Where Have I Been?

This map is pretty cool – it tells you how many countries you've visited, what share of the world's population that is, the share of the earth's land surface, and a number of stars out of five based on that. To be entirely fair, I marked places I only truly visited (didn't just travel through) and can remember well. Looks like I've been to 20/197 countries, which is 5.44% of the world's population, and 1.70% of the earth's land surface. This all adds up to 3/5 stars – time to start traveling! 

Locations I've been to outside of the U.S. (organized by date/trip): 

• Trip 1: Summer 2009 
• Beijing, China 
• Ulaanbaatar and Sainshand, Mongolia 
• Trip 2: Summer 2010
• Tokyo, Japan 
• Trip 3: Spring 2011
• Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 
• Trip 4: Summer 2011 
• London and Oxford, UK 
• Paris, France 
• Venice, Florence, and Rome, Italy 
• Vatican City 
• Trip 5: Summer 2011
• Melbourne, Sydney, and Cairns, Australia 
• Trip 6: ? 
• Niagara, Canada 
• Trip 7: Winter 2014 
• London and Oxford, UK 
• Trip 8: Summer 2016 
• Ulaanbaatar and Lake Khovsgol, Mongolia 
• Trip 9: Fall 2017 (Semester abroad in Grenoble, France)
• Paris, Grenoble, Annecy, Aix-en-Provence/Avignon/Arles/Les Baux-de-Provence, Loire Valley (Tours, Blois, Amboise), Lyon, and Strasbourg, France
• Out-of-country travels: 
• Budapest, Hungary 
• Ljubljana/Bled, Slovenia 
• Vienna, Austria 
• Munich, Germany
• Mannheim, Germany
• Trip 10: Spring 2018 (Semester abroad in Rabat, Morocco)
• Rabat, Casablanca, Fès, Ifran, Marrakesh, Zaouiat Ahansal, Merzouga, Chefchaouen, and Essaouira, Morocco
• Out-of-country travels:
• Madrid, Spain
• Tenerife and Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
• Porto, Portugal
• Barcelona, Spain
• Athens, Meteora, Santorini, and Milos, Greece
• Trip 11: January 2019
• Guayaquil, Cuenca, and Quito, Ecuador
• Trip 12: March 2019
• Dublin and Glencree, Republic of Ireland
• Belfast, Northern Ireland

So where to next? In the foreseeable future: Dakar, Senegal in August for one more study abroad!