Places we have been together

This list is a personal one…countries that Kathleen and I have visited. To get on this list, we have to have visited this country on the ground (that means changing planes doesn’t count) and together.

  1. USA (of course, we were born here)
  2. Canada (Our home away from home. We have so many friends there.)
  3. Italy (Our first overseas trip to find my heritage)
  4. Vatican City (kind of a cheat, but it counts)
  5. England (Part of our second major trip in 2003)
  6. Scotland (Part of our second major trip in 2003–finding Kathleen’s heritage and again three times including an amazing trip in 2024)
  7. France (Part of our second major trip in 2003)
  8. Aruba (Our first real cruise through the Panama Canal on Celebrity’s Infinity in 2004)
  9. Panama
  10. Costa Rica
  11. Mexico
  12. Dominican Republic (One of our few Caribbean cruises on Celebrity’s Infinity)
  13. Bahamas
  14. Greece (Part of an amazing “Exotic Mediterranean” cruise on Celebrity’s Galaxy)
  15. Turkey
  16. Ukraine
  17. Romania
  18. Spain (Part of a wonderful Western  Mediterranean cruise on Celebrity’s Century)
  19. Monaco
  20. British Virgin Islands (One of our few Caribbean cruises on Celebrity’s Solstice)
  21. St. Maarten
  22. Singapore (Used to be my favorite cruise ever on Azamara’s Quest)
  23. Thailand
  24. Vietnam
  25. China (Hong Kong)
  26. New Zealand (Part of a wonderful cruise on Celebrity’s Century)
  27. Australia
  28. Belgium (Visited on our Baltic cruise on Celebrity’s Eclipse)
  29. Germany
  30. Sweden
  31. Finland
  32. Russia
  33. Estonia
  34. Denmark
  35. Guatemala (Our second trip through the Panama Canal on Celebrity’s Infinity)
  36. Columbia
  37. The Netherlands (Almost a week here before our British Isles cruise on Celebrity’s Silhouette)
  38. Ireland
  39. Iceland
  40. St. Kitts & Nevis
  41. Ecuador
  42. The Galápagos Islands (I know it’s not really a country, but they stamp your passport there—really, and this was my favorite trip…ever).
  43. Montenegro (Kotor is awesome)
  44. Croatia (loved both Dubrovnik and Split)
  45. Austria
  46. Hungary
  47. Portugal
  48. Czech Republic
  49. Norway (Midnight Sun Cruise on Viking Venus)
  50. South Africa (This and the next four on our trip to Southern Africa with AmaWaterways—a great trip.)
  51. Botswana
  52. Namibia
  53. Zimbabwe
  54. Zambia

And, of course, we have been back to a bunch of these places numerous times. And there are many we would like to visit again (like New Zealand, Italy and Scotland).