My Year in Cities - 2006
I've never bothered with that list-the-places-I've-been web meme in the past, mostly because each year's list would consist solely of Perth (which, as the place I live, hardly counts) and Melbourne. It hardly seems worth reporting a list containing only one item (and does one item even maketh a list?).
As it happens, last year's list is slightly more impressive. I think it's best illustrated by a chart.
Like I said, a slight change on the previous few years (woe was 2003, in which I didn't even leave Perth).
In case you're interested, the full list of places in which I've stayed at least one night, is as follows:
- Melbourne
- London, England *
- Bergen, Norway
- Voss, Norway
- Trondheim, Norway
- Ostersund, Sweden
- Gavle, Sweden
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Nieuwpoort, Belgium
- Bruges, Belgium *
- Koln, Germany
- Antwerp, Belgium
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Arnhem, Netherlands
- Gottingen, Germany
- Magdeburg, Germany
- Berlin, Germany
- Warsaw, Poland
- Krakow, Poland
- Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Munich, Germany
- Krems, Austria
- Plzen, Czech Republic (Bonus points for being home of Pilsner!)
- Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
- Vienna, Austria
- Bled, Slovenia
- Bologna, Italy
- Rome, Italy
- Florence, Italy
- Levanto, Italy
- Antibes, France
- Aix-en-Provence, France
- Montpellier, France
- Donostia San Sebastian, Spain
- Madrid, Spain
- Puerto Banus, Spain
- Valencia, Spain
- Barcelona, Spain
- Lyon, France
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Falkirk, Scotland
* Indicates cities I visited more than once.
Whew. The coming year won't bring anywhere near that much travel excitement, so I think 2006 year will remain a personal best for the next while.
For the record, the photo on this post is of a car I stumbled across on a side street during my second visit to Bruges, Belgium. The fading mid-afternoon (!) light was just too good.
Posted on Tuesday, January 2, 2007 and filed under Life.
Comments
Wow. My list of zero cities is pretty pathetic in comparison to yours!
Posted by: Krissy on January 3, 2007
Would that car be a Mini?
Posted by: Greg H on January 3, 2007
Yes indeed: I believe it was a white (with orange rust-spots) Morris GT. Well spotted!
Posted by: Si on January 5, 2007
