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Thu Sep-18-03 12:38 AM
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what countries have you visited ? |
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i haven't really been anywhere but would like to go to the middle east especially egypt. but people say it's dangerous to visit there. i would like to visit many other places also, but wondering where and how many places you all have been to.
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Thu Sep-18-03 12:39 AM
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1. Barely got inside Mexico when I was in the Reserves |
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Thu Sep-18-03 12:40 AM
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beautiful Canada, our nice neighbors.
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Thu Sep-18-03 12:47 AM
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Canada and Mexico Italy Corsica Sardinia France Switzerland Austria Germany Poland Czechoslovakia (it was then) Belgium The UK Egypt Israel Greece Kenya Australia New Zealand The Philippines Singapore Hong Kong Japan and Mainland China
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Thu Sep-18-03 12:48 AM
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4. I'm living in Australia at the moment...does that count? |
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On top of that...
France, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, USA, Greece, Austria, Thailand, China, Gran Canaria, Menorca (both Spanish owned islands I think).
And England is home.
It's easy to get around Europe from the UK, which is nice.
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Thu Sep-18-03 07:43 AM
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23. Hell yes that counts ! |
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Thu Sep-18-03 12:51 AM
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I live about 40 miles from the border so it is expected.
I would like to visit Japan someday. I would like to see all of the dancing and dating simulators they have over there.
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Thu Sep-18-03 12:55 AM
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Canada Mexico Australia New Zealand The Netherlands France Italy Singapore South Korea
with layovers in London and Hong Kong ;)
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Thu Sep-18-03 01:54 AM
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13. Who did you lay over in London? |
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Thu Sep-18-03 01:10 AM
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Other than the U.S I've been to: Canada (several times) Mexico (several times) England Ireland Aruba Bahamas (several times) Venezuela
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Thu Sep-18-03 01:23 AM
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Quebec, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, France, England, Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia... I've been to Guantanamo Bay but I don't think that counts as Cuba...
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Thu Sep-18-03 01:42 AM
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9. I've visited both foreign countries. |
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Thu Sep-18-03 01:48 AM
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10. Including Lived In And Visited... |
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England (Wales and Scotland) France Belgium Germany The Netherlands Luxemburgh Denmark Norway Sweden Spain Morocco The United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia Oman Thailand Hong Kong (when it was a British protectorate/colony/whatever) India Mexico
Oh, yeah, right, and the USA.
And I'm still not even remotely satisfied: There is almost all of Asia left, everywhere in South America, the ex-soviet (and soviet block) states, Australia, New Zealand, The Pacific Islands, etc etc etc. Surgeon General's Warning: travel can be as addictive as heroin.
As for visiting Egypt.... well, in my experience even many people in the Middle East think twice about that one. It is dangerous. But then so is driving, walking across the street, or flying in an airplane. It's a matter of relative risk. There are lots of other places in the Middle East to visit that are VERY interesting and as safe (or safer) to visit than places in the West (I would suggest Oman) although they don't have that cool pyramid/pharoah thing going on.But the Middle East is incredibly diverse. Given my druthers I'd be quite happy to spend less than five minutes in Saudi and even happier to spend the rest of my life in the UAE.
If you get the chance to go somewhere: GO! If you find excuses and reasons and all sortsa crap why this isn't the best time and that's not the best place, etc, you'll eventually end up regretting it. Just because you really wanna go to Egypt (which is rich with Eastern promise) don't pass up a chance to go to Canada (which is just a suburb of America? Isn't it?). Don't ignore the possibilities of travel within the US either, the state next door can be just as alien and intriguing as somewhere halfway around the world.
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Thu Sep-18-03 01:48 AM
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11. Not as many as some, but a few |
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Canada Japan Philippines Germany Luxembourg Netherlands Belgium Switzerland Italy Monaco France
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Thu Sep-18-03 01:48 AM
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12. Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, France N/T |
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Thu Sep-18-03 02:20 AM
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14. Living in Germany, I visited: |
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Italy France Great Britain Austria Hungaria Yougoslavia Greece each of them several times
Turkey only one time, when I was a child, so it doesn´t really count
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Thu Sep-18-03 02:24 AM
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15. I'd love to go somewhere really out there, like Tristan de Cunha |
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Thu Sep-18-03 08:05 AM
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27. I want to go to the Seychelles |
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But it's very far and VERY expensive.
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Thu Sep-18-03 03:35 AM
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US (duh) Canada Mexico Guatemala Nicaragua Honduras Venezuela Brazil (just inside border) Germany Russia
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Thu Sep-18-03 03:42 AM
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Sweden Estonia Denmark Germany Holland France UK Ireland Switzerland Italy Poland Chech Hungary Austria Jugoslavia Greece Jordania Egypt
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Thu Sep-18-03 03:47 AM
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Lived in:
Panama & US (duh)
Visited:
Cuba, pre Castro Nicaragua British Honduras British Guayana Haiti Puerto Rico St Thomas Domincan Republic Jamaica Bahamas Ecuador Peru Venezuela Costa Rica Nicaragua Guatemala Honduras Chile Argentina Bolivia
Going to ...Oct 2,2003
Moorea, Tahiti
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Thu Sep-18-03 05:00 AM
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19. Chronologically: Canada, Luxembourg... |
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Germany France Monaco Italy Switzerland England Iceland Mexico India Ecuador Dominican Republic Spain
Top choice for a return visit would be Spain but to live in I think I'd prefer the DR except in hurricane season.
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Thu Sep-18-03 05:02 AM
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canada mexico (I am NEVER going back)
(in order, my euro trip over two months with two friends after i graduated) holland germany belgium france uk sweden norway finland italy greece turkey israel
my family often visit south korea
Then i been to japan and hong kong (if you like to shop hong kong is what you like )
Id like to visit australia too, other then that i think im pretty satisfied. I'm only 21 so i think I'll manage
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Thu Sep-18-03 07:41 AM
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Having lived abroad for about 10 years - in Europe, Middle East and Africa, we have visited many many countries.
Your goal of visiting Egypt is a worthy one.
I have visited there 25-30 times - mostly on business.
Have been lucky enough to see Aida at the foot of the Pyramids.
My recommendation - head to Cairo and spend several days there - the market is worth an entire day alone.
The Cairo Museum is a second day.
If you would really like to see what Egypt has to offer, you must take a 4-5 day cruise on the Nile. It is overwhelming.
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Thu Sep-18-03 07:43 AM
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22. Canda, Spain, and Mexico for me |
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Thu Sep-18-03 07:44 AM
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24. Costa Rica and Mexico |
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If I have to booger from the country in 2005 I'm going to head to Costa Rica
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Thu Sep-18-03 07:51 AM
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25. And I've loved every country |
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Let's see...
Canada Mexico Italy Austria Germany Switzerland Lichtenstein The Netherlands Belgium Vatican City Ireland England Bahamas Bermuda British Virgin Islands Haiti (didn't really like it here...it was really scary) Dominican Republic Cayman Islands Martinique St Martin/Maarten Barbados St Lucia Antigua
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Thu Sep-18-03 07:58 AM
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26. Not nearly as many places as I'd like |
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Canada UK France The Netherlands Italy Germany Switzerland Bermuda Bahamas Martinique Dominica Guadaloupe Antigua Australia Singapore Malaysia Fiji
Edit: forgot Mexico
oh and Utah ;)
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Thu Sep-18-03 08:06 AM
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I've been to the country of every UN member by standing on the grounds of the UN in New York City. But aside from that, I haven't left this country.
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Thu Sep-18-03 08:07 AM
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29. Ireland,quite a few times |
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also,England,Scotland,France,Netherlands,Belgium,Austria,Switzerland,Italy,Iceland,Canada,Mexico,Cuba,Bahamas and Jamaica
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Thu Sep-18-03 08:20 AM
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my "home" is England Wales Germany (before I moved here) France Austria Italy Spain Croatia Malta Antigua Belgium Holland
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Thu Sep-18-03 08:22 AM
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31. Lived in Germany(3yrs)and Switzerland(6yrs) visited........ |
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France,Belgium,Luxembourg,Italy,Holland,Malta,Cyprus,Slovakia,Hungary,Canada,Austria .............now living in USA and jobless :cry:
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Thu Sep-18-03 08:24 AM
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Canada and Mexico, of course. Then;
England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Czeckoslovakia, Poland, in Europe.
Colombia and Brazil in South America.
The Philippines, Japan, Korea, and China in Asia.
Alas, never been to Australia. The Professor
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Thu Sep-18-03 08:25 AM
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33. Communist Russia, Finland, England... |
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and of course Canada. Am currently conjuring with retiring to the Baja.
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Thu Sep-18-03 08:29 AM
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34. Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Japan, Germany, Austria, Canada, Mexico... |
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My partner has visited: Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Great Britain, Germany.
-- Allen
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Thu Sep-18-03 08:36 AM
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Mexico Canada 38 US States Ireland Twice France UK Germany Czech Republic
coming soon, Scotland. Yet another trip to Ireland this time for a wedding in Galway,
Holland Summer '04
parts unknown thereafter.
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Thu Sep-18-03 09:08 AM
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36. UK, France, Spain, Nigeria, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Switzerland, Sweden... |
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...Finland, Germany, Monaco, Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium, Iceland, the Canary Islands, Denmark. That's all I can remember.
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Thu Sep-18-03 09:18 AM
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Denmakr, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Belgium. Holland, England, Scotland, Wales, France, Austria, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Yugloslavia, Bulgaria,Switzerland, Spain, Mexico, and of course, Canada.
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Thu Sep-18-03 09:43 AM
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38. Most of Europe (except FSU) |
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Britain, Ireland, Wales, Scotland Belgium Netherlands (saw the red light district) France Germany (before reconciliation - saw the Wall) Austria Italy Spain Portugul Switzerland Norway (saw my first blue movie), Sweden, Denmark, Finland(?)
may have missed one or two
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Thu Sep-18-03 10:09 AM
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39. Europe is great, Central and South America interesting. |
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Thu Sep-18-03 10:44 AM
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England, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, Panama, Mexico, can't think of any others right now
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Thu Sep-18-03 10:54 AM
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41. Our neighbors to the north and south, |
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Canada and Mexico. Holland, England, Ireland, Germany, France, Belguim, Tunisia, Cameroon,(sp?) Uganda, Zambia, and Kenya.
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Thu Sep-18-03 11:19 AM
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I'm not much a world traveler.
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Thu Sep-18-03 11:23 AM
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U. of Ill. has a campus in Versailles, France consisting of 60 architectural students and 5 instructors, I was lucky enough to qualify. Part of the required course work was 6 weeks of independent study each semester where they would kick you out and tell you to see europe. sooo
France Germany Belgium The Netherlands Austria Switzerland Monaco Italy Spain Morocco Denmark Sweeden Norway England
Also, Mexico as a kid and Canada every summer (we have a cabin on an island).
oops, almost forgot one more foreign country, Texas.
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Thu Sep-18-03 11:27 AM
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I hope to add to it soon too:
Canada Mexico (multiple) Bahamas (3) Switzerland Austria Belgium Liechtenstein Germany Czech Republic Italy France Netherlands Belize Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica El Salvador Guatamala Colombia Ecuador Peru Brazil Bolivia Argentina Paraguay
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Thu Sep-18-03 12:08 PM
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45. Haiti, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras |
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and Belize (?). On the way back from one of my trips to Guatemala, my plane had to make an emergency landing in Belize (we lost an engine) so we had to stay on the plane on the runway until another plane landed that was large enough to pick all 100 of us up. Does that count?
That was one of the scariest experiences because we had just been served our breakfast and the plane started shaking really hard. The flight attendants then raced down the aisle and took the trays with our uneaten breakfasts back. Then they started talking to people seated near the doors asking them if they would be able to help other passengers out in the event it would be necessary. Any time the flight attendants made an announcement they would be crying. I really thought flight attendants were trained to not show emotion/fear. Added to that, most of the passengers were Roman Catholics and they kept crossing themselves.
The pilot then made an announcement that we would be making an emergency landing in Belize instead of continuing over open ocean (thank you!)... Everybody cheered and applauded when the plane finally landed in Belize. A short while later a diverted TACA plane (way better than the crummy Eastern plane we'd been on--no wonder they went out of business) picked us up but of course they didn't have food for an extra 100 passengers. Eastern wound up giving each of us a coupon for a meal at a restaurant in the Miami Airport. So generous, huh?
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Thu Sep-18-03 12:24 PM
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Texas is like a whole other country...Does that count? I suck...I've never been anywhere...but we plan on going to Germany for our honeymoon... Duckie
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Thu Sep-18-03 12:25 PM
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I posted twice...sorry. Duckie
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Thu Sep-18-03 12:30 PM
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48. Korea, Israel , Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Australia, |
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Phillipines, Tazmania, Italy, France, UK, Mexico, Canada, and I will go to the Netherlands for the first time in November. Of course the only reason I visited so many countries was because I was in the navy.
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Thu Sep-18-03 12:41 PM
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49. Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Greece.... |
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Italy, France, Yugoslavia, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Ireland (including Northern Ireland/UK) and I am leaving for England in two weeks. The cities are great, but I really love going off the beaten path. Next trip will be Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary & Austria again.
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Thu Sep-18-03 01:10 PM
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50. Well, let me see ..... |
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Mexico, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Barbados, England, France, Scotland and Ireland. That's all I can think of at the moment.
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Thu Sep-18-03 02:30 PM
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Canada, Mexico (of course), Colombia, France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Vatican City (actually a country unto itself), Monaco, Great Britain, Ireland, Greece, Spain, and Lichtenstein.
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Thu Sep-18-03 03:47 PM
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52. Mexico, Canada, & the US |
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whoopee. Boy, I sure am a world traveler, huh? :P
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Thu Sep-18-03 05:30 PM
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53. Unfortunately, only Canada.. |
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besides the U.S., where I live. Want to see Europe badly!
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Thu Sep-18-03 05:37 PM
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Canada, Germany, Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal.
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