Originally Posted by
flyingcrazy
If my feet have physically walked on that nation's soil I have been to that country.
For example if you have a flight from say JFK-LHR-MAD you spend about 2 hours in LHR. You are physically on British soil. You have therefore been to the UK.
I know all the arty farty traveller types try to say 'oh that doesnt count' but logically it does.
However microscopic the amount of that soil may be, and however much removed it might be from my feet, not counting socks and shoes.
I would rather not walk on the soil though.
In my experience, multi-stop flights were nice when I first started flying.
DEL-MCT-AUH-DAM-MUC-LHR-AMS-JFK ( about 48 hours) was my first trip many many years ago. It was kind an adventure.
I woudld rather not