I have been incredibly lucky to have a family that values the travel experience, and as a result I have been to some pretty amazing places.

Baja California in January 2012
Northwest National Parks in August 2011
Spain: to find the resting place of great-uncle Sam in January 2011
Cross Country Drive Redux: Moving from Boston to Oakland in August 2010
Guatemala 2010: Went for my Mom’s 60th birthday; took a fascinating jaunt to the country which must not be named
Mapping Palestine: Spent a month in the Occupied Palestinian Territory doing thesis research. Then went to Jordan and Syria with Ruth.
Children’s Crusade: Italy to India overland, through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Occupied Palestine, and Jordan in summer 2008
Maya Adventure: Belize and Guatemala in January 2008
Birthright and Beyond: Israel, Egypt and Jordan in summer 2007
Cross Country Drive: From Boston to San Francisco and back in summer 2006
Old Europe: London, Rome and Prague in January 2005
Montreal in July 2004
Greece in summer 2003
Provence and a short jaunt to Monaco in summer 2002
European Grand Tour: France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Germany in summer 2000
China: Beijing and the Great Wall in February 2000
Trinidad and Tobago in winter 1999
Costa Rica in summer 1998
Alaska in summer 1997
England, Scotland and Wales in summer 1994
Florence in summer 1992
Dominican Republic in winter 1990

My sister and I made a pact on our last trip to continue our wandering, keeping the number of countries visited above our age for as long as we can. It’s a tall order, but I think we can do it. My current total is 36 at age 27. I’ll catch aunt Beryl one day…