Biography

Grew up in Odessa, Ukraine, moved to US when I was 28, so my first state to visit was California. Added visiting all 50 states to my bucket list 16 years ago when my niece moved in with me, but couldn’t travel outside of the country because she was on a student visa. When we’ve discovered she cannot go on a cruise even to Hawaii since the ship considered to be at some point in international waters, we’ve set the goal to visit all 50 states. Since then she got married, had a kid and stopped the journey, but I continued. Five more states are left to visit: Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, So and No Carolinas. Visiting the state means to drive through or to fly to and spend some time sightseeing and getting a magnet. Airport time is not counted, even when magnet was bought there 🙂