Places I Have Been

About 15 years ago I set up a goal to go to all 50 States before I turned 50. I have done pretty well, but the living in Europe is putting a slight crimp in the plan and has given me a new goal, to visit 50 countries before I turn 50. Here is a list of the places I have been:

US States (in no particular order)

1. Iowa
2. Pennsylvania
3. New Jersey
4. Michigan
5. New York
6. Massachusets
7. Vermont
8. Maine
9. Conneticut
10. Rhode Island
11. North Carolina
12. Florida
13. Georgia
14. West Virginia
15. Virginia
16. California
17. New Mexico
18. Nevada
19. Idaho
20. Colorado
21. Washington
22. Oregon
23. Arizona
24. Delaware
25. Illinois
26. Ohio
27. South Carolina
28. Alabama
29. Arkansas
30. Tennessee
31. Missouri
32. South Dakota
33. Wyoming
34. Indiana
35. Texas
36. Hawaii
37. Utah
38. Minnesota
39. Wisconsin
40. Maryland
41. Louisiana
42. Oklahoma
43. Washington, DC (yes, I know it isn’t a State, but it still counts in my book)

Countries I have been to (also, in no particular order):

1. United States (see above)
2. Germany
3. France (Paris, Strassborg)
4. Spain (Barcelona, Madrid, Mallorca, Seville)
5. Mexico (Puerto Vallarata)
6. Vietnam (Saigon,  Hoi Ann, Mekong Delta, Halong Bay, Denang, Hanoi)
7. Singapore
8. Luxemborg
9. Austria (Solden, Innsbruck)
10. Switzerland (Zurich, Lake Geneva, Montreaux, Sion, Basel)
11. Hungary (Budapest)
12. Czech Repubic (Prague)
13. Greece (Athens, Naxos, Santorini, Ios, Paros)
14. Russia (St. Petersburg, Moscow)
15. Holland (Amsterdam, Utrecht)
16. Israel (Jerusalem, Tel Aviv)
17. Turkey (Istanbul)
18. Sweden (Stokholm)
19. Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan)
20. Cyprus
21. Oslo
22. Vienna
23. Ireland
24. London
25. Belguim
26. Lisbon
27. Australia