Have you ever been abroad?

Few places but nothing really exciting
umm... usa, denmark, sweden, israel, england, germany, france, italy, spain, switzerland, austria, czech r...

currently eyeing up a group travel thingy to bhutan

Tokyo

Lived longterm in:
France
Georgia
USA
Australia
Afghanistan
South Africa
Russia

Travelled in:
England
Scotland
Wales
Spain
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Germany
Lichtenstein
Denmark
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Montenegro
Greece
Croatia
Macedonia
Bosnia
Serbia
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Poland
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Ukraine
Finland
Mongolia
China
Hong Kong
Turkey
Armenia
South Korea
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Vietnam
Myanmar
Pakistan
India
Nepal
Singapore
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
Kenya
Tanzania
Canada
Mexico
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Lucia
Grenada
Colombia
Venezuela
Brazil

The Peanut

mike_ie wrote: »

Lived longterm in:
France
Georgia
USA
Australia
Afghanistan
South Africa
Russia

Travelled in:
England
Scotland
Wales
Spain
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Germany
Lichtenstein
Denmark
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Montenegro
Greece
Croatia
Macedonia
Bosnia
Serbia
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Poland
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Ukraine
Finland
Mongolia
China
Hong Kong
Turkey
Armenia
South Korea
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Vietnam
Myanmar
Pakistan
India
Nepal
Singapore
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
Kenya
Tanzania
Canada
Mexico
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Lucia
Grenada
Colombia
Venezuela
Brazil

As I suspected; you're 109 and wise.

Tokyo

The Peanut wrote: »

As I suspected; you're 109 and wise.

35 and dumb as a bag of rocks.

The Peanut

mike_ie wrote: »

35 and dumb as a bag of rocks.

Wise enough to travel when you can.

FTA69

bluewolf wrote: »

Few places but nothing really exciting
umm... usa, denmark, sweden, israel, england, germany, france, italy, spain, switzerland, austria, czech r...

currently eyeing up a group travel thingy to bhutan

It looks fascinating but anything to do with tours winds my langer up something fierce. I'd sooner go for a stomp around Nepal on my own instead. (Smoking half of the Himalayas as I go.)

Quin_Dub

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Americans who have never left the states is no different to an Irish person who has never left Europe to be fair about this, the US is a feckin' huge yoke!

MS.ing wrote: »

in fairness the whole world is turning into the united states of america consumerism. lines are blurred wherever you go now. maybe what you meant was if youve never been to a developing country.

in europe there are different languages and cultures, same cant be said for the US. size isnt every thing

If you think about the most common reasons an Irish person travels overseas then it's fairly easy to see why a large % of average Americans haven't left the country.

Holidays (Winter holiday or summer sun holiday) - Covered in multiple ways by the USA
Work (either business visit or to get a new job) - Covered ; If I can't get a job in NYC I can move to Chicago or LA or Dallas or wherever.. also lots of very large companies that do not exist outside of US , so lots of people never need to go visit a customer overseas.

Personally I've been to

England
Scotland
Wales
France
Luxembourg
Sweden
Denmark
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Spain
Slovakia
Morocco
South Africa
China
India
USA

I travel to the US 5 or 6 times a year for work and have been doing so for the last 15 years or more. I end up spending about 2 months a year there all told.

homemadecider

I've been all over the place.

Scariest place: Democratic Republic of Congo

Most giant spider place: Mozambique

Giant snake experience: India

Road potholes the size of a small car: Sierra Leone

Diarrhoea for 2 weeks: Tanzania

Nicest beach: Zanzibar

Earthquake followed by lizards in the shower: Uganda

Lovely red wine and great food: Rwanda

I've had great breaks all over Europe and I really do appreciate short-haul, easy flights.

munster87

I've been to 194 different countries

Wompa1

Not meant as an attack on anybody. But we (The Irish) as a nation are pretty privileged

LorMal

That's more interesting than my long list of countries. So here goes (again)...

Most tight fisted ignorant bullies: Netherlands
More incredible, outstanding French Dinner in a Restaurant: Vilnius
Most weird but strangely attractive and mildly friendly people: Helsinki
Biggest gap between being sober (boring people) and drunk (wild randy people): Stockholm
Most exciting mixture of east and west: Hong Kong
Best city for everything really:London
Most disappointing kip: Paris, Madrid, Athens
Scary natives: Gaborone
Unfriendliest taxi drivers in the focking Universe: Beijing
Most horrible airport: Cairo
Driving head on, both sides of the road:Beirut
Best Food: Arab food in Israel
Most incredible city for history, culture: Jerusalem
Best boat trip :Overnight ferry between Helsinki and Stockholm - you think the Irish can drink??
Beautiful women: Lebanon OMG!!!
Classiest Hotel: Shangri La Hong Kong (in a top floor suite!) http://www.shangri-la.com/
Worst Hotel: Hotel in Ballina (found a corn plaster full of blood under my pillow in the morning!!)
Worst Food: Sofia Bulgaria - something that looked like a lung and tasted worse

4zn76tysfajdxp

LorMal wrote: »

Best boat trip :Overnight ferry between Helsinki and Stockholm - you think the Irish can drink??

Great bands too. Great bands.

Andrewf20

Done a fair bit at this stage meself - 32 countries I think. Travel is like food for the soul I find. Theres a good few gems out there - Iceland, Patagonia, and Nepal come to mind. For alot of places in Asia or some places in south america once you pay for the flights, it can be as cheap as chips for grub, accommodation and tours - especially Cambodia, Thailand etc.

Penny Tration

Haven't been abroad much, but I've been away a little bit.

England loads of times, Portugal, Scotland, Wales, Nice, Toulon, Monte Carlo and the Seychelles. Going to Spain for the first time next year.

redbranch14

I have never been outside of my beloved Ulster (in terms of this island anyway)

Samsgirl

Lived in UK & Ireland.
Visited
France - Toulouse & Paris
Scotland - Edinburgh
England.- London
Spain - Canary Islands
USA - San Francisco, LA, Las Vegas, Hawaii
Spent 12 hrs in Newark airport, so I guess New Jersey also!!

snowstorm445

Yep, although never outside of Western Europe. So far I've travelled to England (London and bits of the Midlands), Scotland (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth, Stirling, parts of the Highlands and Skye), France (Brittany, Normandy, Paris and the Vendee), Portugal (the Algarve, Lisbon, Coimbra and the Alentejo), Spain (Madrid and Barcelona) and the Netherlands (just Amsterdam).

I've been to most counties in Ireland (including all of those in Munster, Leinster and Northern Ireland), I've yet to go to Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, Leitrim and Roscommon.

131spanner

France - Paris.
Germany - Hamburg, Munich, the Alps.
Italy - Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, Lake Garda.
Northern Ireland - Belfast, Derry.

I've seen a lot of the Republic from Malin to Mizen, the family are pretty big into the aul "staycations".

I'm messing with the idea of working for one of our winters in New Zealand in 3 or 4 years when I'm qualified.

con___manx1

N Ireland ,Wales ,England,Portugal ,Spain ,holland,France,USA ,Canada,Dubai,Thailand ,Singapore and Australia . I lived in Canada and Australia for a couple of years. I'd love to go to Argentina, India ,Norway and Sweden . If I ever won the lotto I would travel the world.

Brinimartini

Canada, US, Panama, Germany, France, Austria, Poland,
Belgium, Holland, Turkey, Portugal, Madeira, England,
Scotland, Wales, Spain, Italy.

LenaClaire

Lived in:
USA
Australia
Japan

US States Visited
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
South Dakota
Arizona
Texas
Louisiana
Nebraska
Colorado
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Georgia
Maine
New York
Massachusetts
DC
Pennsylvania
Montana
Wyoming
Michigan
Florida
Missouri
New Hampshire
Hawaii

Rest of the World
UK (all except Wales)
Germany
France
Spain
UAE
Singapore
China (Hong Kong)
Mexico
South Korea

GAC999

Never been outside Western Europe, it's definitely my aim to do so in next year to two but I've been to Stockholm, lots of Spanish Islands (Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Majorca) and London three times.

I've never lived outside Ireland though.

K.Flyer

Nothing too exciting compared to some...
All 32 Counties of Ireland and the full coastline where it was possible.

Wales,
England,
Belgium,
France,
Portugal,
Spain, (lived there as well)
Lanzarote,
Italy,
Corsica,
Croatia,
Macedonia,
Slovenia,
Serbia,
Greece,
Greek Islands,
Cyprus,
Turkey,
Egypt.

Oops69

England, Scotland, France , Spain , Italy ,Germany , Netherlands, Austria , Greece,Switzerland Czech Republic , Cyprus , Hungary, USA , Canada, Vatican City ( lots of ye forgot that I'd say when ye put down Italy , I'm so clever me.)

bnt

I didn't think I'd travelled that much, but it does add up over the years:
Most of the UK.
South Africa (all 4 provinces) plus Swaziland
USA: Seattle, New York, Denver, Houston, (& Jacksonville FL later this year)
Canada: Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver
France (Paris, Canne, Lyon), Germany (Düsseldorf).
Bangalore, Dubai.