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On February 11, 2023 I had visited 92 countries and territories.
From the early trips with my family as a kid to nowadays membership to frequent flyer programs I always enjoyed travelling :-)
Especially during university times I have I travelled mainly throughout Europe (almost all countries), but after either for work or for the eager to expand my views beyond I have extensively travelled in other continents.
One of the key factors of my extensive trips to Europe was my active involvement, in my late years of university, in European-wide student projects carried on by the NGO AEGEE through which I acquired a very big network of friends, contacts and experiences useful either to travel for my own pleasure or to develop an internationally minded professional profile.
My European mobility has become more a lifestyle than a holiday planning, I can say I feel a real European citizen and the amount of times that I visited regularly some countries is almost countless.
I have had also the chance to live in different countries, I am back to Milan since a long now, certainly in my future plans there is still the same lifestyle, travelling in Europe naturally as if it was like taking the tube in your own town and beyond to explore other parts of the world which I haven't seen yet and who knows maybe moving somewhere else again.
Of course life changes, you make up a family and now besides the pleasure to travel with my wife, the aim is to pass on this passion for exploration to my son Amir.
Countries visited Maps
Countries Visited list:
Albania 4
Andorra 2
Argentina 3
Armenia 1
Azerbaijan 1
Austria #
Bahamas 1
Belgium @#
Bosnia-Herzegovina 3
Brasil 2
Bulgaria 6
China 1
Cile 1
Costa Rica 1
Croatia *
Cuba 1
Cyprus *
Cyprus * (North, see note 1)
Czech Republic 5
Denmark 7
Dominican Republic 1
Finland 5
France #
Germany #
Georgia 1
Gibraltar 1
Greece #
Greenland 1
Egypt 1
England * (note 3)
Estonia 1
Hong Kong 1
Hungary #
Iceland 1
India 1
Indonesia 1
Iran 1
Ireland 2
Israel 1
Italy @# (home country)
Japan 1
Jordan 1
Kazakhstan *
Kirghizstan 1
Kenya 1
Kosovo 4 (note 2)
Latvia 1
Liechtenstein 3
Luxemburg *
Lituania 1
North Macedonia 4
Malaysia 1
Maldives 1
Malta 5
Mexico 4
Moldavia 1
Northern Ireland 1 (Note 3)
Norway 2
Oman 1
Panama 1
Paraguay 1
Philippines 1
Poland 5
Portugal *
Romania *
Russia 1
San Marino 7
Scotland 2 (note 3)
Serbia *
Singapore 2
Slovakia 5
Slovenia #
South Korea 1
Spain @#
Sri Lanka 1
Sweden 5
Switzerland #
Thailand 2
Tunisia 1
Turkey #
Ukraine 5
United Arab Emirates 3
United States @5
Uruguay 1
Uzbekistan 1
Vatican 2
Venezuela 1
Vietnam 2
Wales 1 (note 3)