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World Travels

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I have traveled the world quite a lot in my life. I love to travel and usually go out of my way to visit a new country or place. I call this collective habit my "World Travels".

Definitions

First, let me define how I categorise the countries I have been to. This is necessary because I have stayed for variable lengths of time in many countries. It is a somewhat arbitrary distinction, however, it will help me categorise my World Travels.

Below is how I define my stay in countries:

Countries I have lived in 

any country I have stayed in for at least six months

Countries I have stayed in 

any country I have stayed in for at least one month but less than six months

Countries I have visited 

any country I have stayed in for at least one week but less than one month

Countries I have traveled to or through 

any country I have stayed in for less than one week

Countries

Below is an alphabetical list of the 58 countries I have lived in or have traveled to so far (a work in progress). Click on the individual countries (where link present) for more information on that particular country.

Asia

1. Japan: Tokyo and Chiba; October 1995—June 1996
2. Taiwan: Taipei, December 1995

Europe

1. Austria: Vienna, Salzburg, Graz, Innsbruck, Villach, Linz
2. Belgium: 1988
3. Bosnia i Herzegovina:
4. Bulgaria: Sofia; 1988
5. Byleorussia: June 1994
6. Croatia: Zagreb, Rijeka, Vukovar, Šibenik, Split, Dubrovnik; 1984, 1988, 1995, 1996
7. Czech Republic: 1985, 1994
8. Denmark: København, Århus, Roskilde; August 1997, August 2005—February 2006, June 2006
9. France: Paris, Strasbourg, Nice, Beausoleil, Antibes, Cannes, Toulon, Marseille, Nimes, Montpellier, Perpignan; 1988, 1993, 2006.
10. Germany: Hamburg, Berlin, München, Köln, Stuttgart, Kassel; 1984, 1988, 1996, 1997, April 2006
11. Greece: 1987
12. Hungary:
13. Ireland: Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway, Sligo; December 1999—January 2000
14. Italy: Rome, Milano, Venice, Padua, San Remo, Genova, Verona; 1988, 1997, April 2006
15. Latvia: Riga; January 1994
16. Liechtenstein: Vaduz; August 1996
17. Lithuania: Vilnius; January 1994
18. Luxembourg: 1988
19. Macedonia: Skopje, Ohrid; 1987
20. Moldova: November 1985
21. Monaco: Monaco-Ville, La Condamine, Monte Carlo, Fontvieille, Moneghetti, Larvotto - Tenao, and Saint Roman; February 2006-June 2006.
22. Montenegro (Crna Gora):
23. Netherlands, The: Amsterdam, Rotterdam; 1984, 1988, December 1999, April 2006
24. Norway: Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim; August 1997
25. Poland: Warsaw; 1985, December 1993—May 1994, September 1994
26. Romania: November 1985
27. Russia: Moscow; September 1985—November 1985, July 1994—September 1994
28. Serbia (including Vojvodina, Kosovo, and Metohija):
29. Slovakia: 1984, 1993, 1994
30. Slovenia: Ljubljana, Postojna, Novo Mesto, Kranj; 1984, 1988, 1995, November 1996—December 1997, April 2006
31. Spain: Barcelona; April 2006
32. Sweden: August 1997
33. Switzerland: 1988, August 1996
34. United Kingdom: January 2000, June 2006
35. Ukraine: November 1985

North America

1. Canada: September 2001
2. Mexico: 1999
3. United States of America: 1999—July 2005

South America

1. Bolivia: 1991
2. Chile: 1991
3. Colombia: 1992
4. Ecuador: 1992
5. Peru: 1989—1992
6. Venezuela: 1992

Global cities

Below is a list of the Global cities I have been to (and I have lived in some of these):

Alpha world cities (full service world cities)

12 points:

• London
• New York City
• Paris
• Tokyo

10 points:

Beta world cities (major world cities)

9 points:

• Toronto
• Zürich

8 points:

• Brussels
• Mexico City

7 points:

• Moscow

Gamma world cities (minor world cities)

6 points

• Amsterdam
• Boston
• Caracas
• Dallas
• Düsseldorf
• Houston
• Prague
• Taipei
• Washington, D.C.

5 points:

• Montreal
• Rome
• Stockholm
• Warsaw

4 points:

• Atlanta, Georgia
• Barcelona
• Berlin
• Budapest
• Copenhagen
• Hamburg
• Miami
• Minneapolis
• Munich

Evidence of world city formation

Strong evidence

3 points

• Dublin
• Luxembourg
• Philadelphia
• Vienna

Some evidence

2 points:

• Bratislava
• Bucharest
• Cleveland, Ohio
• Cologne
• Kiev
• Lima
• Oslo
• Rotterdam
• Seattle
• Stuttgart
• The Hague
• Vancouver

Minimal evidence

1 point:

• Antwerp
• Aarhus
• Baltimore, Maryland
• Calgary
• Columbus, Ohio
• Dresden
• Genoa
• Gothenburg
• Kansas City, Missouri
• Marseille
• Richmond, Virginia
• Tijuana
• Utrecht

External links

• A Google Map of my travels (incomplete)
• TrekEarth
• Geotagging files with libferris and Google Earth
• TripTracker - Christoph
• TripTracker — Monaco - Slovenia - Rotterdam - Berlin - Copenhagen
• visited countries - map gen