Saturday, August 20, 2011

My Bucket List

I finished writing this list a few months ago and have been meaning to post it ever since.  I finally got around to it today.  The items in bold are things that I've already done.  Not sure what I'll finish next.

1.       See penguins in New Zealand.

2.       Walk on the Great Wall of China before I turn 30.

3.       Ride an elephant in Thailand.

4.       Take a photography class.

5.       Get a master’s degree.

6.       Become a mom.

7.       Visit the Egyptian pyramids.

8.       Learn to sketch.

9.       Have high tea and take the waters in the Pump Room in Bath, England.

10.   See the Grand Canyon.

11.   Watch at least 10 Broadway shows.

12.   Live in another country for a year.

13.   Rent an apartment in Venice for a month and learn to live like the locals.

14.   Kiss the Blarney Stone.

15.   Learn to ski.

16.   Take a Hebrew class in Israel.

17.   Stand on the shores of Loch Ness.

18.   Relax on a beach in Hawaii.

19.   Take my kids to Disney World.

20.   Visit at least 15 National Parks.

21.   Go on a Caribbean cruise.

22.   Learn to drive on the “wrong” side of the road.

23.   Ride the Orient Express. 

24.   Stay in a yurt in Mongolia.

25.   Spend a night in a treehouse.

26.   Visit the Statue of Liberty.

27.   Ride a double-decker bus in London.

28.   See Stonehenge.

29.   Visit the home of Jane Austen.

30.   Eat a baguette in Paris.

31.   Stay overnight on a boat in Halong Bay.

32.   Read 100 books in a year.

33.   Gamble in Las Vegas.

34.   Stay in a Tuscan villa.

35.   See the Parthenon and the Colosseum.

36.   Ride the subway in New York City, London, and Tokyo.

37.   Visit all 50 states.

38.   Travel through India by train and bus.

39.   Grow my own vegetables.

40.   Walk the Coast to Coast walkway in Auckland, NZ.

41.   Live with my family in an RV for a summer.

42.   Go camping for a week.

43.   See Niagara Falls.

44.   Attend a music festival.

45.   Take a volunteer vacation.

46.   Go on a round-the-world trip.

47.   Ride a camel in Morocco.