37 (or 46) countries I've been to

Jeff Schwartz had a list like this with 22 countries and Dave Roberts shows 38 countries. Of course the comparison isn't fair, as I don't have to cross any oceans to make this list a little longer. (and here is the list of the provinces that I have already visited).

According to the TCC (the Travelers' Century Club), Scotland, Wales, Srpska, Madeira, the Canaries, Sicily, the Ionian Islands, the Dodecanesos and Asian (or European) Turkey are additionally termed "countries", so that I could count 44 countries, still a long way off the 100 needed for membership of that club.

My mother's list is even longer.

België (1961)
- I live there, but I count as serious trips :
- 1995 : Gent, World Junior Championships
- 1996 : Oostende, European Union Bridge Championships
- 2002 : Oostende, European Mixed Championships
- 2002 : Brugge, World University Championships
- 2007 : Brugge, European University Championships
- 2010 : Oostende, European Team Championships
Luxembourg (??)
- several times to my family over there
Nederland (??)
- nearly every year, as well as :
- 1993 : Amsterdam, European Bridge Tournament Director's course
- 1994 : Arnhem, European Junior Championships
- 2000 : Maastricht, World Bridge Olympiad
- 2001 : Rotterdam, European University Bridge Championships
- 2005 : Rotterdam, European University Bridge Championships (yes, indeed, twice in the same city!)
- 2011 : Eindhove, World Bridge Championships
France (1975)
- 1975 : Bretagne
- 1989 : Paris
- 1993 : Menton, European Bridge Championships
- 1998 : Lille, World Bridge Championships
- 2001 : Deauville, Bridge tournament
- 2001 : Paris, World Bridge Championships
- 2003 : Menton, European Bridge Championships
- 2008 : Pau, European Bridge Team Championships
- 2009 : by plane to Nice, on way to Sanremo
- 2009 : Deauville, Bridge tournament
- 2010 : by plane to Nice, on way to Sanremo
- 2012 : Reims, World University Bridge Champioships
United Kingdom (1977)
- 1977 : Scotland
- 1979 : London
- 1985 : London
- 1993 : London, European Cup Winner's Cup Final (can you believe it, I went to watch Antwerp play - that's like an Evertonian watching Liverpool!)
- 1999 : London, Easter Bridge Tournament
- 2000 : London
- 2003 : Cardiff, International Bridge Tournament
- 2004 : Cardiff, International Bridge Tournament
- 2008 : London
- 2011 : London, Easter Bridge Tournament
Deutschland (1979)
- 1979 : Lüneburger Heide
- 1980 : Sauerland
- 1981 : Köln & der Rhein
- 1982 : Münster
- 1998 : Aachen, European Mixed Bridge Championships
- 1999 : Weimar, European University Bridge Championships
- 2001 : a cruise to Kiel (from 't Kiel, a part of Antwerpen where I live)
- 2001 : by car to Poland, and 2 hours in Berlin
- 2003 : by car to Poland
Österreich (1983)
- 1983 : passing through, by train
- 1992 : passing through, by car
- 2006 : passing through, by car
- 2007 : passing through, by car
- 2009 : passing through, by car
- 2010 : passing through, by car - and finally staying a night!
- 2011 : passing through, by car
Magyarorszag (1983)
- 1983 : Budapest
- 1986 : Budapest, European Junior Championships
Suisse (1988)
- 1988 : passing through, by coach
- 1990 : passing through, by coach
- 1999-2000 : passing through, by coach
- 2002-03 : passing through, by coach
Italia (1988)
- 1988 : by coach to Venezia, for a cruise
- 1988 : Syracuse
- 1988 : Venezia, World Bridge Olympiad
- 1990 : by coach to Venezia, for a cruise
- 1992 : Salsomaggiore, World Bridge Olympiad
- 1994 : by coach to Venezia, for a cruise
- 1997 : Montecatini, European Bridge Championships
- 1999-2000 : by coach to Genoa, for a cruise
- 2000 : Napoli
- 2000 : Bellaria, European Mixed Bridge Championships
- 2001 : Sorrento, European Pairs Championships
- 2002 : Salsomaggiore, European Team Championships
- 2002-03 : by coach to Genoa, for a cruise
- 2004 : Torino, European Tournament Director's Course
- 2006 : Torino, European Tournament Director's Course (yes, again)
- 2006 : Verona, World Bridge Championships
- 2006 : Roma, with bridge friends but without any bridge
- 2008 : Torino, European Tournament Director's Seminar
- 2009 : Sanremo, European Open Bridge Chamionships
- 2010 : Sanremo, European Tournament Director's Course (my 4th one, and my 4th 11th place)
Yugoslavia - Hrvatska (1988)
- 1988 : Dubrovnik
- 2006 : Pula, International Bridge Festival
- 2007 : Pula, International Bridge Festival
- 2009 : Pula, International Bridge Festival
- 2009 : Opatija, European University Championships
- 2010 : Opatija, European Youth Pairs Championships
- 2010 : Pula, International Bridge Festival
- 2011 : Opatija, World Youth Congress & Zagreb & Pula, International Bridge Festival
Ellada (1988)
- 1988 : Olympia
- 1990 : Athina
- 1990 : Gythion, Mistra
- 1994 : Athina
- 1996 : Rhodos, World Bridge Olympiad
- 1999 : Athina
- 1999-2000 : Rhodos
Malta (1988)
- 1988 : La Valetta
- 1999 : St George's, European Bridge Championships
- 2010 : Sliema, directing the Maltese national bridge championship (pairs)
- 2010 : Sliema, directing the Maltese national bridge championship (teams)
Tunisie (1988)
- 1988 : Tunis
Kybros (1990)
- 1990 : Famagusta
Israel (1990)
- 1990 : Ashdod, Jerusalem
- 2000 : Haifa, Acco
Palestina (1990)
- 1990 : Bethlehem
Misr (1990)
- 1990 : Port Said, Alexandria
- 1995 : Luxor to Aswan and Abu Simbel
- 2000 : Alexandria
Eire (1991)
- 1991 : Killarney, European Bridge Championships
- 2012 : Dublin, European Bridge Championships
Monaco (1993)
- 1993 : by car from Menton
- 2003 : by bus between Nice and Menton
Ceski (1993)
- 1993 : Praha
- 2004 : Praha, European Junior Bridge Championships
Turkye (1994)
- 1994 : Troje, Istambul
- 1999 : Kusadasi
- 2007 : Antalya, European Open Bridge Championships
Ukraina (1994)
- 1994 : Yalta, Odessa
Bulgaria (1994)
- 1994 : Varna
Portugal (1995)
- 1995 : Vilamoura, European Bridge Championships
- 2002(-03) : Madeira, on cruise, leaving just before midnight on Dec 31st
Polska (1999)
- 1999 : Warszawa, European Pairs Bridge Championships
- 2001 : Stargard Szczecinski, World Junior Pairs Bridge Championships
- 2003 : Wroclaw, European University Bridge Championships
- 2006 : Warszawa, European Bridge Championships
- 2008 : Lodz, World University Bridge Championships
- 2011 : Poznan, European Open Bridge Championships
- 2011 : Warszawa, European Universities Bridge Championships
España (2001)
- 2001 : Tenerife, European Bridge Championships
- 2002 : Almeria, Granada, Malaga, on cruise
- 2003 : Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Lanzarote, on the same cruise (after New Year)
- 2005 : Tenerife, European Open Bridge Championships
- 2008 : Northern Spain, by car from Pau
al Magrib (2003)
- 2003 : Casablanca, on a cruise
Danmark (2004)
- 2004 : Flying to Kopenhagen, on my way to Malmö
Sverige (2004)
- 2004 : Malmö, European Bridge Team Championships
Slovenija (2006)
- 2006 : by car, on the road to Pula (Croatia)
- 2007 : by car, on the road to Pula
- 2009 : by car, on the road to Pula
- 2010 : by car, on the road to Opatija
- 2010 : by car, on the road to Pula
- 2011 : by car, on the road to Opatija and Pula
Citta del Vaticano (2006)
- 2006 : during a trip to Roma (I even managed to walk all the way around this country)
Andorra (2008)
- 2008 : by car from Pau
United States of America (2010)
- 2010 : Philadelphia, World Bridge Championships
Bosnia & Herzegovina (2011)
- 2011 : by car from Zagreb
Russia (2012)
- 2012: stopover in Moskou on the flight to Shanghai
China (2012)
- 2012: Taicang: World Junior Bridge Championships

Here is a map with these countries

Written 2000-07-07 - last update 2012-08-06