42
(or 53, or 70) countries I've
been to
Jeff Schwartz had a list like this with 22 countries and
Dave
Roberts
shows 38 countries. Of course the comparison isn't fair, as I don't
have
to cross any oceans to make this list a little longer. (and here is the
list
of the provinces
that I have already
visited).
According to the TCC (the
Travelers'
Century Club),
Hainan, Bali, Scotland, Wales, Srpska, Madeira, the Canaries, Sicily, the
Ionian
Islands,
the Dodecanesos and Asian (or European) Turkey are additionally termed
"countries", so that I could count 53 countries, still a long way off
the
100 needed for membership of that club.
If flying over the country is
also allowed, there are an additional
15 countries on my list, 17 if I can also include Sumatra and the
Nicobar Islands.
My mother's
list is even longer.
-
België (1961)
- I live there, but I
count as serious trips :
- 1995 : Gent, World
Junior Championships
- 1996 : Oostende,
European Union Bridge Championships
- 2002 : Oostende,
European Mixed Championships
- 2002 : Brugge, World
University Championships
- 2007 : Brugge, European
University Championships
- 2010 : Oostende,
European Team Championships
- 2013 : Oostende,
European Open Championships
- 2018 : Oostende, European Team Championships
-
Luxembourg (??)
- several times to my
family over there, and one-day tourist outings
-
Nederland (??)
- nearly every year, as
well as :
- 1993 : Amsterdam,
European Bridge Tournament Director's
course (my first one of five)
- 1994 : Arnhem, European
Junior Championships
- 2000 : Maastricht,
World Bridge Olympiad
- 2001 : Rotterdam,
European University Bridge Championships
- 2005 : Rotterdam,
European University Bridge Championships
(yes, indeed, twice in the same city!)
- 2011 : Eindhoven, World
Bridge Championships
-
France (1975)
- 1975 : Bretagne
- 1989 : Paris
- 1993 : Menton, European
Bridge Championships
- 1998 : Lille, World
Bridge Championships
- 2001 : Deauville,
Bridge tournament
- 2001 : Paris, World
Bridge Championships
- 2003 : Menton, European
Bridge Championships
- 2008 : Pau, European
Bridge Team Championships
- 2009 : by plane to
Nice, on way to Sanremo
- 2009 : Deauville,
Bridge tournament
- 2010 : by plane to
Nice, on way to Sanremo
- 2012 : Reims, World
University Bridge Champioships
- 2012 : Lille, World
Bridge Games
- 2014 : by car, on the way to Lausanne
- 2017 : Paris, a regular holiday
- 2017 : by car, on the road to Montecatini
- 2017 : Lyon, World Bridge Championships
-
United Kingdom (1977)
- 1977 : Scotland
- 1979 : London
- 1985 : London
- 1993 : London, European
Cup Winner's Cup Final (can you
believe it, I went to watch Antwerp play - that's like an Evertonian
watching Liverpool!)
- 1999 : London, Easter
Bridge Tournament
- 2000 : London
- 2003 : Cardiff,
International Bridge Tournament
- 2004 : Cardiff,
International Bridge Tournament
- 2008 : London
- 2011 : London, Easter
Bridge Tournament
-
Deutschland (1979)
- 1979 :
Lüneburger Heide
- 1980 : Sauerland
- 1981 : Köln
& der Rhein
- 1982 : Münster
- 1998 : Aachen, European
Mixed Bridge Championships
- 1999 : Weimar, European
University Bridge Championships
- 2001 : a cruise to Kiel
(from 't Kiel, a part of Antwerpen
where I live)
- 2001 : by car to
Poland, and 2 hours in Berlin
- 2003 : by car to Poland
- 2006 : passing through,
by car
- 2007 : passing through,
by car
- 2009 : passing through,
by car
- 2010 : passing through,
by car
- 2011 : passing through,
by car
- 2013 : Bad Honnef,
European Tournament Director's Course (and, gues what - for the 5th time finishing in 11th place)
- 2014 : passing through, by car
- 2015 : passing through, by car
- 2018 : Berlin, holiday
- 2018 : passing through, by car
-
Österreich (1983)
- 1983 : passing through, by train
- 1992 : passing through, by car
- 2006 : passing through, by car
- 2007 : passing through, by car
- 2009 : passing through, by car
- 2010 : passing through, by car - and finally staying a night!
- 2011 : passing through, by car
- 2014 : passing through, by car
- 2015 : Mautern, International Bridge Tournament
- 2015 : passing through, by car
- 2016 : Mautern
- 2017 : passing through, by car
- 2018 : passing through, by car
-
Magyarorszag (1983)
- 1983 : Budapest
- 1986 : Budapest, European Junior Championships
- 2016 : Budapest, European Team Championships
-
Suisse (1988)
- 1988 : passing through,
by coach
- 1990 : passing through,
by coach
- 1999-2000 : passing
through, by coach
- 2002-03 : passing
through, by coach
- 2014 : Lausanne, Appeal Hearing at the WBF headquarters
- 2017 : passing through, by car to Montecatini
- 2019 : Lausanne, Doping Panel Hearing at WBF headquarters
-
Italia (1988)
- 1988 : by coach to Venezia, for a cruise
- 1988 : Syracuse
- 1988 : Venezia, World Bridge Olympiad
- 1990 : by coach to Venezia, for a cruise
- 1992 : Salsomaggiore, World Bridge Olympiad
- 1994 : by coach to Venezia, for a cruise
- 1997 : Montecatini, European Bridge Championships
- 1999-2000 : by coach to Genoa, for a cruise
- 2000 : Napoli
- 2000 : Bellaria, European Mixed Bridge Championships
- 2001 : Sorrento, European Pairs Championships
- 2002 : Salsomaggiore, European Team Championships
- 2002-03 : by coach to Genoa, for a cruise
- 2004 : Torino, European Tournament Director's Course
- 2006 : Torino, European Tournament Director's Course (yes, again)
- 2006 : Verona, World Bridge Championships
- 2006 : Roma, with bridge friends but without any bridge
- 2008 : Torino, European Tournament Director's Seminar
- 2009 : Sanremo, European Open Bridge Chamionships
- 2010 : Sanremo, European Tournament Director's Course (my 4th one, and my 4th 11th place)
- 2017 : Montecatini, European Open Bridge Championships
-
Yugoslavia - Hrvatska (1988)
- 1988 : Dubrovnik
- 2006 : Pula,
International Bridge Festival
- 2007 : Pula,
International Bridge Festival
- 2009 : Pula,
International Bridge Festival
- 2009 : Opatija,
European University Championships
- 2010 : Opatija,
European Youth Pairs Championships
- 2010 : Pula,
International Bridge Festival
- 2011 : Opatija, World
Youth Congress & Zagreb &
Pula, International Bridge Festival
- 2012 : Pula,
International Bridge Festival
- 2014 : Opatija, European Championships
- 2014 : Pula,
International Bridge Festival
- 2015 : Pula, International Bridge Festival
- 2017 : Pula, International Bridge Festival
- 2018 : Pula, International Bridge Festival
-
Ellada (1988)
- 1988 : Olympia
- 1990 : Athina
- 1990 : Gythion, Mistra
- 1994 : Athina
- 1996 : Rhodos, World
Bridge Olympiad
- 1999 : Athina
- 1999-2000 : Rhodos
-
Malta (1988)
- 1988 : La Valetta
- 1999 : St George's,
European Bridge Championships
- 2010 : Sliema,
directing the Maltese national bridge
championship (pairs)
- 2010 : Sliema,
directing the Maltese national bridge
championship (teams)
-
Tunisie (1988)
-
Kybros (1990)
-
Israel (1990)
- 1990 : Ashdod,
Jerusalem
- 2000 : Haifa, Acco
-
Palestina (1990)
-
Misr (1990)
- 1990 : Port Said,
Alexandria
- 1995 : Luxor to Aswan
and Abu Simbel
- 2000 : Alexandria
-
Eire (1991)
- 1991 : Killarney,
European Bridge Championships
- 2012 : Dublin, European
Bridge Championships
-
Monaco (1993)
- 1993 : by car from
Menton
- 2003 : by bus between
Nice and Menton
-
Ceski (1993)
- 1993 : Praha
- 2004 : Praha, European
Junior Bridge Championships
- 2017 : Praha, European Director's Seminar
-
Turkye (1994)
- 1994 : Troje, Istambul
- 1999 : Kusadasi
- 2007 : Antalya,
European Open Bridge Championships
- 2019 : Antalya,
European Tournament Director's Course
- 2019 : Istambul,
European Transnational Bridge Championships
-
Ukraina (1994)
-
Bulgaria (1994)
-
Portugal (1995)
- 1995 : Vilamoura,
European Bridge Championships
- 2002(-03) : Madeira, on
cruise, leaving just before midnight
on Dec 31st
-
Polska (1999)
- 1999 : Warszawa,
European Pairs Bridge Championships
- 2001 : Stargard
Szczecinski, World Junior Pairs Bridge
Championships
- 2003 : Wroclaw,
European University Bridge Championships
- 2006 : Warszawa,
European Bridge Championships
- 2008 : Lodz, World
University Bridge Championships
- 2011 : Poznan, European
Open Bridge Championships
- 2011 : Warszawa,
European Universities Bridge Championships
- 2016 : Wroclaw, World Bridge Games
-
España (2001)
- 2001 : Tenerife,
European Bridge Championships
- 2002 : Almeria,
Granada, Malaga, on cruise
- 2003 : Gran Canaria,
Tenerife, Lanzarote, on the same cruise
(after New Year)
- 2005 : Tenerife,
European Open Bridge Championships
- 2008 : Northern Spain,
by car from Pau
-
al Magrib (2003)
- 2003 : Casablanca, on a
cruise
-
Danmark (2004)
- 2004 : Flying to
Kopenhagen, on my way to Malmö
-
Sverige (2004)
- 2004 : Malmö,
European Bridge Team Championships
-
Slovenija (2006)
- 2006 : by car, on the
road to Pula (Croatia)
- 2007 : by car, on the
road to Pula
- 2009 : by car, on the
road to Pula
- 2010 : by car, on the
road to Opatija
- 2010 : by car, on the
road to Pula
- 2011 : by car, on the
road to Opatija and Pula
- 2014 : by car, on the road to Opatija
- 2015 : by car, on the road to Pula
- 2017 : by car, on the road to Pula
- 2018 : by car, on the road to Pula
-
Citta del Vaticano (2006)
- 2006 : during a trip to
Roma (I even managed to walk all the
way around this country)
-
Andorra (2008)
-
United States of America (2010)
- 2010 : Philadelphia,
World Bridge Championships
- 2018 : Orlando,
World Bridge Championships
-
Bosnia & Herzegovina (2011)
- 2011 : by car from
Zagreb
-
Russia (2012)
- 2012: stopover in
Moscow on the flight to Shanghai
-
China (2012)
- 2012: Taicang:
World Junior Bridge Championships
- 2014: Sanya:
World Bridge Championships
-
United Arab Emirates (2013)
- 2013: Abu Dhabi:
stopover on flight to Bali
-
Malaysia (2013)
- 2013: Kuala Lumpur:
stopover on flight to Bali, including an uncheduled night in Sembaran
-
Indonesia (2013)
- 2013: Jakarta:
(unscheduled) stopover on flight to Bali
- 2013: Bali:
World Bridge Team Championships
- 2013: Sumatra:
flying over on the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Abu Dhabi
-
Norge (2015)
- 2015 : Tromsø,
European Open Bridge Championships
-
Bharat (2015)
- 2015 : Chennai,
World Open Bridge Championships
- If airspace is allowed:
Canada
(2011)
- flying to Philadelphia (Newfoundland & Labrador, Québec, New Brunswick)
- flying to Orlando (Nova Scotia on the return)
-
Belarus (2012)
-
Mongolia (2012)
-
Serbia
(2013)
-
Iraq
(2013)
-
Qatar (2013)
-
Iran (2013)
- flying to Kuala Lumpur
(Indian airspace was partially closed,
so the airplane had to take a more northerly route)
-
Pakistan (2013)
- Nicobar Island: flying
over on the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Abu Dhabi
-
Myanmar (2013)
-
Thailand (2013)
-
Oman
(2013)
-
Romania
(2013)
-
Slovakia
(2013)
-
Estonia
(2014)
-
Lithuania
(2014)
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