…well, it looked a lot when I had a map of the world and pins in the 80s. It looks rather less impressive when mapped, especially when Russia is basically Moscow. Although, 23 countries isn’t trivial.

I always fancied the Far East but the opportunity never arose (although my Lodger and colleague got to do a training course in Tokyo, it kept us in Sake’ for months and gave us a chance to refresh our CD players).

I define “lived there ” as in staying in an Apartment for an extended period rather than a Hotel (Norway 1 year, Saudi 1 year, Ontario 2x 3 months, Eire commuting for 6 months or so.)

Hat tip: Braveheart