{"id":813,"date":"2021-06-11T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/?p=813"},"modified":"2021-06-11T05:09:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T05:09:48","slug":"30-before-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2021\/06\/30-before-30\/","title":{"rendered":"30 before 30"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>June 11, 2021<\/em> \u2013 In my early twenties, I made a decision to travel to 30 countries before I turned 30. To be fair, I already had a number of places under my belt, so it felt pretty achievable. Obviously 2020 threw a small wrench into this goal, but I&#8217;m determined to still cross the final few off my list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To hold me accountable, I want to share my list with you all! And also hear your recommendations for my travel wish list! Who knows, maybe I&#8217;ll do this again between 30 and 60&#8230;!? OK, I&#8217;m getting ahead of myself. Let&#8217;s get to the list: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CURRENT COUNTRY COUNT: 25\/30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-2011:&nbsp;(titled this because I was too lazy to think about the actual years\/first time I went there) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>US (birthplace!) <\/li><li>Canada&nbsp;<\/li><li>Bahamas&nbsp;<\/li><li>Jamaica&nbsp;<\/li><li>St. Thomas<\/li><li>St. Maarten&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2011:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>France&nbsp;(Bordeaux, Toulouse)<\/li><li>Ireland (Galway)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2012:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>France (Paris)<\/li><li>Spain (San Sebastian)<\/li><li>England&nbsp;(London)<\/li><li>Germany (Mannheim, Karlsruhe)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2013:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Turkey\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2013\/08\/travel-sariyer-istanbul-turkey\/\">Istanbul, Sariyer<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2014:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Germany (<a href=\"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2014\/03\/travel-berlin-germany\/\">Berlin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2014\/10\/travel-heidelburg-germany\/\">Heidelburg<\/a>)<\/li><li>France (<a href=\"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2015\/01\/on-falling-in-love-with-paris\/\">Paris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2014\/09\/travel-versailles-france\/\">Versailles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2014\/10\/travel-nice-france\/\">Nice<\/a>)<\/li><li>Monaco\u00a0<\/li><li>Netherlands (<a href=\"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2014\/12\/travel-amsterdam-netherlands\/\">Amsterdam<\/a>)<\/li><li>Morocco (<a href=\"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2015\/08\/travel-marrakech-morocco\/\">Marrakesh, Atlas Mountains<\/a>)<\/li><li>Ireland (<a href=\"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2014\/11\/travel-dublin-ireland-cliffs-of-moher\/\">Dublin, Cliffs of Moher<\/a>)<\/li><li>Hungary (<a href=\"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2014\/11\/travel-budapest-hungary\/\">Budapest<\/a>)<\/li><li>Czech Republic (<a href=\"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2014\/11\/travel-prague-czech-republic\/\">Prague<\/a>)<\/li><li>England (<a href=\"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2015\/02\/travel-london-uk\/\">London<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2016:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Kenya (<a href=\"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2021\/04\/my-love-letter-to-nairobi\/\">Nairobi<\/a>, Lake Naivasha, Kakuma)<\/li><li>Turkey (Istanbul, Cappadocia) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2017:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Uganda (Kampala, Jinja)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2018:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Mexico&nbsp;(San Jose del Cabo)<\/li><li>Kenya (Diani)<\/li><li>Tanzania (Zanzibar)<\/li><li>South Africa&nbsp;(Johannesburg)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2019:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Dominican Republic&nbsp;(Punta Cana)<\/li><li>Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice)<\/li><li>Vatican City (does this count?)<\/li><li>Switzerland&nbsp;(Geneva)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2020: \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2021: ???<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where is your favorite place you&#8217;ve traveled to? Any recommendations? 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