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I have found Pimsleur's CDs much better for learning enough of a language to get by in real-life situations than anything else. Never really tried Rosetta Stone.

My list is not too long, though I spent significant time working or living in some of these places: Russia (studied there), France (worked), Macau (worked), Hong Kong, Italy, Austria, Vietnam (vacation), Turkey, UAE (Dubai and AD).
 
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Ive done a wee bit of traveling over the years..

Im sure Ill leave a couple off... but here's a list off the top of my head (looking at an alphabetical list of countries of the world..)..

Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chad, China, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Cyprus, Czech Republic, DRC, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Equador, East Timor, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Jamacia, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea (South), Kuwait, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mexico, Moldovia, Nepal, Netharlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, South Sudan, Sweeden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, Venezuela, Vatican...

Ive got more air miles and hotel points than a BOTL could ever spend lol... (it helps when someone else is picking up the tab for about 90% of the trips listed...) :)


Sadly, I havent seen as much of the US as I would like... only been in about half the states... big gaps in the northwest and northeast both....
I'll fill your NW gap any time Dave. Just let me know lol
 

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Nice pics hugrad!

here are a couple more from parts a far..


demining dogs in afghanistan


old women watching "the show" outside dongguan china


from the apartment window, moscow


mikumi national park, tanzania


port au prince.. about 2 weeks after the earthquake...
 

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I'll fill your NW gap any time Dave. Just let me know lol


I might take you up on that some time :)

I spent some time in portland when I was a teenager (a few weeks).. and a bit of time in the seattle/tacoma area here and there... and have passed through northern california a couple of times.. but thats about it.. havent seen much of that area at all.... but would really like to...
 

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The cool thing (for me) about Europe (as opposed to Hong Kong) is the train system... you can land in Madrid.. spend 2 days.. then hop on a train and be in Barcelona in a couple of hours.. spend 2 days there.. and then hop on a train and be in Lisbon (or Paris) before nightfall.. spend 2 days.. and then hop a train back to Madrid in time to catch your flight back home... all in 1 week... the trains are reasonably cheap.. in most countries/places well kept and clean.. fast.. have decent food.. etc.. and are an experience in and of themselves..(for Americans... Europeans dont seem too impressed with them)

The train trip is an EXCELLENT idea!! I will need to look into that!
 

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we did Italy like that a couple of years ago...

spent 3 days in Rome.. then went to Florence for 3 days... then went to Capri for a day.. before we went back to Rome and caught our flight home.. was a great trip...

have done the same thing in Holland/Belgium as well.. spent a day in Amsterdam.. then scooted over to The Hague..then went to Brussels for a couple of days before heading back to the US.. was super easy.. not expensive at all.. and a lot of fun..
 

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My wife absolutely LOVED Rome. She says I just HAVE to go. I think i'm really diggin' the 2-3 days here and 2-3 days there concept. I get bored pretty easily, and I've been told several times now that the European train system is easy and convenient.
 
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