Bonus points, for how long? Extra points, how was it? Additional points, why there and what did you do?
Sadly one. It’s my own, and it’s one that I wanna get out of so bad.
And tourists LIKE this place?? I mean, good for them, but I just don’t see how. Some have even moved here.
And no, it’s not Japan. It’s actually its polar opposite (not literally). If Japan is known as the “land of the rising sun”, my country is the land of the setting sun. It would make more sense before the discovery of the New World.
Give up? It’s Morocco.
I’m the Johnny Cash of Tamriel, Khajiit goes most places.
- Skyrim
- Hammerfell
- High Rock
- Morrowind
- Valenwood
- Summerset Isle
- Black Marsh
And of course Elsweyr.
- France (born in it)
- Germany: (grandparents live next door on the border. I have great memories of tasty sausages and cool public playgrounds from my youth)
- Germany: (again) as an exchange student in middle school. I still have a seering memory that I didn’t even know what my home region name was in German (Lorraine = Löthringen)
- Luxemburg: dad was a smoker, cigarettes were cheap there, end of story?
- UK: went three time, in middle school, high school and with family. Best time was in high school when I boarded at this Elvis double’s. We always listened to great music and he made pancakes EVERY morning ❤️
- Denmark: exchange student in high school. It’s a beatiful country with great history. Too bad that my pen pal/exchange student and I were both timid :[
- Catalogna, Spain: with friends. Lasting memory is that I took some pleasure swimming again there. Wasn’t my thing since PE teacher said to my face I could’nt swim… 😬
Looking back, I’m quite privileged 😅
Catalogna, Spain:
I think that one was supposed to be Catalonia (or Catalunya or Cataluña), the gn as ni is an Italian thing, it’s not like that in Spanish nor in Catalan.
You got me! It was my inner french that seeped into my english 😄
Ah, didn’t knew that french also did the gn as ni, that makes a bit more sense, I found it weird that a French person was using an Italian phonem when writing English and was wondering if maybe there was a place with a similar name but google didn’t seemed to think so.
I believe its catalogne in French.
I’m American, so predictably I’ve never been out of the country. If money weren’t an issue I’d love to travel to Germany, Japan, and China to start.
Why specifically Germany? And why is it at the top of your list?
I’ve got some German heritage, and I’ve always wanted to see the Black Forest. Plus there’s the Brandenburg gate and castle Neuschwanstein.
Oof, you’d be on the road a lot. Black forest - in the very south west, Neuschwanstein - pretty south east, Berlin - very north east.
I might suggest going to the black forest, visiting all the historical castles in the Mittelrheintal (middle Rhine valley), and instead of Brandenburg gate maybe Stuttgarter Schloss etc. Neuschwanstein is basically castle-cosplay. I think in the middle Rhine valley you’ll find cooler things and it’s closer .
Thanks for the suggestions! I am slowly setting aside money to try to travel there someday and planning at least helps it feel closer.
I refuse to answer, since “what is the first country you traveled to” is a recovery question used by at least one online service I’ve used, and I don’t want to risk letting someone else have a better chance at guessing the answer I used.
Tip: if you trust yourself to keep track of stuff, you can just use another password for these fields. I know this is pretty common knowelege in the privacy space, but a lot of people never think of it.
I just write curse words or pick some random option for those.
Just 4. US, Canada, England, Wales.
- US (live here)
- Australia
- Canada (many times)
- South Korea (twice)
- Kuwait
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Ireland
- England
- El Salvador
Notes:
- When I was in South Korea, I visited the DMZ both times and stepped over the 38th parallel into North Korea both times. Does that count as having been to North Korea?
If we are counting airports, I have also been to:
- Germany
- Slovakia
USA, Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Bermuda, UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, UAE, Saudi Arabia, India, Bhutan, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia
I’m surprised that there have been very few people who go to Turkey despite it being 5th most visited
I’m even more surprised that nobody went to China despite being the 4th most visited
Somewhere between 17-19, but only on the Northern hemisphere.
One thing I’ve learned is that humans are very much alike everywhere, both good and bad, but mostly in a good way. I will never understand racism or patriotism. Borders are artificial.
Australia Hong Kong Taiwan China England Wales France Spain Catalonia Germany United States New Zealand Thailand Singapore Kenya Papua New Guinea Indonesia
Plus a bunch of airports, of course.
I’ve been on holiday in 32 countries. Quite a lot! About 2/3 of those were European countries (I’m European).
American here! I’ve been lucky to travel a bunch for work so some of the countries I’ve been to 10+ times for 1-2 weeks. Others are just for holiday.
Canada - only a few day trip to Toronto Mexico - one week but flying there tomorrow for a second week France - 10+ work trips Italy - 10+ work trips UK - weekend in London with the EuroStar from Paris Germany - a couple work trips China - one week Australia - two weeks Jamaica - two weeks Dominican Republic - one week
Canada, US, Iceland, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Poland, Italy, Slovenia, Austria
Stopped going anywhere new though and I just go to Iceland every summer now
I’m Canadian BTW
Why Iceland?
If it was me (personally) I would pick Egypt
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People’s Republic of China - I was born there, not much of a choice. Was there for approximately the first 10 years of my existence. Most of the time was spent around the Guandong Province. Went to Hong Kong (under PRC control) like once, or so I’m told, very fuzzy memories… [How was it: Serious Economic and Political issues at the time I left, so… not good 0/10]
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Seoul, South Korea (ROK) - Stayed for a few hours, at the airport, waiting for the connecting flight. Never entered into the country. I saw some noodles on the menu at a restaurant at the airport, and it was like 10,000 Korea Won or more, I was a kid that didn’t underatand different currencies and exchange rates, shocked me lol. (Probably like $10 to $30 USD) Other than that, don’t remember much happening) [How was it: Don’t remember much, the airport looked nice, so… 7/10 I guess, but I didn’t technically enter the country]
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United States of America - Been here ever since like I was around 10-ish. Here via Immigration Visa, I have since acquired citizenship. Lived at NYC and Philly, traveled around the NY/PA/NJ tri-state area when going back and forth between NYC and Philly. And went to DC once for a school trip. [How was it: Used to be like 6/10, now it’s 2/10]
Does it even count if you never went through customs? Also, depending on the flight paths, I might have also flew over Japan/Russia/Canada’s Airspaces… if that also counts 🤷♂️
(What does a flightpath from Seoul to JFK look like, anyways?)
I wanna to go to Canada, I’ve always heard it was a nice and friendly place, even friendlier than the US. But don’t wanna face customs issues when returning since… ahem fascist administration, so I guess it’ll have to wait 4 years… or more… 👀
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Countries I’ve been to for some kind of Holiday:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- England
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Israel
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
That’s more than I initially thought…
