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!

20th country - en route to/from Sofia, Bulgaria

2nd time in Iceland to tour the entire Ring Road (in the winter!)

18th country and 1st time in Iceland (Reykjavik and Golden Circle)

visiting UK (London) for the 2nd time, déjà vu of 2002

after touring Amsterdam ... back in Belgium for the day to visit its capital

16th country - touring Amsterdam ... for its windmills and blue-tinted art!

15th country - where the Napoleonic Wars ended in 1815