51 countries in Europe and its Capitals

The continent of Europe has always been my fascination.
There are total of 48 countries in Europe and I would love to go visit their capital cities.
I have visited some of them already in 2012 and would love to visit again.

Here is the grand list below :

Countries in Europe and its Capitals I want to visit. 

1. Iceland - Reykjavik
2. Norway - Oslo
3. Sweden - Stockholm
4. Finland - Helsinki
5. Denmark - Copenhagen
6. Latvia - Riga
7. Estonia - Talinn
8. Lithuania - Vilnius
9. Russian Federation - Moscow
10. Belarus - Minsk
11. Poland - Warsaw
12. Serbia - Belgrade
13. Ukraine - Kiev
14. Moldova - Chisinau
15. Hungary - Budapest
16. Slovakia - Bratislava
17. Czech Rep - Prague
18. Romania - Bucharest
19. Croatia - Zagreb
20. Bosnia & Herzegovina - Sarajevo
21. Bulgaria - Sofia
22. Macedonia - Skopja
23. Albania - Tirane
24. Greece - Athens
25. Turkey - Ankara
26. Cyprus - Nikosia
27. Armenia - Yerevan
28. Georgia - Tbilisi
29. Azerbaijan - Baku
30. Malta - Valletta
31. Italy - Rome
32. Vatican - Vatican city
33. San Marino - San Marino
34. Slovenia - Ljubljana
35. Austria - Vienna
36. Liechtenstein - Vaduz
37. Germany - Berlin
38. Luxembourg - Luxembourg
39. Belgium - Brussels
40. Netherlands - Amsterdam
41. Switzerland - Bern
42. Monaco - Monaco
43. France - Paris
44. Andorra - Andorra
45. Spain - Madrid
46. Portugal - Lisbon
47. United Kingdom - London
48. Ireland - Dublin
49. Montenegro - Podgorica
50. Kazakkstan - Astana
51. Kosovo - Pristina

Feel free to comment the cities you have been or your most favourite European city.

MY TRAVEL MAP !!

Today my friend Laurent Floch shared his travel map in Facebook. I was very curious to see how my travel map looks like. So I immediately started ticking boxes against the countries to get my travel map.

Now I have a travel map and the count of countries I have been is 30.
Oh yes, it is beautiful.

WOW!! IT's 30!!

Today is the day of making lists.

Its a big coincidence as my count of countries to travel is 30 and the countries I have been is 30. So the immediate wish was to make a list of countries I have visited.

1. India
2. South Africa
3. Qatar
4. Thailand
5. Vietnam
6. Cambodia
7. Indonesia
8. Sri Lanka
9. Malaysia
10. Laos
11. France
12. Switzerland
13. Italy
14. Germany
15. Portugal
16. Spain
17. Turkey
18. Jordan
19. UAE
20. Brazil
21. Argentina
22. Chile
23. Uruguay
24. Bolivia
25. Peru
26. Equador
27. Colombia
28. Singapore
29. Philippines
30. Myanmar

So,  Wow!! Its 30!!

20 + 12 = 2012

I like numbers. Numbers are magical and there is a meaning to each and every one. We just have to make the connection.

2012, for example. A year full of travels, experiences and so many stories.

During the 12th year of the new century, I stepped into 12 new countries:

01 | Sri Lanka
02 | Malaysia
03 | Laos
04 | France
05 | Switzerland
06 | Italy
07 | Germany
08 | Portugal
09 | Spain
10 | Turkey
11 | Jordan
12 | UAE

Beside the above, I found another fun fact with numbers and countries: if I add everytime I crossed a non-indian border, no matter if its a new country or not... let's see what happens.

1 time into Sri Lanka;
4 times into Malaysia;
1 time into Laos;
1 time into Indonesia;
1 time into France;
3 times into Switzerland;
1 time into Italy;
1 time into Germany;
2 times into Portugal;
1 time into Spain;
1 time into Turkey;
1 time into Jordan;
1 time into UAE;
1 time into Thailand.

Adding all these entries... the number of times I visited another country outside India was 20, this last year.

Hence the title:

20 + 12 = 2012