append list values to a dictionary - list

Question

Python 3.6.0
I am writing a small program that takes user input in the form of:
city, country
I then create a dictionary of key:value pairs where the country
is the key and the cities are the values.
However, I am wanting the value (city) piece to be a list so that a user
can enter in multiple cities for the same country.
Example:
city1, country1
city1, country2
city2, country1
I am close with this code:
destinations = {}
while True:
query = input("Tell me where you went: ")
if query == '':
break
temp = query.split(',')
if len(temp) != 2:
temp = []
continue
city = [query.split(',')[0]]
country = query.split(',')[1]
if country not in destinations:
destinations[country] = city
else:
destinations[country].append(city)
My issue is that appended cities are also their own list. This is from PyCharm:
destinations = {' country1': ['city1', ['city2']], ' country2': ['city1']}
What I am wanting is this:
destinations = {' country1': ['city1', 'city2'], ' country2': ['city1']}
I get why this is happening, however, I can't seem to figure out how to append additional cities to the list without each city being in it's own list.
If the user now inputs: city3, country1 then destinations{} should be:
destinations = {' country1': ['city1', 'city2', 'city3'], ' country2': ['city1']}
You get the idea.
Thanks.

Answer 1

When you append a list with [].append([]), the list itself is appended, and not the actual contents. What you can do is fairly similar to what you currently have, but when you set the variable city, set it to the actual text itself and then adjust the code in the if statement.
destinations = {}
while True:
query = input("Tell me where you went: ")
if query == '':
break
temp = query.split(',')
if len(temp) != 2:
temp = []
continue
city = query.split(',')[0] //set city to the string and not the string in a list
country = query.split(',')[1]
if country not in destinations:
destinations[country] = [city] //now the value for the key becomes an array
else:
destinations[country].append(city)

Answer 2

Just change the place of the list creation
destinations = {}
while True:
query = input("Tell me where you went: ")
if query == '':
break
temp = query.split(',')
if len(temp) != 2:
temp = []
continue
city = query.split(',')[0]
country = query.split(',')[1]
if country not in destinations:
destinations[country] = [city] # <-- Change this line
else:
destinations[country].append(city)