At home everywhere (and nowhere). I have lived abroad for longer than in the country of which I have a passport.
Had to look at a list of countries of the world to ‘remember’ all the different places I once visited for work, or leisure. 59 in total, not including the city state Vatican City, the Caribbean islands Saba, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustachius and the complete coastline from what was once Yugoslavia (and now several different countries).
Still have most of my old passports and will check to see how many entry/departure stamps I can find.
Belgium
England
Germany
France
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
Republic of Ireland
Scotland
Wales
I was born in the USA and hold American citizenship. I reside in Wales.
Debbie travels far more than I do. She routinely fills her passport pages. She has traveled to over 25 countries.
*The United Kingdom is a nation made up of four countries. They are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This video explains the arrangement —> https://youtu.be/rNu8XDBSn10
I liked to travel a lot when I was younger but that was the time when flying was much more comfortable in terms of seat spacing, food quality as well as waiting and processing times at the airport. ;-)
Europe:
Andorra, Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany (home country), Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Principality of Liechtenstein, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, UK
Sweden (many times)
Norway (many times)
Denmark
Germany (many times, again in couple of months)
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Italy
Liechtenstein
Austria
Czechia
Poland (many times)
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey (many times but only for work)
Seems to total 21, I think I have not counted them before, hmm…
Wow. Many of you have traveled an incredible amount, but I’m shocked that nearly half of respondents so far have been to more than 10 countries. Most people on planet Earth will never even fly in an airplane, let alone visit another country, though I understand that doing so is far easier if the countries are small and you can go there by train (i.e. EU countries). That’s a bit more like traveling to other states here in the U.S., except that most of us can’t use trains. It’s effectively federal law that you own at least one car here .
We obviously live in a truly wealthy society when so many people can travel so many large distances, even if we’re only polling a very small group of humans from Developed nations. People in the U.S. tend to travel abroad less than those from many other nations, partly because we are expected to go from high school directly to college, then directly to a career; anything else is deemed lazy and unproductive. The main exception is military service, which is itself a job or career. However, in recent years we have many people traveling to Asia, though only because they work for international manufacturing companies.
I’m a U.S. American and I’ve never been outside this country and don’t expect that I ever will; not because I don’t want to, but because I’ll never be able to afford such a trip. As a child and teenager, I expected that I would travel the world, but back then I also thought that I would design, build, and fly my own rocket ships, too. Dreams don’t so much die as get mugged and beaten beyond recognition .
.