Foreign Countries I Have Visited

To date I have visited 19 foreign countries, and I think I have been lucky so far, as I am yet to visit a country and dislike it. I intend to visit almost every one of these countries again.


1) France: 11+ weeks

First Visit: Probably 1991

Number of Visits: At least 6 holidays and 6 day trips with family, 1 day trip with Scouts, 1 holiday and 2 field trips with school, 1 university field trip, 2 solo holidays. My most recent visit was in 2022.


2) Austria: 2+ weeks

First Visit: Probably 1992

Number of Visits: At least 3 family holidays, 1 multi-country solo holiday. My most recent visit was in 2023 (after a 27 year gap).


3) United States: 12+ weeks

First Visit: 2000

Number of Visits: 3 family holidays, 1 solo holiday, 1 holiday with friends, 1 Trek America trip, 1 holiday where I travelled solo before meeting up with friends, 1 day trip to the US side of Niagara Falls. My most recent visit was in 2019.


4) Spain: Around 5 weeks

First Visit: 2000

Number of Visits: 3 family holidays, 1 university field trip, 1 solo holiday. My most recent visit was in 2022.


5) Germany: Around 4 weeks

First Visit: 2003

Number of Visits: 1 holiday and 2 day trips from the Netherlands with family, 1 field trip and 2 day trips from the Netherlands with school, 2 multi-country solo holidays. My most recent visit was in 2023.


6) The Netherlands: Around 4 weeks

First Visit: 2004

Number of Visits: 2 school field trips, 1 family holiday, 1 multi-country solo holiday. My most recent visit was in 2018.


7) United Arab Emirates: Around 2 weeks

First Visit: 2005

Number of Visits: 2 family holidays. My most recent visit was in 2007.


8) Oman: Around 4 days

First Visit: 2005

Number of Visits: 1 family holiday.


9) Canada: 2.5 years

First Visit: 2008

Number of visits: 1 family holiday, 2 extended solo working holidays. My most recent visit began in 2018 and ended in 2020.


10) Turkey: 2 weeks

First Visit: 2009

Number of Visits: 1 family holiday.


11) Iceland: 2 weeks

First Visit: 2010

Number of Visits: 1 university field trip and 1 solo stopover on the way from Canada to the UK. My most recent visit was in 2020.


12) Belgium: Around 1 week

First Visit: 2013

Number of Visits: 1 family holiday, 1 multi-country solo holiday. My most recent visit was in 2018.


13) Denmark: 2+ weeks

First Visit: 2014

Number of Visits: 1 solo holiday, 1 multi-country solo holiday. My most recent visit was in 2023.


14) Sweden: 5 days

First Visit: 2014

Number of Visits: 1 solo day trip from Denmark, 1 multi-country solo holiday. My most recent visit was in 2023.


15) Czech Republic: 3 days

First Visit: 2014

Number of Visits: 1 holiday with friends.


16) Japan: 3 weeks

First Visit: 2015

Number of Visits: 1 holiday, partly solo, partly with a friend.


17) New Zealand: Around 50 weeks

First Visit: 2015 - 2016

Number of Visits: 1 extended solo working holiday, family joined me for 3 weeks.


18) Australia: 361 days

First Visit: 2016 - 2017

Number of Visits: 1 extended solo working holiday.


19) Ireland: 3 weeks

First Visit: 2019

Number of Visits: 1 holiday where I travelled solo before meeting up with friends.

20) Italy: 5 days

First Visit: 2023

Number of visits: 1 multi-country solo holiday.