Have you ever gone abroad?

[RobinFromIreland]

Simple questions deserve simple answers, with perhaps a list of those nations you have visited

For those that haven't ventured outside thier nations' borders, why not?

[betchatoo]

England, France (a couple of times), Spain (a couple of times), Italy (several times, really liked it there), Austria, Germany, Greece (a couple of times)

[kenwoodallpromos]

All countries that touch the Mediterrainian, plus mexico, Canada, Autrailia, Phillipines, Switzerland.

[chickenhead]

Cameroon
Canada
Cook Islands
Fiji
France
Italy
Mexico

and Texas ;)

[lsbets]

Mexico
Canada
Germany
Ireland
France
Austria
Hungary
Bosnia
Croatia
Kuwait
Iraq
Grand Cayman

I've only been to about half of the 50 states. Over the next few years I plan to travel at home and get to all of them.

[cj]

Canada
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Spain
Ireland
England
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Lichtenstein
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
The Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Poland
Russia
Denmark
Estonia
Greece
Cypress

I think that is it. After typing that all out, WOW, I've been very lucky.

[PaceAdvantage]

Wow CJ, that's awesome.

I've only been to Canada....:lol: :faint: :lol:

[Sailwolf]

Wow CJ, that's awesome.

I've only been to Canada....:lol: :faint: :lol:


I have only been to Mexico.:D

[Tom]

Wow CJ, that's awesome.

I've only been to Canada....:lol: :faint: :lol:


He's one step ahead of Interpol! :lol:

Me too Canada only. And Detroit - that's a different country, isn't it?:eek:

[Tom]

...have you ever HAD one? :p

[Ponyplayr]

Mexico..several times

Canada..once was enough

Next year Ireland and England

[Dave Schwartz]

England
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Ireland
France
Germany
Italy
Monaco (It counts!)
Tunisia
Israel
Japan
Mexico
Vietnam (not a pleasure cruise)
Cambodia (ditto)
Panama & several places in the Caribean

And permit me to be the first to say:

Well, I've never been to Spain...

[melman]

Canada
Denmark
The Netherlands
Greece
Germany
France
Austria
Italy
Vietnam
Thailand
Guam
Cambodia
Mexico
Spain
Australia
New Zealand
Aruba
England
Ireland

Fav---Denmark
Least Fav----Vietnam and France a tie

[Overlay]

And permit me to be the first to say:

Well, I've never been to Spain...

But (at this moment) I'm en route to Oklahoma. (No one ever told me I was born there, however.)

My list:

Canada
Germany
Austria
Thailand
Pakistan
Philippines
South Korea

[michiken]

And Detroit - that's a different country, isn't it?:eek:

And you survived didn't you?

[cato]

England
Wales
Ireland
France
Belgium
Germany
Switzerland
Holland
Italy (train station only!)
Luxembourg (train station only!)
Mexico
Bahamas

Headed to China in September if things go well

It's a Wild wild wild wild wild world out there...

Cato

[toetoe]

Canada, England, Belgium, Germany, Brasil, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina and Mexico, in order of first visit. I think.

Nobroad can match abroad from Colombia. :ThmbUp:

[Dave Schwartz]

(No one ever told me I was born there, however.)

Oklahoma? Not Arizona?

[kenwoodallpromos]

Oh yes- I've been to 2 coujntries that are completely surround by another- both inside of Italy.
They are Vaticfan City and San Matin'.

[falconridge]

Ireland
...Begorrah! Davey, me lad! Ah, shore, an' if it ain't Davey O'Schwartz! So, tell me ...

How are things in Glocca Mora?
Is that little brook still leaping there?
Does it still run down to Donny cove
Through Killybegs, Kilkerry and Kildare?

Jus' wond'rin',

Falcon "Silky" o' Erin

[kingfin66]

Boring as can be for me:

Mexico (Mazatlan 1, Cabo San Lucas 3 times!)

Canada (but not since '87)

[Hosshead]

East Los Angeles. They don't speak English but they still take American Money.

[andicap]

My wife and I have always wanted to live abroad for a few years -- and in fact right now we are considering the UK or ireland -- some small-medium sized town not a big city. Maybe set up a small business or something. Ireland has tough immigration procedures but the UK is easier.

Any suggestions?


I have been to (a shamefully short list due more to budgetary limitations than desire)

Canada
Iceland
UK
France
Monaco
Italy
Switzerland
China
Texas

On the other hand I have been to 35 states.

[Overlay]

Oklahoma? Not Arizona?

What does it matter?

[falconridge]

In order of visit:

Mexico (first, to visit old Caliente!; years later, tragically, to retrieve the remains of my sister-in-law, who perished the day after Christmas in San Quintin, B.C.)
Canada (Quebec Province only--primarily Montreal)

And, on a brief sojourn, early in my 41st year:

England (the Midlands and London)
Belgium (basically just to disembark and drive through)
Germany (Stuttgart and Munich)
The Netherlands (Amsterdam)
Austria (Salzburg)
Italy (on Eurail, as far south as Florence)

[Dave Schwartz]

Overlay,

LOL - PA will be telling us to "take it outside" any minute. We better quit while we are ahead.


Dave

[cj]

Wow CJ, that's awesome.

I've only been to Canada....:lol: :faint: :lol:

LOL. I forgot Iceland, been there a few times as well.

[RobinFromIreland]

Surprisingly high "yes" vote total because I started this poll after reading an article stating that only about 1 in 5 Americans had passports. Impressive travel lists too. My own travels...

Europe:
UK (I been to every part so lets just count it as one)
France
Germany
The Netherlands
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
Slovenia

Asia:
Vietnam
Malaysia
Singapore

North America:
Canada
USA

This year, I'm hoping to visit New Zealand and perhaps back to the States, with maybe a quick ski trip to the Alps squeezed in.

[betchatoo]

Do Mexico and Canada count as foreign countries? Then I guess I'd better add those two. :)

[lsbets]

Do Mexico and Canada count as foreign countries? Then I guess I'd better add those two. :)

When I answered and put Mexico, Canada, and the Cayman Islands, I felt like I was cheating. I mean those don't really count, do they? :confused:

[kenwoodallpromos]

Except for Canada and Mexico ( birth Cert), I was in the Navy so I did not need and never owned a passport.
You may find males over 40 (ex-military) have been many more places than any other part of the population.

[chickenhead]

I think there are a few reasons why Americans travel less internationally than say Europeans:

1.) Its expensive-- we are geographically isolated, plane tickets overseas always cost a fair amount. Most Americans are a long way from everywhere, sometimes even Mexico and Canada.

2.) We don't take nearly the amount of vacations that Europeans do, aside from teachers I don't know many who can take a whole month off. Getting 2 weeks at a time is impossible for many.

3.) We are pretty large and diverse ourselves, lots of traveling and exploring to do without ever leaving the country. It can take a whole lifetime to see everything just in the US.

4.) We are selfish and aren't interested in anyone else. :liar:

[Achilles]

Bahamas
Canada (Woodbine for the Breeders Cup & other races, Fort Erie & Greenwood)
England (Newmarket for the 2000 Guineas, Cheltenham, & lots of other tracks)
Wales (Chepstow)
Japan (Japan Cup)
Germany---Just flew into Dusseldorf and drove directly to the
Netherlands, where they serve salami for breakfast.

Achilles

[betchatoo]

You may find males over 40 (ex-military) have been many more places than any other part of the population.

During my military years I never left the country. But if they'd ever attacked Missouri, North Carolina or D.C. I'd have been ready.

[Dave Schwartz]

Passports are expensive these days. We just got them for our kids and they are like $106 each.

ANd that is if you have weeks to wait for them.


Dave

[Suff]

I think there are a few reasons why Americans travel less internationally than say Europeans:



2.) We don't take nearly the amount of vacations that Europeans do, aside from teachers I don't know many who can take a whole month off. Getting 2 weeks at a time is impossible for many.

:liar:

Funny you should mention that. I saw this on the Elevator Video Monitor just this morning.


Americans Give Up Millions Of Vacation Days

May 23, 2006 8:02 a.m. EST


Ayinde O. Chase - All Headline News Staff Writer

Bellevue, WA (AHN) - Online travel agency Expedia.com, recently conducted a survey on vacation deprivations and found that Americans are likely to give back more than 574 million vacation days in 2006, with each employed U.S. adult age 18 and older anticipated to give up an average of four vacation days.

The number of vacation days each American is estimated to abandon in 2006 increased by one additional day over last year, boosting the number of total unused vacation days by more than 150 million versus 2005.

According to the survey 33 percent of Americans do not always take all of their vacation days, despite another 36 percent saying they feel better about their job and more productive when they come back from vacation.

Sally McKenzie, vice president and general manager, Expedia.com says, "There are incredible health and wellness benefits associated with time off from work. Americans should take a cue from their foreign counterparts and relish the vacation they earn."

On average, Americans leave four vacation days on the table, while our European counterparts do a better job fitting in vacation days.

[karlskorner]

Read this whole thread and nobody has been to Africa. Your missing a great adventure. A balloon trip over the savannah is a life long memory. A have kin folk from Holland who own a lodge in Kenya, spent much time there, last year 8 weeks.

Several weekends in Montreal, love the Museum.
10 days in New Foundland, bought a 36' ketch there, the owner was a CPA who took off time from work to get me use to her, some very nice people in New Foundland. Sailed her to Long Island and sold her, too much maintenance on a woody.
Spent 6 days in Belfast, Ireland, when the outside port engine caught fire on a Martin seaplane, been to better places.
East and West coast of Africa, Casablanca, Rabat, Oran & Bizerte. Port Said, Cairo, most of the upper Nile, Sudan, Ethopia, Kenya and Uganda.
India, Bombay and Calcutta (the worst place in the world)
Naples and envrions in Itatly
Isle of Corsica, very romantic
3 months in Southern France.
Gibraltar, climbed
half way up and decided I had enough, did the same with the pyramids in Egypt.

Oahu
Panama, both sides of the canal. Amazing piece of work
Isle of Negra, Philipines. If you ever decide to go "native" this is the place.
In the fall of 1945 spent time in Korea, before the war, Soul and Jensin, which later became known as Inch'on, longest tides in the world.
The winter of 45/46 on the Mongolian border, General Chang was worried about the Russians who had amassed a large army just 2 days before the Japs surrendered, the dumps of humanity.
Mexico City, spent numerous times there when I first came to S. Florida to see the bull fights. Truly an art. The Yucatan, Belize and most of the tourists attractions in Mexico and Yucatan, often thought about the simularity between the pyramids in Egypt and the Yucatan.
Have been to about 1/2 of the islands in the upper and lower Antilles.mostly on cruises, when you seen one you just about have seen them all.
Cut into that bankroll and get to Africa, you will enjoy it.

[Tom]

or.....get National Geographic on your cable or Satellite.
Spend the money you save on beer..:D

[LutherCalvin]

My "Uncle Sam" sent me on an all expenses paid trip to Vietnam in 1970.

[Dave Schwartz]

Luther,

At least you got to fly coach back.


Dave

[cj]

Read this whole thread and nobody has been to Africa.

I've posted that I've been to Egypt, which is in Africa as I'm sure you know.

[cj]

Anyone here been to all 50 states?

I have a few left to see: Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

[Sailwolf]

Luther,

At least you got to fly coach back.


Dave

and unlike some of my friends not in the cargo bay.

[Dave Schwartz]

That was my point.

[betchatoo]

Anyone here been to all 50 states?

I have a few left to see: Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

Haven't made Alaska or Hawaii. Made the 48 contiguous.

[chickenhead]

I've posted that I've been to Egypt, which is in Africa as I'm sure you know.

Dittos Karl, I spent a month in Cameroon with my African peeps.

[Secretariat]

Mexico
Canada
England
Italy
Vietnam

[kingfin66]

Anyone here been to all 50 states?

I have a few left to see: Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

Geez, those are probably the best 5!

[facorsig]

The question attracts people who've been abroad and are curious. I've been to every state except Alaska, Hawaii, North Dakota and Oregon. As far as foreign travel is concerned, I have an advantage; I live in Indonesia! Previously lived in Nigeria and soon to move to Abu Dhabi. This is a summary of countries I've been to:

Argentina

Nigeria

Mexico
Canada
US
Bermuda

Japan
Taiwan
Singapore
Indonesia
Malaysia
Dubai

England
Scotland
France
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Spain
Belgium
Netherlands
Finland
Vatican
Guernsey

I was 150 km from the earthquake in Jogjakarta on Saturday morning at a place called Sarangan. In 2004 I had the misfortune to be in Aceh for the big one and a few months later was in Aceh again when the Nias quake arrived. Last year I was in Bali when the latest terrorist bombs were set off. Thank God every day you are in the US for all of the good things you have.

[The Judge]

Hell I've got to get a move on . I'm not telling where I've been but let's put it this why they both touch the U.S. border.

[46zilzal]

Geez, those are probably the best 5!
without a doubt. You have to love rain and green however.

[Nicole]

Austria
Belgium
Denmark
England
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Ireland
Lichtenstein
Luxemberg
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Switzerland
Turkey

[Pace Cap'n]

Wow, you go, girl!

If it cost a dime to go around the world, I couldn't get out of sight.

Although my Uncle Sam did send me on the Far East junket some years back

[46zilzal]

Although my Uncle Sam did send me on the Far East junket some years back
nice you came back alive.

[The Judge]

I'm going to have to steal that line.

[highnote]

Canada
Mexico

St. Maarten
Antigua/Barbuda
Puerto Rico (not technically a country????? a U.S. territory - what's the diff?)

England
Scotland
Ireland

France
Germany
Italy
Switzerland

Belarus

Israel

[skate]

oh yeh;

Broklyn
so. philly
camden
and lubbock