My Bucket List

While some people aren’t fans of bucket lists, I get a great deal of satisfaction from crossing off things that I’ve always wanted to do.

This is my bucket list so far:

 

  • Visit all 7 continents
  • Go Bungee Jumping (Queenstown NZ April 2013)
  • Go scuba diving
  • Learn how to drive on the other side of the road (USA from 2010-2012)
  • Go skydiving
  • Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, July 2012)
  • Teach English in Brazil
  • Swim in the dead sea
  • Climb the Sydney Harbor Bridge
  • Volunteer with Elephants
  • Start a blog
  • Volunteer in an orphanage
  • Have a winter full of snow (Chicago 2010-2011)
  • Visit the Taj Mahal
  • See the Mona Lisa
  • Learn another language
  • Swim with dolphins (Big Island, Hawaii, August 2012)
  • Drive Route 66
  • Go parasailing (Key West, December 2010)
  • See the Northern lights
  • Visit Uluru
  • Ride a camel
  • Party in Las Vegas
  • Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru
  • Live in the United States for over a year (Lived in the US from October 2010 until August 2012)
  • Work on a cruise ship
  • Backpack through SE Asia on my own
  • Go Snorkeling (Fiji 2010)
  • Safari in Africa
  • Visit Stonehenge
  • Write a book
  • Learn how to shoot a gun
  • Ride the Subway in NYC  (2007)
  • Participate in La Tomatina
  • Sail down the Amazon
  • Dye my hair brown
  • See the Hollywood sign in LA (2011)
  • Go white water rafting
  • See the Great Barrier Reef
  • Eat snails in France
  • Go to the top of the empire state building (2007 and 2010)
  • Carnival in Brazil
  • St Patrick’s day in Ireland
  • Eat Chocolate in Switzerland
  • Get a tattoo  (Australia 2013)
  • Run a 5km (Evanston Race Against Hate 2011)
  • Fly business class
  • Go Zorbing
  • See the Pyramids in Egypt
  • Ride in a Limo (chicago 2011)
  • Hold a Koala in Australia
  • Road trip around New Zealand in a campervan
  • Visit the Grand Canyon
  • See the Niagra Falls
  • Go Kayaking (Fiji 2010)
  • Live in Ireland for at least a month
  • Visit every country in the world
  • Take a photography class
  • BaseJumping
  • Visit the Statue of Liberty (2007)
  • Serve on a Jury
  • Ride in a Helicopter
  • Visit Auschwitz
  • Learn how to drive a motorcycle
  • Drink margaritas in Mexico (Tijuana 2012)
  • Run a marathon
  • Walk the great wall of China
  • Visit the Bazaar of Tabriz in Iran
 

Australia You’re Turning me into a Wimp.

I’ve got a bone to pick with you Australia. I always thought I was pretty tough. I never really pictured myself as one of those girly girls who froze in fear at the mere mention of a spider or a snake. Here’s the thing though Australia; you’re turning me into a wimp. When I look back, the reason [...]

Added By on May 7, 2013