February 6, 2004
Odd Patterns...
create your own visited country map
or write about it on the open travel guide
Again it is strange that some of the big voids are in places about whose cultures I am interested. I also realized that I have never been to San Marino, which is really weird, given where it is. I think that next time I am in Italy I will have to take a detour.
One of the interesting things is what to mark when you are not sure about a country, because you cannot remember where in an old country you were in relationship to where the lines were later drawn. I am not sure if any of the parts of Czechoslovakia I was in were in Slovakia. I am certain of the Czech Republic, but only took a guess on Slovakia. I was very young, and do not remember all the places I went to (really all I remember of Czechoslovakia was Prague).
I also refuse to recognize the Istrian Peninsula as part of any nation besides Italy, so when I mark Italy it covers whatever foreign power is holding Istria this week as well. Aren't there any great Italian poets with military and political aspirations to go adventuring in Yugoslavija anymore?
Posted by erik at February 6, 2004 3:18 PM | TrackBackNo, the dot would be Gibraltar. I have seen the rock, both by passing on land as well as on the boat to Morocco. I love Andorra. Sort of like the Alps without the Teutonic influence. Their main industry used to be retail, as they were a duty free zone. Now in the EU days, I don't know. Very lovely place, though. I only spent a couple of days there, but had one of the most memorable picnics in a pristine meadow in Andorra.
Posted by: Erik Keilholtz at February 8, 2004 1:29 AMMy eyes are kind of bad, even with glasses, but I think I see a little, tiny dot at the base of the Iberian peninsula. Does that mean that you skipped Andorra?
I've never been outside the U.S. at all, except to Ontario once by bus in 7th grade and through lovely Northern Quebec by car on my honeymoon.
But I've got a fascination for these "little" countries! Is Andorra too inaccessible, up in the mountains? What do they DO in Andorra?
Posted by: KTC at February 7, 2004 7:16 AM