Sightseeing the Continents; the Marvels of Europe

exploring the world's best tourist spots on a Filipino style budget backpacking
Asia - Europe - Africa (2005 - present)

"The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries." - James Madison

Interesting Facts about the Continent of Europe;
1. Europe is named after the Phoenician princess Europa of Greek myth who was seduced by Zeus disguised as a bull.
2. The whole Europe is only 2 % larger in area than Canada. Europe is the world’s second-smallest continent.
3. Europe is home to both the smallest country in the world, Vatican City State and the largest, Russia.
4. Many of the greatest empires in history were based in Europe. The British Empire was at one time the largest empire in the world.

COUNTRIES OF EUROPEAN CONTINENT (25 of 48 = 52%) CENTRAL EASTERN NORTHERN SOUTHERN WESTERN 1 Austria 9 Belarus 13 Denmark 22 Albania 38 Andorra 2 Czech Republic 10 Moldova 14 Estonia 23 Bosnia 39 Belgium 3 Germany 11 Russia  15 Finland 24 Bulgaria 40 France 4 Hungary 12 Ukraine 16 Iceland 25 Croatia 41 Gibraltar 5 Liechtenstein 17 Latvia 26 Cyprus 42 Ireland 6 Poland 18 Lithuania 27 Greece 43 Luxembourg 7 Slovakia 19 Norway 28 Italy 44 Monaco 8 Switzerland 20 Sweden 29 Kosovo 45 Netherlands 30 Macedonia 46 Portugal 31 Malta 47 Spain 32 Montenegro 48 United Kingdom 33 Romania 34 Serbia 35 Slovenia 36 San Marino 37 Vatican City

Sightseeing the Global wonders of man and nature... Sightseeing the World as we know it...
I wish I have all the time and money to travel and visit them all! 

As of March 2016, Philippine Passport holders have a free visa / visa-on-arrival privilege on 61 countries. Additional 8 countries (total of 69) if working as a professional in Middle East (GCC) states and another on-condition visa privilege on some countries if holder of visa on Schengen, US or other OECD members. I have been to 58 out of 195 official countries (29.74%) across 3 continents around the world as of February 2016, in which 3 of them were Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) status while the remaining for backpacking/leisure only. My travel addictiveness just started only in 2010. On the other hand, my home country Philippines, visiting it's 61 out of 81 official provinces (75.31%) as of March 2016.