Country #25 Monaco

India was the 5th country I had every been to and now that I get to travel more, I have made a goal of getting to 50 countries by the time I am 50.  I am fortunate that I get to travel a lot for school.

I joined a Math Specialist program that requires us to meet 5 times in two years and I just had a meeting in Nice, France (country 24!).  My friends and I took a 40 minute bus ride that cost 1.50 Euros to go to Monaco.  It was dark so we didn't get to see much, but it is exactly like I pictured. A symbol of wealth.  We really didn't see any "normal" stores.  We did have a reasonable dinner there. Nice was nice  - My hotel was a tower - Villa la Tour.  It was very close to the Acropolis where our conference was.  It was also in the middle of the old town which consisted on wonderfully narrow, winding streets with cute shops.  The weather was perfect - bright sunny skies and cool temperatures.

So now I am halfway to my goal and should be to 30 by the end of this summer.
*plan to go before the end of July

1)  The US.
2) Canada (a cruise stop)  sad.  Will need to travel more there.
3) Mexico - a high school Spanish trip  It was my first flight!
4) Ecuador - 3 times for missionary work
5) Peru - Hiked the Inca trail to Machu Picchu

6) India - I live there!
7) The Maldives - a whole week basking in this paradise.
8) Thailand - went to visit friends
9) Hong Kong - went to visit a friend

10) Israel (3 times including the Jerusalem half marathon)
11) Jordan - Petra!
12) Oman - a school conference
*13) Bahrain - a school conference this January
*14) UAE - Math Counts competition this February

15) France - math conference
16) the Netherlands - one night layover
17) Austria - math conference
18) Poland - twice for a math conference
19) Greece - twice on Cruise stops
20) Cyprus - cruise
21) Italy - Venice, Rome, Pompeii
22) Vatican City - smallest country
23) Monaco
24) Croatia - cruise stop and a Math conference
*25) Bosnia - hoping to go when I go to Croatia for a math conference this spring
*26) Montenegro -  hoping to go when I go to Croatia for a math conference this spring
27) Turkey - 4 times cruise stops and visiting friends in Istanbul
28) Ireland - spent a total of 9 weeks there over 2 summers going to grad school.
29) England - spent a week in London, Bath, Stonehenge
*30) Spain - going on a cruise this summer with friends
*31) Andorra - hoping to visit this summer when I am in Barcelona

I am well on my way to my goal.

I am so blessed to see so much of the world!