We have been fortunate enough to visit 58 countries, so far…
Much of our travelling in the early days involved short stops, where we jammed in the sightseeing. In 2016, we took a year off work for slower travel. This was such an amazing experience that we decided to take another ‘extended vacation’ from November 2022 to January 2024.
We would definitely go back to many of the countries listed below because there is still so much more to see, and we would also be very happy to revisit a number of our favourite spots.
Here is the, hopefully, ever-growing, list:
- Argentina (2010 – here we did a home exchange which is an interesting story for another day)
- Australia (2013 and 2017 when we made Australia our new home)
- Austria (2023)
- Bahamas (2016)
- Belgium (2023)
- Bolivia (2022)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (2023 – stopped in Old Town Mostar for lunch while travelling in Croatia)
- Bulgaria (2023)
- Cambodia (2016)
- Canada (2011 & 2023)
- Chile (2022)
- Costa Rica (2023)
- Croatia (2023)
- Czechia (2023)
- Denmark (2023)
- Ecuador (2023)
- Egypt (2006)
- France (2023)
- Germany (2016 & 2023)
- Greece (2009)
- Greenland (2023)
- Hong Kong (Schalk: 1994)
- Hungary (2023)
- Indonesia (Bali) (December 2016)
- Iceland (2016 & 2023)
- India (Lauren: 2013; Both 2016)
- Ireland (2015)
- Italy (September 2005; Lauren: 2009; Both 2016)
- Lesotho (Schalk: 1999)
- Laos (2019)
- Malta (2023)
- Mauritius (Lauren: 1989; Both: 2011 and 2014)
- Mexico (2008 – a favourite destination because we got married here)
- Montenegro (2023)
- Mozambique (5-8 April 2007; 28 June – 4 July 2015)
- Nepal (2016)
- Netherlands (2023)
- New Zealand (2019, 2022)
- Norway (2023)
- Peru (2016 & 2022)
- Poland (2023)
- Portugal (2016)
- Romania (2023)
- Slovakia (2023 – walked around Bratislava as a detour from Prague to Budapest)
- Singapore (2006)
- South Africa (home until 2016; 2018 and 2022)
- Spain (2016)
- Sweden (2023)
- Switzerland (2005 & 2023)
- Thailand (2006 – got engaged here; 2013)
- Taiwan (Schalk: 1994; Both 2016 but only in transit)
- Türkiye (2023)
- United Arab Emirates (2005)
- United Kingdom (Schalk: few times for business in 2009-2010; Lauren: 2011; Both 2016 (Tortola, British Virgin Islands); Both 2023)
- United States (August to November 2016, including St Thomas, Virgin Islands)
- Vatican City (2005; Lauren: 2009; Both 2016)
- Vietnam (2016)
- Zimbabwe (Lauren: 1996)
We’ll revisit this list periodically and update it as we go. We have also excluded a few places where we were simply in transit, like several hours in Qatar, Malaysia, Panama, Serbia, and Kenya. We’re so lucky that we have managed to get to quite a few amazing spots and create great memories.
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