A running list of the places outside the US where I’ve spent at least one
night — grouped by country, then city. “Slept a night” means an overnight on
land (hotel, guesthouse, Airbnb, or someone’s home). Cruise port-of-call stops,
where the night was actually spent aboard the ship, are not counted here — those
live over in the cruise journal.
11 countries · 39 cities and counting.
Switzerland
- Appenzell — Adler Hotel (2025)
- Basel — Hotel Märthof, 3 nights (2023)
- Bettmeralp — Hotel Waldhaus (2024)
- Brig — Hotel de Londres (2024)
- Geneva (Carouge) — ibis Styles Genève Carouge (2019; again 2023)
- Interlaken — Hotel Lötschberg (2019)
- Lucerne — Hotel Drei Könige, 1 night (2023)
- Thun — Hotel Krone Thun (2024)
- Wengen — Hotel Alpenrose (2023); Hotel Alpenruhe (2024); Hotel Bären (2025)
- Zermatt — Hotel Tannenhof (2024); Hotel Albatros (2025)
- Zurich — Hotel City Zürich (2024)
France
- Chamonix — Hôtel Mercure Les Bossons, then Heliopic Hotel (2019; Chamonix is in France, near the Swiss border)
- Saint-Nazaire — 6-week stay building the Celebrity Millennium cruise ship
Iceland
- Húsafell — Húsafell Cottage, Airbnb (2023)
- Laugarvatn area — Birna’s Cottage, Airbnb (2023)
- Reykjavik — Old Reykjavik Charm apartment (two different visits)
- Steinar / South Coast — Airbnb (Sept 2024)
Japan
- Kamakura — Hotel Metropolitan Kamakura, 3 nights (2024)
- Kyoto — Hotel Granvia Kyoto, 2 nights (2024)
- Tokyo (Asakusa) — Asakusa View Hotel Annex Rokku, ~4 nights (2024)
Norway
- Balestrand — Kviknes Hotel (2025)
- Bergen — Hotel Park (2025)
- Oslo — Clarion Hotel Oslo (2025)
- Voss — Scandic Voss (2025)
Denmark
- Copenhagen — Copenhagen Strand (2025)
Germany
- Freiburg im Breisgau — Courtyard Freiburg, 3 nights (2023)
- Füssen — Best Western Plus Hotel Füssen (2025) — wouldn’t recommend
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen — Hyperion Hotel Garmisch-Partenkirchen (2025)
- Munich — Mercure Hotel München Altstadt, then Hilton Munich Airport (2025)
Italy
- Mestre — 6-week stay (mainland Venice) building the Disney Wonder cruise ship
- Rome — Hotel Campo de’ Fiori, 3 nights (2026)
- Venice — Aqua Palace, 3 nights (2023)
United Arab Emirates
- Dubai — overnight extended layover, Airbnb (Jan 2019, en route to India)
India
- Bengaluru (Bangalore) — The Oberoi (1 visit), The Leela Palace (2 visits)
Canada
- Halifax — Halifax Marriott Harbourfront; The Westin Nova Scotian
- Montreal — Downtown Montreal (don’t recall the hotel)
- Toronto — ~8 visits; The Fairmont Royal York (1 visit), Yonge & Eglinton area (the rest, with my now-wife)
- Vancouver — one night before an Alaska cruise
- Whistler — 2 visits; a hostel on Alta Lake, then Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre