Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Life, Travel Trifecta on Jan 12th, 2011
Since it’s still early in the year, I thought I’d reflect on our journey: past and future. In 2010, we added: Continents: +0 Countries: +10 States: +0 The new countries included: Albania, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, British Virgin Islands (UK), Corfu (Greece), Croatia, Dominican Republic, Montenegro, Slovenia, and St. Kitts & Nevis. We also took […]
Posted in Albania, Blogosphere, Greece, Montenegro, Nieuw Amsterdam, Travel Trifecta on Dec 31st, 2009
I’ll admit it. I might be the world’s worst blogger. According to this corner of cyberspace, we seem to still be en route to Minnesota… That’s a very long trip (since early October)! Actually, I started writing this post in mid-December on another plane flying across the country from Minneapolis to California for a business […]
Posted in Places, Travel Trifecta on Aug 26th, 2009
In my last update you may have wondered: why “plus two” countries when Paul and Libby just went to Alaska (USA) and Canada? For our Travel Trifecta rules, we’re using the country list defined by the Traveler’s Century Club (here’s a link to their country list and rules). So what? Well, the TCC actually counts […]
Posted in Travel Trifecta on Aug 23rd, 2009
So, I’ve finally managed to get our travel stats updated, as well as the “Been There!” and “Going There!” pages. With the Alaskan cruise, we’ve inched a bit closer to our goal: 23 (+2) countries and 18 (+1) states. I also realized that I’d forgotten a country in my prior count: Vatican City, thus bringing […]
Posted in Blogosphere, Travel Trifecta on Jul 25th, 2009
I’ve been in the habit of writing a travel blog for each of our “major” vacations for the past year or so. We have another interesting trip to Alaska coming up in a few days. However, rather than create another standalone travel blog, I thought it was time to try something new. To that end, […]