Saturday, July 30, 2011

The Bucket List of Travel Destinations

After seeing everyone's pictures of summer travel adventures, I resurrected the idea of my travel bucket list. Of course, this is subject to revision as I hear about new and exciting places in this world. Alas, as the saying goes: when you have time, you don't have the money, and when you have the money, you don't have time. I'll have fun chipping away at it slowly, though. Fortunately, I'm not high maintenance, so traveling on the cheap is how I roll and I've always quite enjoyed myself.

- Niagara falls
- the Redwoods, the really big ones that you can walk through
- the tulips in Salt Lake City
- Nawlins, but more for the history and architecture than the Bourbon Street bars
- NYC, I don't feel I got a proper representation in the 2 days I spent there last time
- Nova Scotia, specifically for camping, preferably between the months of April and October
- New Zealand, extreme sports capital of the world
- Espana
- Reykjavik, geothermal pools, whale watching and hiking, what else could I want?
- the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam
- Melbourne, Australia, a completely different feel, I hear, from the quaint, tropical Cairns I love
- The Ribble Valley, I've heard enough about it during my internship, I'd like to see where all these lovely people call home
- Havana, now that it's finally legal, I can't wait till I can see our vecino's beauty for myself, engorge  myself on paella, and maybe pick up a bit more Spanish.

 -Also earning honorable mention: the mountains of North Carolina, the Grand Canyon, Buenos Aires, Chilean wineries, Germany, Sarajevo, Istanbul, Bogota and the US Virgin Islands

Also, not to say that I won't return to Stockholm, Sydney, PR, the Cape, Scotland, or any of the other wondrous places I've already been.

But first up, only one week away, a quick hop back across the pond to visit Beth and Marie in London for 8 glorious days of vay-cay-shun, in which I intend to do nothing more strenuous than strolling through museums and picnicking in parks. Oh man, I am counting the days. Counting. the. days.