My Travel Bucket List:

I  put this list together in 2009, and since then it has been growing!

Take a look and maybe get some ideas to add to your own:

• See Iguazu Falls in Argentina
• Go to the “Holy Land” (Israel)
• Go to Kings Cross Station in London  2001
• Visit the Grand Canyon 2015
• Visit the Tower of London 2001, 2008
• Kiss the Blarney Stone in Ireland 2004
• Ride in a Hot-Air Balloon 2017
• See the Roman Forum and Colosseum 2007
• Go wine tasting in Tuscany 2007
• Swim in the Mediterranean sea 2007, 2012, 2016
• Visit the islands of Ibiza or Mallorca, Spain 2016
• Visit wine country in Mendoza, Argentina
• See Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament 2001, 2008
• Visit the holy site of Fatima in Portugal
• Visit the holy site of Medjugorje in Bosnia 2016
• Visit the French Riviera
• Go to Norway and see Viking relics
• Visit Iceland and the Skogafoss Waterfall 2016
• Go on a safari in Africa  2014
• Swim in a natural hot spring 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016
• Visit the spice island of Zanzibar 2014
• See a flamenco dance in Spain 2007, 2012
• Eat crepes in front of the Eiffel Tower 2008
• See the beaches of Normandy, France  2008
• Visit the original Hofbräuhaus in Munich 2012
• See the “Sound of Music” sights in Austria 2012
• See and touch a glacier  2012, 2016
• See Mayan ruins in Mexico
• Visit Machu Picchu in Peru 2010
• See the “Love in the Time of Cholera” city of Cartagena 2013
• Visit Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Visit Mexico for Día de Los Muertos
• See the Amazon Rainforest 2010
• Ride a camel in the desert  2012
• Hug an elephant 2011
• See the pyramids of Giza in Egypt 2017
• Visit the site of Petra in Jordan 2017
• See ancient cave paintings
• Visit the calderas of Santorini, Greece 2016
• See the Parthenon and Acropolis in Greece 2016
• See an elephant in the wild 2014
• Live with a local family in another country 2007, 2014
• Visit old San Juan, Puerto Rico  2021
• Visit a Caribbean Island 2018, 2021
• Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef
• Walk the Great Wall of China  2010
• Reflect at a temple in Bali, Indonesia 2011
• Visit the floating markets of Bangkok, Thailand 2011
• See Angkor Wat Temple in Cambodia 2011
• Have a real life “Indiana Jones” experience 2011
• Visit the battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 2010
• See Olympic National Park in Washington 2017
• Host a couch surfer 2012, 2013
• Participate in the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky  2023
• Go to the Kentucky Derby in Louisville 2022
• See a cheetah in the wild 2014
• Go whale watching and see a whale! 2016
• Go dog sledding
• See a Broadway play in New York City 2010
• Be a good Catholic and visit Vatican City 2007
• Ski in Europe
• Visit Leavesden Studios in London to see the Harry Potter sets
• See penguins in Antarctica
• Visit the southernmost city in the world, Ushuaia
• Set foot on all 7 continents (71% completed)
• See the northern lights
• Visit my great-grandparents’ hometown of Potenza, Italy