K’s BIG and growing Bucket List  – not to be confused with my foodie list published earlier.

Travel

X See all 50 States by 50
X Visit 100 countries by 50
X Stand on the Equator
X Visit all 7 continents (6 down, 1 to go)

Europe

X Bruges
X Ghent
X Walk across the Charles Bridge
X Float the Seine River
X Eiffel Tower & Arc de Triomphe
X Cathedrale de Notre Dame
X Fontainebleau
X Ride the TGV
X Tour de France LIVE
X See the Mona Lisa
X Winged Victory of Samothrace
X Monet’s Waterlillies
X Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)
X Sistine Chapel
X Michelangelo’s David
X Pieta
X Munch’s The Scream
X Matisse’s The Dance
X van Gogh’s Starry Night
X Birth of Venus
X Venus de Milo
X The Night Watch
X See ancient cave paintings
X Champs Elysees walk
X Drive an Autobahn
 Visit Heidelberg, Germany
 Float the Rhine River
X Neuschwanstein Castle
X Medieval walled city
X Berlin Wall
X Acropolis
 Run the ancient Olympics track
x Santorini – Caldera
x Ride an Icelandic horse
x Soak at the Blue Lagoon
x Book of Kells, Ireland
x Walk on the Giant’s Causeway
x Kiss the Blarney Stone
x Birthplace of my g.g grandparents
X Tower of London
X Westminster Abbey
X Ride the London Eye
X Shakespeare play in S-U-A
 Masquerade Ball in Venice
X Toss a coin into Trevi Fountain
X Leaning Tower of Pisa
X Hike Cinque Terre
X Grand Canal in Venice
X Human Chess in Italy
X Basilica of San Vitale mosaics
X The Adoration of the Magi
X Trajan’s Column
X Learn how to make gelato
X Learn to make macarons
X Gladiator School in Rome
X Papal blessing at Vatican
X Pantheon
X Pompeii – Murals at the Villa of the Mysteries
X Herculanaeum
X Anne Frank’s House
 Tiptoe through tulips
 Aurora Borealis
X Concentration Camp
X Hermitage, Russia
X Catherine’s Palace
X Peterhof
X Drink a shot of vodka in Russia
X La Sagrada Familia & Parc Guell
/ Throw a tomato at La Tomatina
X Ice Bar in Sweden
X Spice Market, Turkey
X Blue Mosque
X Ephesus

Asia

X Great Wall of China
X Float the Mekong River
X Visit the Taj Mahal at sunrise
X Attend a cremation in Bali
 Maldives
X Tiger’s Nest Monastery
X Visit Schwedagon Pagoda
X Royal Palace & Jade Buddha
X Xi’An Terra Cotta Warriors
X Angkor Wat at sunsrise
X Hill-tribes in Northern Thailand
 Borobudur, Java
X Wayang Kulit
X Monkey Forest, Bali
 White Temple, Chiang Rai
X Tampaksiring Bath, Bali
X The Bund, Shanghai
 Tsukiji Fish Market, Japan
/ Meet Aung San Suu Kyi (well, we visited her office and her house)

North/South/Central America and Caribbean

X MOMA, NY
X Statue of Liberty
X Empire State Building
X Niagara Falls
X Times Square
X Ground Zero
X Grand Central Station
X Jackson Pollock’s One; #31
X Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans
X Vietnam Veteran’s Mem. DC
X Lincoln Memorial
X Smithsonian
X White House
X Arlington Nat’l Cemetery, VA
X Liberty Bell, PA
X Amish – Lancaster County
X Gettysburg
 Fallingwater
X Freedom Trail, MA
X Old North Church
X Everglades, FL airboat
X Kennedy Space Center
X Key West
X Oglethorpe Square, GA
X New Orleans, LA
 Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, NC
 Biltmore
X Graceland, TN
 Grand Ole Opry House
 Harpers Ferry, WV
 Kentucky Derby
X Gateway Arch, MO
 The Alamo, TX
X Sears Tower, IL
 Carhenge, NE
X Aspen Mountain, CO
X Mesa Verde
X Colorado River rafting
X Dinosaur Nat’l Monument
X Taos Pueblo, NM
 Roswell
X Carlsbad Caverns
X Bryce Canyon, UT
X Salt Flats
X Seligman, AZ
X Raft the Grand Canyon
X Visit Lake Powell
 London Bridge
X Petrified Forest
X Stand on all 4 Corners
X Old Faithful
X Jenny Lake/Grand Tetons, WY
X Float the Snake River
X Mt. Rushmore, SD
 Badlands, SD
X Mt. St. Helens, WA
X Space Needle
X Glacier Bay, Alaska
 Area 51, NV
X Hoover Dam
X Golden Gate Bridge, CA
X Hearst Castle
X Lake Tahoe
X Sequoia National Park
X Sea World
X Death Valley
X Alcatraz
X El Capitan, Yosemite
X Hollywood sign
 USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, HI
X Haleakala crater
X A ghost town
 Cuba
 Attend Rio’s Carnival
X Float the Amazon River
X Chichen Itza
X Galapagos
 Panama Canal
X Antarctica
 Angel Falls – Venezuela
X Patagonia
 Pantanal
 Buenos Aires
X Machu Picchu
 Visit Easter Island Moai

Africa / Middle East

X Pray at the Wailing Wall
 Pyramids of Giza
 Suez Canal
 Nile River
X Swim in the Dead Sea
X Jerusalem
X Masai Mara, Kenya
 Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
 Cape Town, S. Africa
X Marrakech, Morocco
 Endangered gorillas
X Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
 Zanzibar
 Okavango Delta, Botswana
 Madagascar

Australia / Oceania

 See Uluru
X Harbour Bridge
X Tramp New Zealand
X See the Sydney Opera House
X Dive the Great Barrier Reef
X Go on a jetboat

Do

X Love / be loved unconditionally
X See myself in my child’s eyes
X Sleep under the stars
X Dive with sharks
X Be in a movie
X Help at an archaeological dig
 Learn to surf
 Perfect chocolate soufflé
X Read a book a week
X Learn to SCUBA dive
X Go on a zipline
X Ride in a helicopter
X Ride in a hot air balloon
X See a wild animal give birth
X Schweeb
X Milk a cow
X Swim with wild dolphins
 Walk in a cranberry bog
 Walk in quicksand
X Ride a Vespa / Scooter
X Ride a camel
X Ride an elephant
X Ride in a helicopter
X Ride in a blimp
/ Write a book
 Meet my grandchildren
 Learn to play golf (beyond putt putt)
/ Learn to speak a foreign language fluently
X Teach at the college level
 Send a message in a bottle
X Shower under a waterfall
X See a lunar eclipse
X Go in a real submarine
X Learn to waterski
X See Haley’s comet
X Try fencing
X Drive a go-kart
X Own a successful business
 Read all of Shakespeare’s plays
 Read Top 100 Classic books
X Plant a tree
X Have a garden
X See a whale in the wild
X Take 1 photo daily for a year
X Make a snowman
X Learn to ski
X Kiss someone in the rain
X Dance and sing in the rain
X Practice yoga
X Pull an all-nighter
X See a concert at Red Rocks
X Love a dog for its whole life
X Have a bonfire at the beach
X Learn archery
X Write a song
X Walk on an active volcano
X Go kayaking
X Talk to a psychic
X Take a road trip with a friend
X Learn to meditate
X See a Cirque du Soleil show
X Sleep in a castle
 Sleep in an igloo
 Sleep in an ice hotel
 Sleep underwater
X Sleep in a cave
X Sleep in a monastery / nunnery
X Sleep in a barn
X Eat only junk food for a whole day
 Spend 1 day with NO complaints
X Show a horse
X See an Opera
X Learn to play Chess
X See a movie with subtitles
X Leave a $100 tip on a $10 lunch
 Invent something
X Ride in a horse-drawn carriage
X Meditate in a Buddhist Temple
X Sing karaoke in a bar
 Be an organ donor
 See baby turtles hatch
X Shoot a shotgun
X See the Pope LIVE
X See Van Morrison LIVE
X See Lyle Lovett LIVE
X See James Taylor LIVE
X See Yo-Yo Ma LIVE
 Mystery trip – take random flight
X Snuggle a koala
X See a play on Broadway
X See a play at Leicester Square
X Pick berries
X Learn to blow glass
X Fly a kite
X Launch a rocket
X See a satellite cross the night sky
X Fly a lantern at Loy Krathong
/ Receive blessing HH Dalai Lama