Originally Posted by
OWEmerald
It's not that rule that I'm trying to clarify. The issue is the backtracks that are allowed in rules 3.2.2 and 3.2.3, namely that Europe/middle east can be visited twice on a xONEx. Does the second stop/transit increase the total continent count by 1?
Two visits to the same continent still count as one continent. Same is true for your starting / ending continent. It also does not count twice.