Where have you been?

Onhell said:
So, when I moved to AZ, I was told I wasn't mexican because I lacked all said things. Also, because I wore sneakers instead of huaraches and didn't ride a donkey to school. So I told them said individual doesn't exist. We all wear jeans and t-shirts now, have automobiles and TVs. 17 years later I move back, I rent my first home and behind it is a HUGE corn field. One morning I'm woken up by a very loud "MOOOOOO!" I look out my window and see about 10 cows eating whatever was left of the harvest to clear out and fertilize the land again. Behind them, however, was a man, dressed in cloth pants, huaraches, a poncho, sombrero and nice big mustache.... He was riding a donkey :facepalm:. I just thought to myself... 17 years telling people you don't exists and here you are in full glory.
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:lol: :lol:

Onhell said:
In all seriousness however, in many of our resort towns, non-white locals get turned away out of classism/racism. A few turn away locals all together because they just assume we're all poor.
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This is very disturbing. :mad:
 
Hopefully I'm not forgetting anything:

Germany
Greece
Spain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
(Technically a bunch of ex-Yugoslavian countries, but we only ever drove through them, so I'm not counting them)

If all goes well, next year will see England, Ireland and Scotland added to the list.
 
GhostofCain said:
This is very disturbing. :mad:
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To put it mildly. I didn't believe it at first, but then I got similar treatment at the bank. Now, I'm "white," but I was dressed like our friend the donkey rider. Bank Exec calls my name, I get up and say that's me, dude looks over, scans me up and down like the Terminator and in a very condescending tone says, "What loan are YOU enquiring about?" "Um the one YOU offered me, I'm just here to say yes." "Do you have some ID?" "Yes." Hand over my ID, comes back 2 minutes later after seeing I actually have money in the bank, "Right this way, sir!" Fucking punks.
 
More seriously, I've been in France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Liechtenstein, Austria, Czech Republic and that's quite all for now. The countries I would like to visit are Portugal, Spain, UK, all Scandinavia, Greece, Egypt, USA, Central and South-America, China, Japan, Canada and Tibet/Nepal/Bhutan.
 
Since I'm probably not going to travel anymore this year, let me summarise my 2024 itinerary, places I've been to the first time in boldface:

France (Paris), Serbia (Belgrade), Spain (Tarragona, Barcelona), Greece (Athens, Crete), Austria (Vienna), Denmark (Copenhagen, Roskilde), Sweden (Malmö), plus a few places in Germany including two I haven't been to before (Trier, Karlsruhe) and, as always, several times in Bulgaria (Sofia).

Which brings my total list of countries up to 26:

Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Denmark
Sweden
United Kingdom
Czech Republic
The Netherlands
Belgium
France
Spain
Italy
San Marino
Vatican City
Hungary
Romania
Serbia
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Canada
United States
Pakistan
Nepal
Sri Lanka

I'm not counting Poland because I only passed through.
 
Night Prowler said:
  • Montenegro - ?x before independence, 3x since independence
  • Croatia - ?x (lost count)
  • Greece - 5x
  • Bulgaria - 4x
  • Austria - 2x
  • Hungary - 2x
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina - 1x
  • Czech Republic - 1x
  • Germany - 1x
  • Italy - 1x
  • Macedonia - 1x
  • Moldova - 1x
  • Romania - 1x
  • Ukraine - 1x
  • Vatican - 1x
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Updated:
  1. Montenegro - ?x before independence, 3x since independence
  2. Croatia - ?x (lost count)
  3. Greece - 7x
  4. Bulgaria - 6x
  5. Hungary - 5x (not counting airport-only visits)
  6. Austria - 2x
  7. Italy - 2x
  8. Romania - 2x
  9. Slovenia - 2x
  10. Bosnia & Herzegovina - 1x
  11. China - 1x
  12. Czech Republic - 1x
  13. Germany - 1x
  14. Hong Kong - 1x
  15. Macedonia - 1x
  16. Moldova - 1x
  17. Netherlands - 1x
  18. Qatar - 1x (airport-only)
  19. South Korea - 1x
  20. Spain - 1x
  21. Ukraine - 1x
  22. Vatican - 1x
 
srfc said:
Isle of Man
Wales
England
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Spain
Portugal
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Czech Republic
Italy
Greece
Cyprus
Russia

Also spent a few hours in Zurich airport, and when I was in Greece we flew into Sofia and drove down so technically I was in Switzerland and Bulgaria too:lol:
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Been to Malta, Bulgaria properly, Hungary, Iceland, Slovenia (including a night in an air bnb beside Zagreb airport so doesn't really count) and Austria since then.
 
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