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

(land #33) first steps into Africa

visiting northern Portugal's wine-producing city

32nd country and 1st Portuguese-speaking city with the capital of Portugal

visiting southern Spain's seaside flamenco town

31st country - a Catalan-speaking micro-state between Spain and France

2nd time in France, 1st in this part of France - a hot springs town

30th country and 4th visit to continental Europe

3rd time in Iceland as a stopover to Berlin : a look at Snæfellsnes

2nd time in Mexico, in the same city, 20 years later, with a self-guided walk

29th country, 1st time in Belize ... the hidden excursion

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