This is basically just an alphabetical list of countries that I have visited, when I visited them,
the major cities or areas that I've been to, and how long I stayed, plus whatever else bears mentioning. The countries are all temporarily linked to the US Gov't web page for each country, except for Yugoslavia, which for some reason was not included on their web page.
Albania (not visited yet)
Andorra (not visited yet)
Austria -- (1980) Salzburg (5 days with school group)
-- (1996) Vienna (2 days), Innsbruck (2 days)
Belarus (not visited yet)
Belgium -- (1988) Visited Bruxelles (1 day) and Oostende (1 day)
-- (1999) Bruxelles (2 days)
Bosnia -- (1999) Neum (about 30 minutes)
NOTE: This only counts because I bought a candy bar there.
Bulgaria (not visited yet)
Croatia -- (1999) Zaghreb (2 days) , Dubrovnik (2 days) , Split (1 day)
Czech Republic -- (1996) (2 weeks) Praha (3 days), Zdar na Sazavou, Novi Mesto,
Dankovice, Litomysl, Teleci, Jimramov, Dalecin, and
many other teeny towns in Moravia, Brno (2 days)
NOTE: This was a visit focusing on genealogy work.
Denmark -- (1988) Kobnhavn (1 day on my way to Finland)
-- (1996) Kobnhavn, Lijre (total of 6 days on two visits)
This was when Paul and I visited a cool reproduction of an
iron-age village in Lijre, and Paul got his tattoo!
-- (1999) Kobnhavn, Christiania (1 day)
England -- (1980) London (5 days with school group)
-- (1988) London (2 days on my way to Finland)
-- (1996) London (1 week in September, took the Eurostar from Paris!), York (2 days), Shrewsbury (3 days) , Chester
(1 day) , Cheltenham Spa (1 day), Bath (2 days), St.Ives
(2 days), Penzance (2 days), Southampton (1 day), Winchester (2 days), Oxford (4 days), Windsor (2 days), Norwich (2 days) , Canterbury (2 days), Dover (2 days)
-- (1999) Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1 day), York (2 days)
-- (2000) Oxford (1 day), Gloucester (2 days), Tewksbury (1 day), Toddington (1 day), Cheltenham Spa (1 day), f%@#ng Bristol (3 days), London (1 week), Liverpool (2 days)
NOTE: Also see Scotland and Wales
Estonia -- (1994) Tallinn (day-trip from Finland with Paul and the 2 Maris)
Finland -- (1988) Turku, Helsinki, Rihiimaki, Kotka, Kyminlinna
NOTE: This was the trip I took to attend my best friend
Paul's wedding, and was the source of the infamous
"sleeping on a park bench outside of the Rihiimaki train
station" story.)
-- (1994) Helsinki, Kotka, Huutjarvi, Kuusamo, Ruka (2 weeks)
NOTE: Hiking the Bear's Ring (Karhunkierros) up in Lappland
with Paul)
-- (1996) Helsinki, Kotka, Huutjarvi
I was there twice in 1996. First for a week in July of 96,
then for ten days over New Years in 1996-7. We rang in
1997 watching fireworks while standing on a frozen lake.
This was also when I got my trademark WW2 Swedish
Army cavalry officer's coat.
-- (1999) Helsinki, Kotka, Huutjarvi (5 days)
NOTE: Went to Finland to visit, and pick up Paul for our epic
trip to Scotland!
France -- (1980) Paris (2 days with school group)
-- (1996) Paris (5 days), French Riviera (went through on the
train.)
-- (1999) Paris (began and ended trip there, 3 days all told.)
Germany -- (1980) (1 day) Munchen, Stuttgart, Dachau
-- (1988) went through on the train
-- (1996-7) Frankfurt (2 days, began and ended trip there) ,
Aachen (3 days), Berlin (3 days) , Nurnberg (2 days),
Bayreuth (daytrip)
-- (1999) Koln, Hamburg, Munchen (2 days)
Gibraltar -- (1996) day trip from Algeciras, Spain
Greece -- (1980) (5 days) Athens, Poros, and Aegean Isles
Hungary -- (1999) Budapest (3 days)
Iceland (not visited yet)
Ireland (not visited yet)
Italy -- (1980) (7 days) Rome (5 days), Florence (2 days), Brindisi,
with school group.
-- (1996) Rome (5 days), Napoli (3 days), Pompeii, Siracusa
(1 day), Palermo (2 days), Assisi (2 days), Florence
(1 day).
NOTE: Spent Christmas in Assisi and was astounded that all
the shops were open.
Latvia (not visited yet)
Liechtenstein (not visited yet)
Lithuania (not visited yet)
Luxembourg -- (1988) (4 days) Luxembourg City and environs
Macedonia (not visited yet)
Moldova (not visited yet)
Monaco -- (1996) Traveled through on the train
Netherlands -- (1988) (2 days) Amsterdam
-- (1996) (5 days) Amersfoort, Den Haag, Scheveningen, Utrecht,
Naarden, Arnhem, Valkenburg. Also saw the "old queen's house" , and a cool sailing ship (The Batavia)
-- (1999) Amsterdam (4 days)
NOTE: It seems like whenever I go to NL, my camera breaks.
Norway -- (1996) Oslo (2 days) , Bergen (4 days) (with Paul)
-- (1999) Oslo (4 days), hiking in the Norwegian Alps (2 days)
Poland (not visited yet)
Portugal -- (1996) Lisboa (3 days), Lagos (3 days)
Rumania (not visited yet)
Russia (not visited yet)
San Marino (not visited yet)
Scotland -- (1996) Edinburgh (4 days over 2 visits), Inverness (day-trip),
Glasgow (2 days), Fort William (2 days), Kyleakin
(2 days), Uig (2 days), Flodigarry (6 days), Portree
(2 days), Oban (2 days)
-- (1999) Edinburgh (4 days in two visits), Fort William (3 days),
Mallaig (1 day), Flodigarry (3 days) with Paul
-- (2000) Edinburgh (4 days in two visits), Scrabster/Thurso
(2 days), Stromness (2 days), Kirkwall, Kyleakin (2 days),
Flodigarry (1 day), Stornoway (2 days), Tarbert (1 day),
Portree (3 days), Portnalong (2 days), Aberdeen (2 days), Stirling (2 days)
Slovakia (not visited yet)
Slovenia -- (1999) Ljubljana (2 days)
Spain -- (1996) Madrid (2 days), Salamanca (2 days), Sevilla (3 days),
Granada(2 days) Algeciras (1 day), Barcelona (2 days)
Sweden -- (1988) Stockholm (1 day) (on my way to Finland)
-- (1996-7) Stockholm (3 days over two visits) (with Paul)
-- (1999) Stockholm (2 days), Goteborg (2 days)(with Paul)
Switzerland -- (1996) Zurich (for a an hour)
-- (1999) Bern, Interlaken, Murren, Gimmelwald (3 days)
Turkey (not visited yet)
Ukraine (not visited yet)
Vatican City -- (1980) (1 day)
-- (1996) (1 day)
Wales -- (2000) Bangor (2 days), Caernarfon, Tremadog (2 days)
Yugoslavia (not visited yet)