One of our favorite activities is visiting foreign countries and cultures.
We've traveled
extensively around the world. We have also visited much of the U.S.A. Listed below are all
of the countries that we have visited and the people we went with. Steve
has been to 59 different nations. Mary is closing in fast with
49 countries.
At the time of our travels, some of these countries did not
exist. The Yugoslavia that we visited is now five countries and Czechoslovakia became the Czech Republic and Slovakia. We number countries visits by nation status today. Without leaving our homes, that number could increase or decrease.
We recorded the highlights of our four most recent international trips.
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In A Taste of Russia, the Baltics & Belarus, we share our 2003 trip to St. Petersburg, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Kaliningrad & the northeast corner of Poland. Mary wrote and Steve edited this travel journal.
- Mary wrote China: A Land of Change about our visit to China in 2001. Steve edited this travel journal.
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Our most exotic trip was to the former Central Asian republics of the U.S.S.R: Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan in Central Asia. Mary and Steven wrote Silk Road: In 1999.
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For our 1997 trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji,
Mary authored A Trip Down Under.
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After our trip to the Mediterranean and Black Sea, Steve wrote
Through the Crossroads of Western Civilization. Mary took most of the pictures.
We hope you enjoy reading them!
Here is the complete list of countries we have visited. When we travel, we rely extensively on the Lonely Planet series of guidebooks. Each country listed below links to that country's entry at Lonely Planet. We recommend this site to learn about the travel destinations you may be considering.
- When we were born
- 1980 (Steve with his friends Paul Stern & Bob Liljefors)
- 1981 (Mary with with her sister Jane Syseskey & cousin Michael Zanetti)
- 1982 (Steve with his friend Bob Liljefors)
- 1984 (Steve with various members of his work group)
- 1985 (Mary with her sister Jane Syseskey)
- 1986 (Steve with his friend Bob Groff)
- 1987 (Steve with his friends Jim & Nancy Murphy)
- 1990 (Steve with his friends Mark
& Evelyn Leeper,
Barbara Iskowitz & Binayak Banerjee. For details, see Mark's
travelogue)
- 1992 (Steve & Mary Goldsmith with friends Mark & Evelyn
Leeper.
For details, see Mark's
travelogue)
- 1993 (Steve & Mary)
- 1995 (Steve & Mary. Take a look at Mary's fantastic pictures.)
- 1997 (Mary & Steve)
- 1998 (Mary & Steve with Steve's mother Nina Goldsmith)
- 1999 (Mary & Steve)
- 2000 (Mary & Steve)
- 2001 (Mary & Steve)
- 2003 (Mary & Steve)
- 2006 (Mary & Steve)
- 2007 (Mary & Steve)