My Bucket List

Arranged in a semi-organized fashion of which I want to do most (some of these are hard to quantify; I want to do them all!), I present the top 25 items on my bucket list.

They range from classic, like the Pyramids, to more bookish, like the Bronte Museum, the Alexandria Library, and The Globe — which is in keeping with the sometimes literary theme of this travel blog. I’ve been lucky enough to cross some of these off the list, and look forward to crossing off more.

Walk inside an Egyptian pyramid
Eat sushi in Japan
Tour the Bronte Parsonage Museum and the North York Moors (because Wuthering Heights is my favorite novel)
Put a prayer in the Western Wall at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
~~Take a gondola through the canals of Venice~~

Read inside every one of the libraries on this list — but especially the Alexandria Library, the Trinity Library, and the Boston Public Library
See the Aurora Borealis
Ride a camel
~~Drink espresso in Italy~~
Explore the Isle of Skye
Visit the bookstores Shakespeare and Company in Paris, Hatchards in London — these first two can be seen in a guest post, though! — and El Ateneo in Buenos Aires
See the top of the world at Jungfraujoch in Switzerland
~~Visit Barcelona~~

See the futuristic buildings of Astana, Kazakhstan
Go dog-sledding in Alaska
~~Attend Hogwarts and drink butterbeer~~

Explore Iceland’s many natural wonders
See a Shakespeare play at The Globe in London
Sleep under the stars in Kerry, Ireland, a Dark Sky Reserve location
~~See the Eiffel Tower in Paris~~

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Float in the Dead Sea
~~See whales in their natural habitat~~

“Whales are such magnificent creatures, and they are so much bigger than you could imagine. It’s not a stretch to say that they are approximately the size of a school bus, if not bigger. And when you consider that our boat was not much larger than that, it’s both fascinating and awe-inspiring to be so close to such a powerful animal.” – From my post on the experience