Nancy Carleton
Copenhagen-based, 88 countries deep, travels with a Samoyed named Magnus 🐻❄️.
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Founder of That Layover Life. American expat in Copenhagen since the spreadsheet hit 30 rows and never stopped. 88 countries on the board (Bulgaria #88, May 2026). 7 continents marathoned. 464 cities. 212 states. 97 large airports. 36.97% of the world, on a Google Sheet that Jay calls the Trip Ledger.
Husband Jay, who carries the water. Samoyed Magnus 🐻❄️, who supervises. Tokyo Marathon and a first Ironman in Tallinn next year. Romania at Halloween. The Nordic Alpine Club next decade.
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Took me to a tarator place in Sofia where the cucumber was sliced by a man who'd been doing it since 1987. Worth the trip.
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