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Countries that you've visited

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fuchsntf

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We have Fish n chip shops, an vans ,Currywurst,Schnitzel,

Pommefrite special ( Dutch), all over the place in our foreign neighbour holiday spots..Donuts,Chorrizos spread over England

 Burritos, all over Mexico ( USA dish)..chop suey,world wide…

Burger joints everywhere, though some super local connoctions

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bovril

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All UK and Ireland.

France

Germany

Holland

Spain

Belgium

Sweden

Austria

Switzerland

Luxembourg

Italy

Tunisia

Croatia

Latvia

Estonia

Serbia

Slovenia

BiH

Kosovo

Macedonia

Albania

Greece

Montenegro

Bulgaria

Turkey

Syria

Romania

Ukraine

Hungary

 

 

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bovril

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2 hours ago, Unabomber said:

What’s everyone’s favourite?

Not just saying this to be alternative or to boast of my travel exploits but a trip I did in summer 2010 to South East Turkey and Northern Syria was absolutely incredible and now the cities I've stayed in have been reduced to rubble by war and earthquakes. 

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bovril

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3 hours ago, Alf Bentley said:

I count 41 countries in 60 years - must do better!

That doesn't include airport transfers in Bangkok & Rio (saw Thai paddy fields & Christ the Redeemer statue from plane window - surely that should count? :whistle:)

 

Can't be arsed to do a  list but basically....West/South Europe, Morocco, USA, Central America (except El Salvador), Andean countries, Aus/NZ.

 

Rarities:

- Yugoslavia, as it still was when I visited (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia & North Macedonia as now is - I wasn't in Bosnia, Montenegro or Kosovo)

- Belize

- Bolivia

- Andorra

 

Would be curious to visit Liechtenstein - anyone been there?

 

I wonder which countries nobody on FT has visited? North Korea? Somalia? Kiribati or other South Pacific island nations? :dunno:

Know someone who escaped from Communist Bulgaria to either south Serbia or Macedonia (I can't remember exactly where) in the late 80s. Swam across a  stream and crawled through a forest, emerged in 'the West' and remembered that everyone was speaking the same language and living in exactly the same style houses as the village on the Bulgarian side. 

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Milo

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1 hour ago, Daggers said:

Colombia.

 

Shades of green that just don't exist anywhere else in the world. Mountain tops to jungles to deserts to city centres, the entire nation beats with a vibrancy like no other. Food, football and festivals feed a national psyche; fuelled by rum, aguardiente and music. Tropical islands, Caribbean beaches, Amazonian forest. Everything together with "the most laws in the world", (most of which nobody pays the slightest bit of attention to or finds a way to circumvent).

 

I never wanted to leave and would live back there in a heartbeat if the wife said 'yes'.

I was sat in a bar there with a couple of mates enjoying a balmy evening beer - heard gunshots nearby...nigh on soiled myself and flapped big time, hardly any of the locals had batted an eyelid! 

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Izzy

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3 hours ago, Milo said:

Bit showy-offy maybe (?), but:

 

England

Scotland

Wales

Both Irelands

Germany

Austria

France

Netherlands

Belgium

Hungary

Italy

Greece

Spain

Portugal

Croatia

Slovenia

Slovakia

Czech Republic (and Czechoslovakia)!

Switzerland

Poland

Latvia

Estonia

Russia

Finland

Sweden

Norway

Denmark

Iceland

Turkey

Algeria

Morocco

Tunisia

Egypt

Ghana

Gabon

South Africa

India

Sri Lanka

Thailand

China

Hong Kong

Philippines

Indonesia

Malaysia

Japan

Australia

New Zealand

Argentina

Chile

Brazil

Peru

Colombia

Venezuela

Cuba

Mexico

Bahamas

Jamaica

Barbados

St Lucia

Grenada 

T&T

Curacao

Aruba

Bonaire

Caymans

USA

Canada

 

And that's about it  :frantics: 

 

 

 

 

Alright Judith Chalmers :rolleyes:

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1 hour ago, bovril said:

Know someone who escaped from Communist Bulgaria to either south Serbia or Macedonia (I can't remember exactly where) in the late 80s. Swam across a  stream and crawled through a forest, emerged in 'the West' and remembered that everyone was speaking the same language and living in exactly the same style houses as the village on the Bulgarian side. 

 

Another odd little episode from that area c. 1987.....

 

I was on a train heading north from Greece into Yugoslavia (what is now North Macedonia). A short while after crossing the border, two blokes came into our compartment clearly knowing exactly what they were looking for.

They stood on the seats, removed a couple of panels from the ceiling and extracted several filled sacks from the ceiling cavity. One bloke saw us looking at them, put his finger to his lips and just said "Coffee!" - and they went on their way.

 

I've always wondered if it really was contraband coffee beans or something else. As the FT Balkans expert, do you have any idea? :dunno:

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Stuntman_Mike

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In no particular order;

 

England (every city and county too!):thumbup:

Scotland :thumbup:

Wales :thumbup:

N.Ireland

Ireland

Turkey 

Ukraine

Austria

Hungary

Netherlands :thumbup:

Belgium :thumbup:

Spain :thumbup:

France :thumbup:

Germany :thumbup:

Serbia

Estonia 

Finland 

Denmark :thumbup:

New Zealand 

Australia :thumbup:

Cyprus

Albania

Latvia

Lithuania

Thailand 

Portugal

USA

Greece

Slovenia

Slovakia :thumbup:

Italy

Russia :thumbup:

Romania :thumbup:

Switzerland

Malta 

Bulgaria

Sweden 

Poland :thumbup:

Norway 

Croatia 

Czech Republic 

 

Thumbs up is countries I've seen a footy match there too.

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FoxesDeb

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1 minute ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

In no particular order;

 

England (every city and county too!):thumbup:

Scotland :thumbup:

Wales :thumbup:

N.Ireland

Ireland

Turkey 

Ukraine

Austria

Hungary

Netherlands :thumbup:

Belgium :thumbup:

Spain :thumbup:

France :thumbup:

Germany :thumbup:

Serbia

Estonia 

Finland 

Denmark :thumbup:

New Zealand 

Australia :thumbup:

Cyprus

Albania

Latvia

Lithuania

Thailand 

Portugal

USA

Greece

Slovenia

Slovakia :thumbup:

Italy

Russia :thumbup:

Romania :thumbup:

Switzerland

Malta 

Bulgaria

Sweden 

Poland :thumbup:

Norway 

Croatia 

Czech Republic 

 

Thumbs up is countries I've seen a footy match there too.

I'm glad you did that, I was interested in which countries people had been to the football but didn't want people to have to edit their lists!

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Milo

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16 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Alright Judith Chalmers :rolleyes:

Mate - twice in a week you’ve called me out!! 
 

 

 


 

(Did I ever tell you about that time I hired a Rolls Royce for a week in Hawaii)?

 

:kissing:

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Stephen Hughes

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Wow some great travellers we have on here.

I aim to travel to every country in Europe and my list looks like this;

  1. Malta 
  2. England 
  3. Wales
  4. Scotland
  5. Ireland 
  6. Northern Ireland
  7. Iceland 
  8. Slovenia
  9. Slovakia 
  10. Moldova
  11. Hungary 
  12. France 
  13. Italy 
  14. Vatican City
  15. Albania 
  16. Macedonia 
  17. Montenegro  
  18. Ukraine 
  19. Netherlands
  20. Romania 
  21. Serbia 
  22. Kosovo
  23. Austria 
  24. Transnistria - Tiraspol?
  25. Cyprus
  26. Germany 
  27. Denmark
  28. Poland 
  29. Greece 
  30. Spain 
  31. Turkey 
  32. Portugal 
  33. Bosnia 
  34. Croatia 
  35. Latvia 

With Switzerland & Belgium booked this year. I’m getting there, but have had a full time job since starting this. Just love to travel and understand different cultures etc.

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Kopic

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England

Wales

Scotland

France

Belgium 

Germany

Italy

Norway

Sweden

Lithuania

Poland

Hungary

Croatia 

Macedonia

Greece (various islands)

Spain

Gibraltar 

Portugal (Azores; Terceira)

Cyprus

Turkey

Tunisia

Thailand

Mexico

Cuba

Sri Lanka

Chile

USA

Canada (just over the bridge at Niagra)

 

 

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Milo

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25 minutes ago, Stephen Hughes said:

Wow some great travellers we have on here.

I aim to travel to every country in Europe and my list looks like this;

  1. Malta 
  2. England 
  3. Wales
  4. Scotland
  5. Ireland 
  6. Northern Ireland
  7. Iceland 
  8. Slovenia
  9. Slovakia 
  10. Moldova
  11. Hungary 
  12. France 
  13. Italy 
  14. Vatican City
  15. Albania 
  16. Macedonia 
  17. Montenegro  
  18. Ukraine 
  19. Netherlands
  20. Romania 
  21. Serbia 
  22. Kosovo
  23. Austria 
  24. Transnistria - Tiraspol?
  25. Cyprus
  26. Germany 
  27. Denmark
  28. Poland 
  29. Greece 
  30. Spain 
  31. Turkey 
  32. Portugal 
  33. Bosnia 
  34. Croatia 
  35. Latvia 

With Switzerland & Belgium booked this year. I’m getting there, but have had a full time job since starting this. Just love to travel and understand different cultures etc.

Sounds great - and very doable. Good luck with it.

 

Although some of those look a little easier to do than others

   

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jonthefox

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England

Ireland

Scotland 

Wales

USA ( 3 Times . and 4 in July. )

Mexico

India

Sri Lanka

Egypt

Israel

Spain 

France

Netherlands

Belgium

Denmark

Sweden

Germany

Austria

Czech republic

Hungary

Turkey

Italy

Switzerland

Croatia

Portugal

Greece

Iceland

Malta

cyprus

Luxembourg

 

If you count layovers .Bahrain and Abu Dhabi

 

Planned for next year, Poland , Latvia, Montenegro. 

 

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40 minutes ago, Stephen Hughes said:

Wow some great travellers we have on here.

I aim to travel to every country in Europe and my list looks like this;

  1. Malta 
  2. England 
  3. Wales
  4. Scotland
  5. Ireland 
  6. Northern Ireland
  7. Iceland 
  8. Slovenia
  9. Slovakia 
  10. Moldova
  11. Hungary 
  12. France 
  13. Italy 
  14. Vatican City
  15. Albania 
  16. Macedonia 
  17. Montenegro  
  18. Ukraine 
  19. Netherlands
  20. Romania 
  21. Serbia 
  22. Kosovo
  23. Austria 
  24. Transnistria - Tiraspol?
  25. Cyprus
  26. Germany 
  27. Denmark
  28. Poland 
  29. Greece 
  30. Spain 
  31. Turkey 
  32. Portugal 
  33. Bosnia 
  34. Croatia 
  35. Latvia 

With Switzerland & Belgium booked this year. I’m getting there, but have had a full time job since starting this. Just love to travel and understand different cultures etc.

I got back from there last weekend. Remember to take plenty of £

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jonthefox

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1 minute ago, Stephen Hughes said:

So I have read, any recommendations? We are flying to Geneva and heading to Lausanne for a few days. 

I went to Zurich and Lucerne . If you're planning on travelling around then buy a swiss pass. Like i said, it's a fantastic country but eye wateringly expensive. A pint is £10 and an average Mcdonalds meal is over £20. My son and his girlfriend paid £20 each to go swimming. 

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