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The Ultimate Bucket List

Travel The World You Have Less Time Then You Think

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The Ultimate Bucket List
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From America to Asia and everywhere in between there is a lot of the world to be explored. So, for those of you who were wondering what to do with the rest of your life, here's some must do's from my experience and those I have gathered from the world wide web. Enjoy and Happy Travels!

America

  1. Take a shower in the spray of Niagra Falls


  1. See a Broadway musical in New York
  2. Take a walk on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
  3. Stand on the glass balcony of the Willis Tower in Chicago
  4. Watch the fireworks over the Cinderella castle at Disney world
  5. Visit a volcano in Iceland

  1. See the Northern Lights in Alaska
  2. Visit the Grand Canyon
  3. Graceland Memphis, Tennessee
  4. Washington D.C.
  5. San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge
  6. Santa Monica Boulevard
  7. Crater Lake
  8. Idaho's Cour d'Alene
  9. Snake River Wyoming

Europe

  1. Throw a coin and make a wish in the Trevi Fountain in Italy
  2. Eat pizza in Naples, Italy
  3. Ride a gondola in Venice, Italy
  4. Swim in the Blue Grotto in Capri, Italy
  5. Pompeii, Italy
  6. Basillica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy


  1. Leaning Tower of Piza, Italy
  2. Milan, Italy
  3. Roman Colliseum
  4. Vatican City
  5. Roman Aqueducts, Rome Italy
  6. Sit on the Preikestolen Cliff in Norway
  7. Soak in the Hot springs in Iceland
  8. Spend a night in a glass igloo in Scandanavia
  9. Go for a canal ride around Amsterdam
  10. Anne Frank house in Amsterdam
  11. Rotterdam, Netherlands
  12. Drink Beer at Oktoberfest in Germany

  1. Munich, Germany
  2. Neuschwanstein Castle
  3. Admire the pink hues in Laguna Salada de Torrevieja in Spain
  4. San Fermin Festival Pamplona, Spain
  5. Castle Hunting

  1. Feria de Abril Seville, Spain
  2. Visit Barcelona, Spain
  3. San Sebastian, Spain
  4. Relax in a cafe in Montmarte Paris
  5. Go to the top of Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
  6. Ski in the Swiss Alps
  7. Visit Zurich, Switzerland
  8. Visit Geneva, Switzerland
  9. See the changing of the guard in London
  10. Visit Stonehenge
  11. Make a call from a London Phone booth
  12. Visit Big Ben
  13. Visit the Fairy Pools on the island of Skye in Scotland
  14. King Arthur's Fair in Scotland
  15. Loch Ness Monster Lake/River
  16. Visit Dublin
  17. Visit Cork
  18. Kiss the Blarney Stone

(yes this is a pit stain get over it)


  1. Visit Kilkinney
  2. Colossus of Rhodes
  3. Prauge, Cezch Republic
  4. Vienna, Austria (John Irving Book sites)
  5. Watch the sunset in Greece
  6. Athens, Greece and sites
  7. Mykonos
  8. Crete, Greece
  9. Swim in the Mediterranean
  10. Visit Bulgaria

  1. See Austrian Villages
  2. Bucharest, Romania
  3. Transylvannia
  4. Bran Castle

Africa

  1. Swim in Devils Pool in Africa/ Visit Victoria's Falls
  2. Ride a Camel in the Sahara Desert
  3. Take an elephant shower in Africa

  1. Ride an elephant in Africa
  2. Missionary Trip to Africa
  3. Rain Dance in African Village
  4. Pyramids of Giza
  5. Lighthouse of Alexandria ruins

Oceania

  1. Hobbit houses in New Zealand
  2. Go to the opera in Sydney
  3. Visit the Pura Lempuyang in Indonesia
  4. Go to Papua New Guinea

  1. Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Asia

  1. Eat sushi at the Jiro restaurant in Tokyo, Japan
  2. Run through a wisteria flower tunnel in Japan
  3. See Mt. Fuji
  4. Visit the floating latern festival in Thailand
  5. Walk the Great Wall of China
  6. See the Terracota warriors in China


S. America

  1. Swing on the Edge of the world in Ecuador
  2. Swim with pink dolphins in the Amazon
  3. Tickle whales in Mexico
  4. Attend the Rio carnival in Brazil
  5. Ascend Machu Picchu in Peru


India

  1. Stay at an Ashram in India

  1. Taj Mahal
  2. Get a henna tattoo in India

East

  1. Take a ride in a hot air balloon in Cappadoccia, Turkey
  2. Mosques in Istanbul
  3. Ana Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

  1. Medusa's Head, Turkey
  2. Ride on the Trans Siberian Railway in Russia
  3. View St. Petersburg Russia
  4. Float in the Dead Sea in Israel
  5. See Lake Baikal in the winter located in s. Siberia, Russia
  6. Petra, Jordan

Other

  1. Learn to Fly a plane
  2. Swim with Sharks
  3. Bungee Jump
  4. Learn how to make pasta from scratch
  5. Learn how to play the piano
  6. Hug a chimp
  7. Hug a kangaroo

  1. Hang Gliding
  2. Sky Diving
  3. Running a Half Marathon
  4. Running a Marathon

Now I know there are hundreds of other things and places that this wonderful world has to offer, so if you want to share with me feel free or start your own bucket list!

Thank you all!

Love,

Deirdre

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