copper-tin mermaids and marmstone churches

(land #40) strolling through town and seeing the midnight daylight

walking along a crafty circle-shaped rooftop

3rd visit to Germany : three German towns

first time setting foot outdoors in Poland

(land #39) visiting a Soviet nuclear weapons site

(land #38) the first land with a "Baltic" tongue

(land #37) first time in Estonia (and the old "Soviet Union")

(land #36) into the Uralic-speaking lands!

(land #35) a look at old town of Stockholm and then sailing across the Baltic

(land #34) stopover before going to Sweden

a glimpse of northern Portugal

(land #32) two days in the "Lusophonic" capital

southern Spain's seaside "flamenco" town

(land #31) a tiny Catalan-speaking land between Spain and France

a hot springs town

(land #30) a land that makes for heated chatter

Geschichte ("history") und Rammstein

3rd time in Iceland and almost died (many times)

leaving the Balkans and hoping to come back later

visiting the capital of [North] Macedonia

visiting a partially-recognized country at midnight

27th country - in a city of 365 churches

26th country - in a city that was once closed to foreigners

25th country - formerly part of Serbia and Yugoslavia with scenic charms

24th country - picturesque fortified city and a visit to an island on the Adriatic Sea

stopping over in this intriguing country within a country

23rd country - cities of tragedy and rebuilding

22nd country - aptly my first former Yugoslavian country

21st country - my 1st former Eastern Bloc country!