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kanebear Jul 27, 2005 10:25 am

Hmm... some nutty flights to save money in Europe. Most in one day, UK-France-Switzerland-Czech Republic-Germany-Denmark-Finland. It was one hell of a looong day.

mtacchi Jul 27, 2005 10:33 am

8 in 24hrs.

UAE>Kenya>Nigeria>Congo>Libya>Netherlands>Belguim> France

jacob_m Jul 27, 2005 11:26 am

I have managed four countries during a day several times, but more than four, no way!!

clubworld Jul 28, 2005 8:10 pm


Originally Posted by Seachain
i rather suspect that many ft'ers will comfortably beat my recent experience and i'm curious to know what the target is!

i recently did UK-Amsterdam-Nice (flight), picked up a rental and drove via Monaco to San Remo (italy). Counting the principality as a bona fide "country", that makes 5 in a day.

easily beatable but the challenge is thrown!!

Did South Korea, Phillipines and then Hong Kong and back to the U.S. I think the distance traveled should count as well :-).

fallinasleep Jul 28, 2005 8:45 pm


Originally Posted by mtacchi
8 in 24hrs.

UAE>Kenya>Nigeria>Congo>Libya>Netherlands>Belguim> France

What are you? an arms dealer?

Didn't even realize there were scheduled flights between some of these countries!

lovetotravel Jul 29, 2005 12:07 pm


Originally Posted by stimpy
I think the most countries one can visit in single day is 3. This is so because to really visit a country you must have a proper meal and interact with the locals. So in one day I had a breakfast meeting in Brussels, a lunch meeting in Paris, and a dinner meeting in Torino. That's it. Top that!

How about breakfast in Budapest, lunch in Bratislava and dinner in Vienna!

No flights, no car, being driven in a van, 2 months ago, no business either, just fun

lovetotravel Jul 29, 2005 12:10 pm

LAX, HKG (2 hours in lounge), DEL (final destination), all in the air

dvdexter Jul 29, 2005 1:58 pm

During my LatinPass million-mile quest I flew to six countries in one day: Peru-Ecuador-Columbia-Costa Rica-El Salvador-Guatemala.

I've also done six driving: Germany-Austria-Italy-Liechtenstein-Switzerland-France (although the only reason I touched Italy was because I made a wrong turn and got lost.)

fratboy Jul 29, 2005 2:11 pm

All in one go I did five by air. BAH to DXB to ZRH to BRU to DUB. Unfortunately being based in a secondary European city means you usually have to transit at least once sometimes twice.

DaDOKin DC Jul 29, 2005 3:44 pm

I guess my record is 5:

Flew US to France (Paris) to that wacky EuroAirport of Basle/Mulhouse/Freiburg, where I proceeded to drive (briefly) through France and Germany into Switzerland to Lugano. And then, at the end of the day, just for grins, took a boat across the late to Campione, which is an exclave of Italy surrounded by Switzerland.

mtacchi Aug 16, 2005 2:14 am


Originally Posted by fallinasleep
What are you? an arms dealer?

Didn't even realize there were scheduled flights between some of these countries!


Hehe...I wish. I am simply the arms dealers pilot ;)

jupeter Aug 16, 2005 7:37 am

September 11th 2001
 
Set of from Equador early morning on a flight to New York, scheduled stop in Panama city, deplannned due to the problems in NY, asked to be rerouted to Europe, then went to Bogota, Colombia, then Madrid, Spain and finally to London, UK.

Have 9/11 stamps in my passport from all the above south american countries and got asked by US Immigration about my flying pattern for that day in 2002. :rolleyes:

Jupeter

Doctor Who Aug 16, 2005 11:39 am

I can't beat it, but I did once have a breakfast meeting in Mestre (Venice-sort of), a lunch meeting in Munich (okay, at the airport), and a dinner meeting in Birmingham which never took place because the other guy no-showed. The meetings were organized at short notice and it was one of the most expensive flights I ever took within Europe!

It's also feasible to drive from Belgium (Brussels) through Luxembourg, France, and Germany to Holland and back to Brussels, which would make five countries. I did it once years ago, including stopping for a beer in each country. A long day, but fun.



Originally Posted by stimpy
I think the most countries one can visit in single day is 3. This is so because to really visit a country you must have a proper meal and interact with the locals. So in one day I had a breakfast meeting in Brussels, a lunch meeting in Paris, and a dinner meeting in Torino. That's it. Top that!



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