I ended year one of my exploration challenge by visiting yet another new country to add to my list. My family, and when I say my family, I mean all of my husbands immediate family - 13 in all- flew south of the border for some fun in the sun. Who says 13 is an unlucky number!This year I ended up trying a some new foods - I have to keep at this as there are so many things to taste and experience. I visited two new states - Oregon and Washington. - both very beautiful and well worth the visit. I now have 7 to go to have seen all 50- Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana, Kansas, Hawaii and Alaska. I may have actually been in Kansas as a child, but I don't remember it, so I won't count it.
State capitals.....well that is yet another challenge. I'll have to think about this and count how many I have been in. I know I have lived in a few - Little Rock, Harrisburg and Raleigh.
I visited a few new countries. They were Spain, Italy, the Holy See and Mexico. On this score I have lots of places that I need to go. I have only been to Canada, Mexico, England, France, the Holy See, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Venezuela, Barbados, St Lucia, Greneda, the Virgin Islands, and several islands in the Bahamas. There are 257 countries listed on wikipedia.
And on the larger scale of things that means I have been to North America, South America, and Europe. I need to get cracking on those continents. 4 more to go.
Major cities....well this year I hit Rome, Madrid, Seattle, Portland, Venice.
As my mom would have said - so many places, so little time.....
Well, no time like the present. I am planning my next short adventure with my friends. We are going to see another Frank Lloyd Wright creation. I'll tell you all about that soon.
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