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Bucket List
I'm stealing this from yesterday's post of MM. What is on your bucket list?
Mine is mainly travel based and I am looking for some inspiration to add to it -- both travel and non-travel related.
Thanks!!!
International Nesties June Siggy Challenge: Place I would like to visit.... Dead Sea, Jordan! Only a few more months!
Re: Bucket List
Live by the beach. Any beach.
ETA: See the northern lights just once. Darn things always elude me.
Safari in Africa
That's the one that always come to mind first...
I have two lists. One is travel related, the other is sporting related. Coincidentally, these two lists overlap quite a bit.
Sporting life goals of things I need to see:
-the All Blacks play at home (even though I don't really like them)
-the 24 hour race at Le Mans
-the Singapore F1 night race (this will be checked off next month!!)
-the Grand National
-an Olympic games
-the World Series in Cincinnati
My travel list includes the events above, but also a really long list of places that gets longer even as I cross them off. The most recent additions are Laos and Papua New Guinea.
A list of things you want to do before you kick the bucket.
Travel related:
? Visit Perth, Australia
? Visit Oslo, Norway and Copenhagen, Denmark
? See the Midnight Sun with my husband
? Introduce my favorite places to my husband
? Have a meal at Aux Anciens Canadiens in Quebec City, Canada
? Visit at least one UNESCO World Heritage List site in every country on my must-visit list
? See Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland
Non-Travel related:
? Finish The Three Musketeers series
? Learn Russian
? Conquer pate a choux and frittata
? Make felt Christmas stockings for my in-laws, a Christmas tree skirt, and ornaments like my grandmother made for my family
? Record a song with my husband -- as soon as we find the perfect guitar/trumpet duet
? Collect and watch all the David Suchet Hercule Poirots (and read all the books)
? Start and stick to an exercise program -- involving yoga, swimming, tap dance, and ballet
Mine is a mix of travel and non-travel related:
- Visit Antarctica - It would be my 7th continent
- Complete an Ironman
- Run a sub-4:00 marathon
- Climb all seven of the Seven Summits
- Learn to surf well enough to hang with H
- Learn Mandarin
Duke's House: Eating and Running with the Big Dog in Chennai: eatrunbrit.com
2010 Race PRs:
5K - 24:57 10M - 1:28:20 13.1M - 1:57:29 26.2M - 4:28:29
Travel-Related:
- Top of my list: Visit all seven continents! (almost there! Yay!)
- Egypt: Cairo, Siwa, Abu Simbel, Luxor
(and Jordan: Wadi Rum, Petra, Dead Sea)
- Trans-Siberian Express
- Peru & Galapagos Islands (not necessarily on the same trip)
Other:
- Speak at an industry conference
- Buy a flat that I love
- See Toto perform "Africa" live
1.) Travel to Australia
2.) See the pyramids in Egypt
3.) Take a road trip around the US
3.) Own a loverly, big house in the States
4.) Fly first class just once
Ooooh, I'm stealing expat's idea of flying first class and I'll add on a 9 or more hour flight.
The only other thing I can think of is that I really want to visit Machu Picchu.
Travel the world more in general though. I haven't been that many places and would like to see a bit more.
I like Expat's idea, so I'll go ahead put that on my list.
Fly 1st class just one time.
Travel all through France
Travel all through Spain
Take a cooking class (centered around dessert)
Go to NYC
Go to Napa Valley (sans kids, definitely)
Go on a road trip through America (sans kids or at least young kids)
Also stealing the flying first class idea, I would looove to!
Also go to:
And loads more places I can't think of right now
Take a road trip either in Europe, Australia or the US (preferrably the latter but I'd love to do all 3)
ETA: take a trip on the orient express or the trans-siberian
Do a parachute jump
Be a mother - whether I make the kid or not
See the northern lights
See (from a safe distance please) a volcano eruption
At the moment, I have
-Travel to all seven continents
-Fly first class internationally
-I have a list of places a mile long I want to go to, I am not going to write them all out here! But lots of travel including Israel (going October), New Zealand, China, The Amazon, Russia, Dead Sea,
-Own a home in the US
-Become a mother
-Experience the Northern Lights
-Skydive
-Master an excerise skill -- Tai Chi or Yoga
-Learn another language
-Read the classics
I started on a quest to read all the Classics offered in Barness & Noble's Classics series, I think mainly because they were displayed so nicely in the store and they looked so nice on the shelves; or perhaps because I felt that I would only be seen as truly "educated" if I read and could discuss all the classics. I started with Jane Eyre -- I hated the book and abandoned the project after only one book. Not saying it's not a worthy goal, just don't get bogged down with finishing them for the sake of ticking it off the list if you find one that is, in your opinion, crap. Like's too short to read bad books.
I would also love to speak Spanish fluently