bucket list.

My travel bucket list…Someday I hope to check each one off.

1. relax on a private island – Fiji
2. enjoy the sound of silence – in a Japanese Garden
3. do downward dog on a cliff over-looking the ocean – Big Island, Hawaii
4. book a room with an Eiffel Tower view – Paris, France
5. hit the beach and build a huge sand castle – Seychelles, Indian Ocean
6. dine alfresco in the middle of a vineyard – Napa Valley, California
7. hang out with whales – Alaska
8. view miles of multicolored leaves on horseback – Vermont
9. spend a weekend in a lighthouse – Maine
10. travel by train through the Canadian Rockies -
11. experience a real down-home crawfish boil & wash it down with a hurricane – New Orleans
12. cuddle up under thick blankets in a mountain log cabin, fireplace roaring – Telluride, Colorado
13. walk with giant lizards and tortoises – Galápagos Islands
14. eat real humus made by a tall, dark & handsome Greek man - Mykonos, Greece
15. take a refreshing dip in a waterfall – Plitvice Falls, Croatia
16. experience Mardi Gras, New Orleans
17. dine at a genuine smörgåsbord, Stockholm, Sweden
18. hear the ancient church bells ring, Versailles, France
19. picnic of scones and jam at Stonehenge, Wales
20. eat rich pastries on the banks of the Siene River, France
21. find the oldest tombstone in a cemetery – Idaho Springs, Colorado
22. eat fresh caught Maine lobster
23. sleep on a sailboat, Galápagos Islands
24. apprendre à parler français (Learn to speak French)
    
25. skate on a frozen lake in Banff, Lake Chateau Louise
26. ultimate road trip with a different city/town every day, RV
27. snorkel in a reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
28. read a book all day in a beach hammock, Turks & Caicos
29. drink tea in a teahouse garden, Tokyo, Japan
30. be left speechless at the sight of the Aurora Lights, Northern Canada
31. bask in the glow of a big rock named Ayers, Australia
32. catch some zzzz’s in a castle named for an infamous vampire, Romania
33. ride in a horse-drawn sleigh, Aspen, Colorado
34. feed reindeer, Finland
35. wade in tide pools looking for starfish, San Diego, California
36. fly high amongst 1,000 hot air balloons, Albuquerque, New Mexico
37. stand in the middle of Emerald Gorge, Oregon
38. walk among lavender field in France
39. waste the day drifting through fjords, Norway
40. inner tube through canals of old sugar cane plantations, Hawaii
41. the igloo village of Hotel Kakslauttanen, Finland
42. walk the historic district & Forsyth Park, Savanna, Georgia
43. just Montréal, Québec
44. photograph wildlife, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
45. soak in hot springs, Iceland
46. changing of the guards, London, England
47. come face-to-face with 10 foot polar bears, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
48. carriage ride, Charleston, South Carolina
49. stay in a quaint cottage, Isle of Skye, Scotland
50. yes, please…St. Maarten
51. explore hidden rivers and streams, Grand Canyons
52. swim in The Narrows, Texas Hill Country
53. photography Enchanted Forest, Redwood National Park, California
54. Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany in winter
55. Water slide into the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily, Italy
56. Bora, Bora, Tahiti (no explanation needed)
57. a weekend at Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado
58. sleep on a cliff-side bed and breakfast in Îsle De La Madeleine