My Year in Cities, 2012

Post from December 27, 2012 (↻ October 16, 2014), filed under Adventure.

Beside working and growing and trying new things (more soon now), I’ve been in the great position to also travel a little. I’m very grateful. This year I visited 5 continents, more than 20 different countries, and probably more than 50 different cities (much of this as part of my first full trip around the world). Here are the larger ones that I had not seen before:

• Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Boston, MA, United States
• Cairo, Egypt
• Cambridge, MA, United States
• Chicago, IL, United States
• Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Darwin, Australia
• Dresden, Germany
• Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Honolulu, HI, United States
• Innsbruck, Austria
• Kassel, Germany
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Manila, Philippines
• Nürnberg, Germany
• Reykjavík, Iceland
• Singapore
• Würzburg, Germany

Most favorite city? Probably Dubai (cheers Asim!). I still see myself in front of the Burj Khalifa. What an impressive structure. The Petronas Towers, which I saw only a few days later, don’t compare.

Least favorite city? I should probably say Manila, where I got mugged (remind me to tell you the story), but I choose Colombo instead. It was a strange place, and I no fit for it.

About the Author

Jens Oliver Meiert is a tech lead and author (sum.cumo, W3C, O’Reilly). He experiments with philosophy, art, and adventure. Here on meiert.com he shares and generalizes and exaggerates some of his thoughts and experiences.

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