Tucker and I are often asked “How many countries have you been to?” Surprisingly, we are always slow to come up with a number, so for all those who are interested (and for our own tracking purposes), here is the master list of “countries” we have been to together, in the order in which we visited them:

United States – Canada – Netherlands – Finland – US Virgin Islands – Puerto Rico – Bahamas – China – South Korea – Poland – Norway – Portugal – Spain – Italy – Vatican City – Belgium – Czechia – Estonia – Latvia – Lithuania – Belarus – Iceland – United Kingdom – Ireland – Sweden – North Macedonia – Slovakia – Hungary – Austria – Germany – Ukraine – Mongolia – Thailand – Cambodia – Hong Kong – Australia – Macau – Philippines – Singapore – Malaysia – Taiwan – Japan – Mexico – Ecuador – Argentina – Uruguay – Colombia – Cayman Islands – Saint Martin – Sint Maarten – Anguilla – France – Greece – Brazil – Morocco

While, of course, we love visiting new countries, we’ve also come to love exploring one country over time, as expats. To me the list above seems a bit incomplete because while, yes, we’ve touched ground, eaten, and slept (those being my criteria for actually having “been there” – no airports count!) in those places, we’ve actually focused on exploring the various regions and cities of the countries we’ve called “home” as well:

United States: 1990-2015; 2020

I’ve already been to all 50 US states, but since our lists (and my blog posts) focus on the places Tucker and I have been together, for now, we can only include 34 states (plus Washington DC). I think trips back home are going to start getting a little more exciting!

Poland: 2015-2016

We only lived in Łódź for one year, but we did our best to see the variety that Poland has to offer! 9 out of 16 voivodeships visited.

China: 2017-2019

China is a massive country, and two years isn’t even close to enough time to see everything! Luckily we lived in Hefei, a pretty centrally located city, and we were able to visit 20 out of 33 provinces/regions.

Mexico: 2021-2023

The pandemic really cramped our travel-style for far too long, but I’m still proud we made it to 16 out of 31 states, plus CDMX.

Canada: 2023-present

We got a bit of a head start on this one, but still, we’re only at 9 out of 13 provinces/territories of Canada.