Travel - timeline

Aloha to all you people fond of travelling!
At the very end of this post there is a timeline of all my travel experiences, excluding day trips. There you can see that I went on my very first holiday when I wasn't even a year old. There are actually a few interesting discoveries I even made myself. So here are a few facts from the life of a tourist:

·         My very first holiday was in autumn 1994 to the Allgäu.

·         The only year I didn't go on vacation a single time is 1995.

·         The destinations I visited the most frequently outside of Germany are:

1. France                                          12       times
2. Mallorca                                        11       times
3. UK (excl. London)                          9       times
4. Netherlands                                   7       times + several day trips

5. London                                          7       times

·         Including the already planned vacations, I overall went on holiday 85 times. That makes an average of 3.7 times per year.

·         Including Germany I have visited 30 countries + on my way to the destinations I went through and stopped in Switzerland, Luxemburg, Wales and Canada.

·         The years in which I travelled the most are 2011 and 2007.
In 2007 I went on holiday 7 times - to Belgium, Germany, Spain and twice both to France and Italy.
In 2011 I lived the complete year at Boarding School in England and regularly flew back home to Cologne, Germany. Additionally to that I travelled to Milan, London, Cornwall, Malta, Sweden, Denmark and France. In London I got to see the Royal Wedding, which was actually a great coincidence, as we booked our trip before they announced the date of the wedding.

·         I went on holiday with my family, with my friends, with my boyfriend and with organisations.

·         If you want me to tell you more about any of those holidays and destinations, and my travel experience in general, please tell me! :)

I found it really interesting, surprising and exciting to collect this timeline and facts. I had so many nice memories thinking back to all those holidays. And I am already so excited for the three upcoming ones this year: Visiting my boyfriend in Munich in exactly 12 days, going on a 3-week cloister retreat in Nepal this summer, and attending my friend's wedding in Spain. And then obviously there are sooo many more destinations I want to visit. I would really love to see the Expo 2017 in Kazakhstan, I dream about travelling to Russia, Finland, Norway, maybe Sweden again, Iceland, Canada, I want to explore the US, visit Australia and New Zealand, experience Latin America and go to many exotic places... 

Talking about travelling I am really in the mood to pack my suitcase now and just fly away...

Tell me about your travel experiences! Where do you dream to go on holiday? What is your favourite place in the world? Which holiday did you not enjoy so much?

See you next week

Love you

Jen

Living in	Year	Season	Holiday
UK	2016	Autumn	Costa Brava, Spain
Cologne		Summer	Cloister retreat in Nepal
		Spring	Munich, Germany
Spain		Turn of the year	Munich, Germany
	2015	Autumn	Lake District, England, UK
Cologne		Winter	Dubai
	2014	Summer	Lake Garda, Italy
		Summer	Edinburgh & Newcastle, UK
		Summer	Zandvoort, Netherlands
		Spring	Berlin, Germany
	2013	Autumn	Kenya
		Summer	Mallorca, Spain
		Summer	Romania
		Winter	Lake District & Newcastle & Edinburgh, UK
	2012	Winter	London, England, UK
		Summer	South of France
		Summer	Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia
		Summer	Venice, Italy
England		Summer	Lake District, England, UK
	2011	Autumn	Paris & Normandy, France
		Summer	Sweden & Denmark
		Summer	Malta
		Summer	Cornwall, England, UK
		Spring	London, England, UK
		Spring	Milan, Italy
	2010	Autumn	London, England, UK
Cologne		Summer	Morocco
		Summer	Zeeland, Netherlands
		Spring	London, England, UK
		Spring	Dominican Republic
	2009	Autumn	London, England, UK
		Summer	Loire Valley, France
		Summer	London, England, UK
		Spring	Alsace, France
		Spring	Florida, USA
	2008	Autumn	Mallorca, Spain
		Summer	Cuba
		Summer	Costa Brava, Spain
		Spring	Skiing in Austria
		Spring	Black Forest, Germany
		Winter	Center Parcs Het Heijderbos, Netherlands
	2007	Autumn	Mallorca, Spain
		Summer	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
		Summer	Sicily, Italy
		Spring	Montpellier, France
		Spring	Paris, France
		Spring	Skiing in South Tyrol, Italy
		Winter	Center Parcs Erperheide, Belgium
	2006	Autumn	Egypt
		Summer	Corfu, Greece
		Summer	Scotland, UK
		Winter	Center Parcs Het Heijderbos, Netherlands
	2005	Autumn	Mallorca, Spain
		Summer	Torquay, England, UK
		Summer	London, England, UK
		Summer	Czech Republic & Slovakia & Austria
	2004	Autumn	Horse Riding in Idar-Oberstein, Germany
		Summer	Ireland
		Summer	Poland
	2003	Autumn	Blankenheim Castle, Germany
		Summer	France
		Summer	Mallorca, Spain
		Spring	Mallorca, Spain
	2002	Summer	Cornwall, England, UK
		Summer	South of France
		Spring	Mallorca, Spain
		Spring	Disneyland Paris, France
	2001	Autumn	Center Parcs Het Meerdal, Netherlands
		Summer	Brittany, France
		Summer	Austria
		Spring	Harz, Germany
	2000	Summer	Cornwall, England, UK
		Summer	Mallorca, Spain
		Summer	Tunisia
		Spring	Disneyland Paris, France
	1999	Autumn	Eifel, Germany
		Summer	Mallorca, Spain
		Summer	Center Parcs Het Heijderbos, Netherlands
		Spring	Mallorca, Spain
	1998	Summer	Mallorca, Spain
	1997	Autumn	Zeeland, Netherlands
		Summer	Lake Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
		Summer	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
	1996	Summer	South of France
	1995	-	-
	1994	Autumn	Allgäu, Germany