Islands which also has their own parliament I think, so where does it stop...). So keeping it simple:

UK (Live in wales, countless trips and short time living in England)
France x3
Spain x7
Holland
Belgium
Greece x3
Ireland
The Gambia
Czech Republic
Andorra
Italy
Vatican city
Switzerland
Portugal (Madeira)

Much less than some people - 14 and 4 of them were day trips / passing through! A few more if we count England and possibly some Spanish territories or Greek islands.

somewhereovertherain · 15/04/2023 08:04

Not enough

England - live here
Scotland
Wales
NI
Isle of Man - lived there
jersey
Guernsey
Ireland - lived there
france - parents live there currently
Germany
the Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Litchenstien
austria
switzerland
Malta - lived there
St. Maarten - parents lived there
Anguilla
Barbados
itlay
sweden
denmark
spain
Portugal
Gibraltar
Ghana
USA - lived there and brother lives there now
Canada
Saudi Arabia- lived there
kuwait
dubai
Thailand
South Africa.

so 34 currently - no where near as many as my parents. And I’m sure no where near as many as my daughter will visit.

my parents worked all over the world project managing large construction projects.

and my daughters ambition is the same. Both want out of the UK and we will follow once PIL pass on.

listsandbudgets · 15/04/2023 08:05

Other than UK 18 I think

France, Spain,,Belguim, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Russia, Mongolia, China, Tunisia, Ecaudor

Qilin · 15/04/2023 08:05

UK (England, Scotland and Wales; not been to Northern Ireland)
Antigua
Belgium
Bosnia
Canada
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Greece
Guernsey
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
Portugal
Singapore
Spain
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
UAE (Abu Dhabi, though have flown via Dubai and Qatar, have spent a few hours in each but not left the airport!)
USA (states: Florida, Nevada, California, New York, Massachusetts, District of Columbia)
Venezuela (an island just off the coast)

Didn't go abroad as a child, but like to get away at least a couple of times each year. Some places, such as Florida and France we have been to several times, many only once.

somewhereovertherain · 15/04/2023 08:06

QueSyrahSyrah · 15/04/2023 07:48

17 affording to Been, which has counted UK as one country, so 19 if I were to split out England / Scotland / Wales or 21 at a stretch if I also split out Guernsey & Jersey Blush

I'm adding 4 more countries and a continent before the end of this year though!

Jersey and Guernsey are self governed.