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Nancy Carleton

Copenhagen-based, 88 countries deep, travels with a Samoyed named Magnus 🐻‍❄️.

🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark
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88
Countries
7
Continents
464
Cities
36.97%
Of the world
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2026
Founder · Copenhagen
· The receipts ·
88
Countries
464
Cities
212
States
0
National parks
7
Continents marathoned
The Lifer progress · 45%
88 of 195 · next stops: Romania, Estonia, Japan
· About ·

The long version.

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.

The platform is the people. The world is your layover.

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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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· Stories ·

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🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Sofia at 9am, the year Bulgaria became #88

Anton the retired physics teacher, plum brandy at nine, Eurovision grievances. The 88th country, told properly.

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🇲🇪 Montenegro

Magnus 🐻‍❄️ Refuses to Acknowledge Goats

Bay of Kotor at sunrise. 25 switchback turns. Mangalitsa pršut. A 45-kilo Samoyed with strong views on livestock.

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🇬🇭 Ghana

Hibiscus is a Personality (Notes from Accra)

Madina Market at 6am. Sobolo in a sandwich bag. Auntie Akua, Kojo the buka director, and the Easter saxophone.

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