Where have you been?

Before I left the ship, there was a list of countries going around, nearly 150 listed. The idea was to count how many countries you had been to. I had coworkers who were around 100.

Why did I leave the ship, you may wonder. I am on vacation. I didn’t want to go on vacation. I sort of feel like I was voted off the ship or forced into exile. But everyone is exiled periodically, so I guess it is ok.

Anyway, here is my list as best as I can remember. When you live on a ship, you don’t pay that much attention.

You spend a lot of time saying, “Where are we?”

Followed by “Um, yeah, what country is that?”

Countries visited this year:

1. Antigua and Barbados, aka Wadadli
2. St. Lucia
3. Panama
4. Costa Rica
5. French Guiana
6. Brazil
7. Uruguay
8. Argentina
9. Chile
10. Portugal
11. UK

Last year (excluding ones from this year):
12. Italy
13. Monaco
14. Spain
15. France
16. Netherlands
17. Channel Islands (Bailiwick of Guernsey)
18. Ireland
19. Norway
20. Denmark
21. Sweden
22. Finland
23. Germany
24. Estonia
25. Russia
26. Canada
27. Iceland
28. Poland
29. Belgium

Previous years (exclusion of recent years)
30. Mexico
31. Israel
32. Egypt


I return to Croatia on June 16.

And here is a random picture, me and a penguin in Ushuaia. Ushuaia proclaims itself the end of the world, being it is the most southern city on earth. If you ever go to Antarctica (as I am sure you all will) you will stop at Ushuaia first.