Something that everybody should have and attempt to do is A Bucket List.
The good thing about a Bucket List is that it can be fluid, forever changing as you cross things of and add others.
Here is mine so far…
Places to Visit:
- The Eiffel Tower (June, 2013)
- The Colosseum (July, 2013)
- Anzac Cove, Gallipoli (April, 2014)
- Niagara Falls
- Cinque terre, Italy
- The Palace of Versailles, France
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt (May, 2017)- Taj Mahal, India
- The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland (November, 2013)
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia
- Uluru, Australia
- Visit all 7 continents (Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Antarctica, Australasia)
- Laze on a beach in the Caribbean
- Harry Potter Studio Tour, England (September, 2014)
The Dead Sea(Israel, September 2019)- The Crooked Forest, Poland
- The Grand Canyon, USA (September, 2016)
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa (June, 2013)
- Pearl Harbour, Hawaii (October, 2016)
- Stonehenge, England
- Dachau, Germany (2013)
- Auschwitz-Berkenau, Poland (October, 2014)
- La Sagrada Familia, Spain (July, 2013)
- Red Square, Russia
- Dubrovnik, Croatia (July, 2013)
Valley of the Kings, Egypt (May, 2017)- See the cherry blossoms of Japan
Adventures to Have:
- Walk the Kokoda Trail
- Go to La Tomatina (2013)
- See the Northern Lights
- Skydiving (Switerland, 2013)
- Go sea cave canoeing (Phuket, 2012)
- Stay in a treehouse (April, 2014 / May, 2014)
- Do a Segway tour
- Attend a football (soccer) match in England
- Drive in a country where they drive on the opposite side of the road (Switzerland, 2013)
- Go white water rafting (Phuket, 2008)
- Go parasailing (Phuket, 2008)
- Ride a helicoper (Australia, 2004; Switzerland, 2013)
- Ride in a hot air balloon (Cappadoccia, Turkey, 2014)
- See a play on Broadway (October, 2016)
- See a play in the West End (Book of Mormon, January 2015, Jersey Boys, March 2015)
- Ride in a gondola in Venice (2013)
- Go on a safari
- Ride a camel in the desert (September, 2014)
Go on a cruise down the River Nile (May, 2017)- Go abseiling (Australia, 2009)
- Go caving (Australia, 2009)
- Go to Mardi Gras
- Drive rather aimlessly around a foreign country
- Sail the Croatian Islands
- Sail the Greek Islands (2013)
- Cage diving with crocodiles (Darwin, Australia, 2010)
- See a polar bear
- Take a Gap Year (2009)
- Live in another country (moved to London, August 2013)
- Visit the Grand Bazaar, Turkey (April, 2014)
- Drive on a race track (Monaco, 2013)
- Go ski-ing (Bulgaria, March, 2014)
- Go to a random festival (British Summer Time, July, 2014)
- Travel on the TransSiberian Railway
- Travel on the Ghan
Food and drink to Try:
- Es Cargot (snails) (France, 2013)
- Frog’s legs
- Haggis (July, 2014)
- Crocodile (Australia, 2012)
- Kangaroo (Australia, 2011)
- Cheese Fondue (Switzerland, 2013)
- Jerk chicken (London, 2013)
- Fugu, ‘Pufferfish’
- Stroopwafel (Amsterdam, 2013)
- Pizza in Naples
- Spacecake
- Borscht (Poland, 2014)
- Gumbo
- Sauerkraut (Munich, 2013)
- Absinthe (February, 2014 – thanks housemates!)
- Rosti (Switzerland, 2013)
- Steak and Guiness Pie (London, 2013)