Venzuela, Cha-cha-cha

I am, once again, contemplating the logistics of my upcoming travel extravaganza. This morning it occurred to to me that with this trip, I will be adding two more countries to my current list of 41. How exciting is that? I know. Pretty darned.

But wait, there's more.

In addition to bringing my count to 43, I will also be adding two continents. Two entire continents! I tell ya, this is exciting stuff. And by two entire continents, I do not mean that I will have traveled the entire continent, literally. Just think of it in terms of those fun little maps. You know, the ones with the dotted lines and the animated airplanes flying from place to place. Once you visit a continent, the entire danged thing lights up gleefully! Aren't you excited to know that? I am.

So this fantastic news got me thinking about the world's seven continents and which I've seen. And that, in turn, kind of t-o'd me because what it came down to was three continents. Only three! With 41 countries under my belt, you'd think it would be a better fraction than 3/7ths. (And, I must admit, that it was just barely three... I couldn't think of any South American countries I'd visited - just Central! But then I remembered Venezuela (and one Cuh-Razy cab ride into Caracas with ABBA blasting and three blondes, including myself, in the back seat who were entertaining the suspicion that we'd never see our homes again). Venezuela, cha-cha-cha. And with Venezuela came the little light-up map rule. Ding! Continent visited..Check!)

North America: Check. (I live here. Still. Despite inclinations otherwise.)
South America: Check (Venezuela! Yessss!)
Europe: Check, check. Check. Check. Lots of checks.
Asia: On my way (Jordan! - DING!)
Africa: Arriving directly from Asia! (Egypt - DING!)
Antarctica: Are you crazy? I'm a beach person.
Australia: Maybe next year? The year after? Dunno.

5/7ths. 5/7ths ain't bad at all. Especially considering that I only have active plans to visit 6/7 (as you may have gathered from my list above.)