NationStates Jolt Archive

So, where the bloody Hell have you been?

I'm from Australia, and I've been to the US of A (Florida woo, crocodiles and Disneyworld, along with Michigan, car Capital), Germany (Dusseldorf... erm, I'm not sure what that's famous for) and Greece!

As a matter of fact I'm in Greece right now, living it up, HUZZAH!

cheers,
The Greek City States of Supville

Germany, France, Belgium, Scotland and England

From England:
been to the UK but never Ireland, France Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Belgium and Germany.

And further afield i've been to the US (CA, MI & NY) [technically Canada but only for literally 1 hour]

And on the other side Hong Kong and Japan (hope to go back to Japan for a proper visit later this year)

Still got lots left to see. :D

I'm from Michigan and I've been to

Europe
Germany
France
Switzerland
Italy
Luxembourg (just passed through)
Belgium
The Netherlands
Spain
Austria (again, just drove around a bit)
Czech Republic

North America
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Maryland
Maine
Ontario
Québec

Asia

Note that all of these were on a "business trip" and not because I particularly wanted to go. I'd love to visit Turkey in a civilian capacity, though.

Turkey
Kuwait
Iraq
Qatar

Places I've lived: USA, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Malaysia, Botswana, Italy, Belgium, Zambia, France.

Places I've visited for one week (or more) at a time: Morocco, the Seychelles, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Namibia, Germany, Switzerland, England, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Singapore.

Places I've visited for less than one week at a time (but at least two full days): Mexico, Cote d'Ivoire, Tunisia, Liberia, Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Denmark, Spain, Vatican City, Austria, Ireland, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia.

Map (http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedCountries/worldmap?visited=USMXBWEGCIKELRMWMAMZNASCSLZATZTNZMZWATBEDKFRDEIEITLUNLESCHUKVAIDJPMYPHSGKRTH)

I don't know if I would really say I've been to a country when I've only been to a select few cities in it. I'm more likely to actually name the cities, in all honesty.

From England:

I've been to

France
Belgium
Denmark
India
UZbekistan

Damn, i forgot Spain Portugal and Cyprus [Greek not Turkish] you'd think i'd remember them but no, completely slipped my mind.

I'm from the USA. I have been to Canada. Not what you'd call a world traveller.

http://www.world66.com/community/mymaps/worldmap?visited=CAUSARBRPYBEFRDEGRHUIEROESCHUK

Europe:
UK
Ireland
Spain
Greece
France
Belgium
Germany
Switzerland
Romania
Hungary

North America:
USA
Canada

South America:
Argentina
Brazil
Paraguay

Canada and the US.

In Canada: Ontario (I live here), Quebec, British Columbia

In the US: New York, Pensyllvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia (All passed through), South Carolina, Florida

I want to go to Europe, but I'm poor :p

Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
Bolivia
Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela (meh I live here)
Panamá
Mexico
Spain (Meh, I used to live there)
Japan
China
France
Switzerland
Germany
Portugal
England
Italy
Austria
Holand
Belgium
Checoslovakia (Yes, Checoslovakia, back then)

I live in the UK

I've visited -

Europe - France, Spain, Portugul, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Canarie Islands, Denmark.

North America - New York, California, Nevada, Colarado.

Asia - Only Japan.

I've also lived in Greece and Pennsylvania for periods.

Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Sedona, Denver, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Des Moines, St. Louis, New Orleans, Vicksburg, Chicago, Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis, Birmingham, Atlanta, Tampa, Miami, St. Augustine, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston.

I've been everywhere, man. I've been everywhere...

(...in America...)

I don't know if I would really say I've been to a country when I've only been to a select few cities in it. I'm more likely to actually name the cities, in all honesty.

When I'm traveling I generally keep the time I spend in major cities to a minimum. Partially because they're too damned expensive, and partially because I really like small towns and natural scenery. It's also partially because I grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere, and I'm still not entirely over my unease regarding big cities.

Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Sedona, Denver, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Des Moines, St. Louis, New Orleans, Vicksburg, Chicago, Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis, Birmingham, Atlanta, Tampa, Miami, St. Augustine, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston.

I've been everywhere, man. I've been everywhere...

(...in America...)

(...in the United States of America...)

(...in the United States of America...)
Oh, please. I said "America" as in a colloquial term for the USA. I didn't say "North America" or "The Americas" or "The Western Hemisphere". I am not a continent name co-opter -- especially since "America" is not a continent. :rolleyes:

I've been...

Up and down California and in Houston, Phoenix, Las Vegas...
Zambia, Zimbabwe...
New Dehli in India...

and uh, that's all the significant places I've been to. I've been to like NYC, South Africa, Hong Kong (or was it Taiwan? I was 5 at the time...), etc. but those were just places I spent a couple hours in the airport at because we had a connecting flight.

(...in the United States of America...)

You mean the United States of WHATEVER!

/Breaks into song and dance :fluffle:

I'm from Toronto, Ontatio, Canada and I've been to:

Canada
- Ottawa (lived there for 12 years)
- Lake Musoka/Gravenhurst
- Stratford
- Sarnia
- Quebec City
- Montreal
- L'Islet
- Belleville
- Sandbanks Provincial Park
- Murphey's Point Provincial Park
- Tillsonburg
- Algonquin Provincial Park
- Darlington Provincial Park
- Bass Lake Provincial Park
- Orillia
- Ajax (lived there for 4)
- Hull
- St. Jacobs' (Ont)
- Niagara Falls

USA
- Los Angeles
- Palm Springs
- Buffalo
- Niagara Falls
- Ouganquit (Maine) - sp?
- Orlando
- St. Petersburg/Clearwater

Europe
- London
- Dublin
- Cork
- Fishguard (Wales)
- New Port (Pembrookshire, Wales)
- Paris
- St. David's (Wales)
- Blarney

not much of anywhere

Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
Missouri


and Mexico

that's all :(

So, where the bloody Hell have you been?

in alphabetical order:

Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Cuba
U.S.A

Oh, please. I said "America" as in a colloquial term for the USA. I didn't say "North America" or "The Americas" or "The Western Hemisphere". I am not a continent name co-opter -- especially since "America" is not a continent. :rolleyes:
America is very much a continent

it is comprised of North America, Central America, and South America
its also known as "The Americas", "The New World", ect.

I went to Markham, Ontario, once!

Born Massachusetts and currently living in Oklahoma. I have been in all the states except, Minnesota, North Dakota, New Mexico, Oregon, Kentucky, Vermont, and Wisconsin.

I have traveled outside the US and been west to Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Guam, Philippines, and Wake Island. I have traveled East to England, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. I’ve also traveled North to Canada.

I have traveled outside the US and been west to Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Guam, Philippines, and Wake Island.
Aren't Guam and Wake Island part of the United States?

*picks nits*

Nova Scotia, Paris, London, Brussels.

In the US: Deer Isle, ME, Charlottesville, VA, Wilmington, DE, Pensecola, FL, New Orleans, LA, Memphis, TN, St. Louis, MO, Louisville, KY, Cleveland, OH, Columbus, OH, Sandusky, OH, San Diego, CA, Webster, WV, Washington, DC

And, of course, I hail from Philadelphia PA

Aren't Guam and Wake Island part of the United States?

*picks nits*
sort of. But they aren't states. I believe they are protectorates.

I'm American, and have been to the UK, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Kenya, and Tanzania, as well as a substantial chunk of the several states.

America is very much a continent

it is comprised of North America, Central America, and South America
its also known as "The Americas", "The New World", ect.

You need to take a basic geography course. There are two continents in the Western Hemisphere. They are North America and South America. There is no continent named America.

Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/continent and for all you Wikipedia lovers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

Aren't Guam and Wake Island part of the United States?

*picks nits*

Yes the are but they are not States. I'm not sure if Guam is a territiory or Commonwealth. Wake Island is a territory or part of a territory.

Sandusky, OH

A trip to Cedar Point, I presume?

You need to take a basic geography course. There are two continents in the Western Hemisphere. They are North America and South America. There is no continent named America.

Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/continent and for all you Wikipedia lovers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent
I see your wikipedia article: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continente , your dictionary reference: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/america (2nd meaning), and raise you a magazine article: http://www.skeptic.com/the_magazine/index.php (scroll down to the articles section, then third one from top, unfortunately you can't read it online but the title is more than enough)

I see your wikipedia article: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continente , your dictionary reference: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/america (2nd meaning), and raise you a magazine article: http://www.skeptic.com/the_magazine/index.php (scroll down to the articles section, then third one from top, unfortunately you can't read it online but the title is more than enough)

Who Really
Discovered America?
The Solutrean Hypothesis is the Latest in a Long Line of Theories About the Discovery of the New World
by Jason Colavito

American Indians. Now, where is my cookie. :p

Originally from Germany, I've lived in Canada (Montreal) for a short while and am now living in Ireland.

Other than that, I've been to :

Austria
Switzerland
France
The Netherlands
Checkoslovakia (and, later on, Checz Republic)
Italy
Yugoslavia (Croatia, but it wasn't an independent country back then)
Britain (England, Wales, Scotland)
Denmark
East Germany (back when it still was a country)
USA
Turkey

A trip to Cedar Point, I presume?
Of course. Best theme park ever.

Who Really
Discovered America?
The Solutrean Hypothesis is the Latest in a Long Line of Theories About the Discovery of the New World
by Jason Colavito

American Indians. Now, where is my cookie. :p

Actually that's what the article is about, where did those indians come from? Can't tell you more 'cause I haven't read it yet :)

Originally from Germany, I've lived in Canada (Montreal) for a short while and am now living in Ireland.

Oh yeah, I forgot I'd been to Montreal. What an awesome city!

You need to take a basic geography course. There are two continents in the Western Hemisphere. They are North America and South America. There is no continent named America.

Depends what your definition of Western Hemisphere.

In America, you might believe the Americas to be only the Western Hemisphere, but more or less anybody i know over here includes parts of Europe and Africa west of the Greenwich Meridian.

So there would be...four continents in the Western Hemishpere. Five if you include Antarctica.

Oh yeah, I forgot I'd been to Montreal. What an awesome city!

I loved it. I keep considering going back there at some stage.

Of course. Best theme park ever.

It most certainly is. Everyone here in Michigan goes to Cedar Point at least once. Michiganders are to Cedar Point as Muslims are to Mecca.

I really want to go down to check out the Millenium Force. It sounds absolutely ridiculous.

So, where the bloody Hell have you been?

(Hiding in the shadows!):eek:

Live in England, been to Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, France, US (Florida), Belgium, Holland, Italy.

Next door.

I (and some friends) were kicked out of a pub for giving that exact answer to that exact question less than two months ago. Admittedly it was 11.30pm and next door was a pub that had just closed, and the barman/owner of the pub we were kicked out of is a wanker, but that's besides the point.

Erm...to actually answer the question, I'm from England and have been to...

Wales, Scotland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, the Vatican, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia & Montenegro (back when it was), Bulgaria and Romania. Never been outside Europe.

Next door.

I (and some friends) were kicked out of a pub for giving that exact answer to that exact question less than two months ago. Admittedly it was 11.30pm and next door was a pub that had just closed, and the barman/owner of the pub we were kicked out of is a wanker, but that's besides the point.

Erm...to actually answer the question, I'm from England and have been to...

Wales, Scotland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, the Vatican, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia & Montenegro (back when it was), Bulgaria and Romania. Never been outside Europe.

I forgot about the Vatican being a sovereign state - I've been there also!

I've been to Australia 3 times and the South Island once and Auckland...

Thread is a mixture of win and failure, wins for global travel and fails for the *explicit word deleted* about the way we Americans call our own country.

Seriously, leave the thread alone.

I have been to:

Spain(twice), Italy(Sicily), Greece, Italy(mainland), Israel, Saudi Arabia, France, Bermuda, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico and various U.S. States.

Futhest north I've been: Middle of the North Atlantic, about as far north as northern Newfoundland or southern Greenland.

Furthest south I've been: Just south of the Equator.

Furthest east I've been: Persian Gulf. Off the coast of Pakistan.

Furthest west I've been: Wisconsin.

England, Canada, U.S., France, Spain.

I've been to hollywood. I've been to redwood. I crossed an ocean for a heart of gold.

Most of the states on the Eastern seaboard of the United States.
As far south as Charleston SC.
As far west as my state of origin, California.
(and most of the ones between Michigan and Cal, if you count flying over them in a commercial jet.)

Parts of Canada.

I've been to hollywood. I've been to redwood. I crossed an ocean for a heart of gold.


and then eventually, you got back togther with some other crusty bastards, and went on a tour, and sounded like shit?


You should just spend your whole life with a Cinnamon Girl.

Parts of Canada.

Which parts?

I have been in:

Austria,
Belgium,
Croatia,
Denmark,
France,
Hungary,
Italy,
Luxembourg,
Portugal,
Slovenia,
and Yugoslavia when it still had that name. Israel is the next place, I want to go to.

and then eventually, you got back togther with some other crusty bastards, and went on a tour, and sounded like shit?


You should just spend your whole life with a Cinnamon Girl.


Southern man, better keep your head!

Southern man, better keep your head!


Your right, Ive completely forgotten what my good book said.

Which parts?


Most of the area within a 100 miles or so from the Great Lakes.
and some strange place called Ogamawa Canyon.....on a very long...very boring train ride.....

Europe:
England
Scotland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Netherlands (lived there)
Belgium
Luxemburg
Germany
Austria
France
Spain
Portugal
Italy (currently living there)
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Greece (lived there)

Africa:
Morocco
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania

Australasia:
Turkey
Jordan
China (Hong Kong)
New Zealand
Australia (lived there)

Americas:
USA (California)

But I reckon a better question than where have you been, is What have you seen? (http://www.hillmanwonders.com)

Of the top 100, I have done 19 so far (and I will do another one tomorrow! And 4 other ones in 3 weeks time! :cool: )

I have been to:
The US (my home country)
Australia
England (lived there for 2 years)
Ireland
Italy
Vatican City
France
Switzerland
Austria
Scotland
Wales
Greece
Spain
Denmark
Sweden
Estonia
Russia
Finland
Mexico
Japan
Belize
Israel (current location)

Favorite county (not counting US) that I have visited?
ISRAEL!

I'm from Southern California, but I've lived in Ohio, South Carolina, and Hawaii. I've been to Canada multiple times, Japan twice, Guam twice, and Saipan once. Strangely enough, I lived a few miles from Mexico, but I never went. Didn't care to donate all my money to the Federales.

In no particular order, all of them more than once except for Spain, the Vatican and Greenland:

Iceland
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Greenland
Belgium
Luxemburg
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
UK
France
Italy
Spain (only Mallorca though)
Monaco
The Vatican
The Netherlands
Poland

So, where the bloody Hell have you been?

I'm from Australia, and I've been to the US of A (Florida woo, crocodiles and Disneyworld, along with Michigan, car Capital), Germany (Dusseldorf... erm, I'm not sure what that's famous for) and Greece!

As a matter of fact I'm in Greece right now, living it up, HUZZAH!

cheers,
The Greek City States of Supville

SoCal native (but I've lived in Massachusetts, Georgia, Virginia and Florida and have visited all the lower 48), and I've been to Canada and Mexico, also Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Australia and Panama.

Is this like a holiday thing...I'm assuming so because if everyone has lived where they have listed thats crazy!

I have been to....Portugal (twice), Cyprus (twice), Spain (three times), France (twice), America and Finland...

I'd love to travel more.

pretty much all of Europe (scotland, england, wales, germany, belguim, france, italy, you get the idea) Australia, canada and all over the USA

not sure where i want to go next, i hear lebanon has cheap rates now:D

I've lived in:
USA:
California
New York
Florida
Oregon
Washington
Virginia
Hawaii

I've visited:
Japan:
Yokosuka
Tokya
Souel Korea
Philipines
Pattya Beach, Thailand
Singapore
Hong Kong
Karachi, Pakastan
Kenya
Perth, Australia
Hobart, Tasmania
Italy:
Naples
Rome
Toulon, France
Rio de Janero, Brazil
St Thomas, US Virgin Islands

I've lived in:
USA:
California
New York
Florida
Oregon
Washington
Virginia
Hawaii

I've visited:
Japan:
Yokosuka
Tokya
Souel Korea
Philipines
Pattya Beach, Thailand
Singapore
Hong Kong
Karachi, Pakastan
Kenya
Perth, Australia
Hobart, Tasmania
Italy:
Naples
Rome
Toulon, France
Rio de Janero, Brazil
St Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Blimey, I'd love to get my travel on! Maybe after Uni....which is 4 years away :( lol

France
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Switzerland
Portugal
Greece
Scotland
Wales
USA: California and New York twice each

I've never left Australia.

FRrom the US. Gone to Canada twice.

I've never left Australia.

And I've never left the States.

Come on, we all know that trips across the border into Mexico don't count. :p

Born and lived in Southern California, now I live in South Florida.

In America:
California, Nevada, Washington, Missouri, Texas, New York, Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., Georgia

In North America:
Mexico (Tijuana (sp) multiple times, and Puerto Vallarta.) Bahamas, and Dominican Republic. Oh yeah, and Vancouver, Canada.

Europe: England (London and Dover), Denmark (Copenhagen), Sweden (Stockholm and the Swedish archipalago), Finland(Helsinki), Russia (St. Petersrbug), Estonia (Talinn and Rokavre), Germany (Warnemunde and Rostock), Italy (Rome and Venice), The Vatican, and Croetia (Debruvnik).

Middle East: Israel (Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and some other places like kibbutzes and the Golan heights and the dead sea).

All over England, Edinburgh, Dublin, Florence, Pisa, Corsica, French Guiana, Djibouti, Istanbul, Gibraltar, Belize and New York.

Places I have been:
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Washington, DC
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Texas
Oklahoma (just passing through)
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Nevada
Colorado
Washington
Oregon

Key West, which is technically Florida but thinks of itself as a separate country

Puerto Rico

Canada (mostly Toronto, but drove through other parts)

England (mostly London, some of the countryside)

Greece (Athens, Patmos and Kos)

Belgium (Brugge and the train ride to get there)

Mexico (Cozumel and Costa Maya)

Places I am going soon:
Bermuda

Places I really want to go:
Everywhere else... but particularly Tibet, Morrocco, Russia, Australia, and Fiji

i've been to, in the us, california, new york and nevada. i've also been to mexico, france, spain, italy, switzerland, germany and holland, and then there's almost every county here, and some places in england, scotland and wales

I've never been to a different country:( , but in the next few years that'll change:confused:
In the U.S. I've been to Wisconsin a lot, Minnesota's where I live, North Dakota=boring, South Dakota, and Montana.

I'm not much of a traveler (not by choice, thank you). I've been to Canada (Victoria, B.C. - beautiful city), Mexico (Mexicali - not representative of the country at all), most of California, parts of Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Illinois, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

My kids, on the other hand, have been to:

daughter: France, Italy, Spain, Egypt, Turkey, Novia Scotia, Cuba, not to mention Florida and Virginia

son: Japan, Phillipines, Thailand, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Mexico, not to mention Florida, Illinois, Colorado, Hawaii.

I would love to visit the UK.

I've been to:
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Germany
Holland
Belgium
France

I reckon I've got about 80-90 years left to travel though... People in my family live a long time.

But I reckon a better question than where have you been, is What have you seen? (http://www.hillmanwonders.com)

Of the top 100, I have done 19 so far (and I will do another one tomorrow! And 4 other ones in 3 weeks time! :cool: )
I've seen four of the top 100, and I have to ask why Pompeii is on the list. It's crap. If I wanted to see examples of Roman ruins I could stay in England. If I wanted to see the effects of a volcanic eruption on a populated area I could go to millions of other places in the world. It's bloody boring.

I have been to every US state east of the Mississippi, and have traveled through MO,KA,NE,CO,UT,NV,and CA(when i was very very young.) Never have been outta the country yet...Stupid poorness :(. I really want to visit parts of Europe. Central, and south eastern...then of course I want to someday live in Israel :)

So, where the bloody Hell have you been?
USA ( all but about eight of the fifty states )
Vietnam
Japan
Thailand
Korea
Indonesia
The Philippines
Malaysia
Cambodia
Laos
Mexico
Canada
Germany
France
( and a few other places I may have either forgotten, or which I don't care to mention )

Scotland, Wales, England, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Greece, USA and Macedonia.