Oh the places you can go....

I'm not sure if this would really qualify as a bucket list, it's just places I would like to visit and some things I'd like to do at some point (don't worry, this is the short version *no really, it is*).

·         Visit an active volcano (Japan 2006)

·         Touch an elephant outside of a zoo (Thailand 2011)

·         Stand on the Equator (Ecuador 2024)

·         Go to the Winter Olympic Games

·         Go to the Summer Olympic Games

·         Live in a house on the water

·         Learn to surf (Panama 2012)

·         Washington, D.C. – U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (2012)

·         Virginia – Arlington National Cemetery (2012)

·         San Francisco – see the Golden Gate Bridge (2008)

·         Swim in all 4 Oceans

    o   Atlantic (Virginia 2002)

    o   Pacific (Panama 2012)

    o   Indian (Western Australia 2017)

    o   Arctic

Travel the World!!!

·         Corcovado, Brazil (Statue of Christ Redeemer)

·         Ride a camel in Tombouctou, Mali

·         See a black rhinoceros in Zimbabwe

·         Visit the “Floating Gardens” of Xochimilco in Mexico City and visit the Aztec Ruins (Chichen
Itza) in Mexico

·         Italy

    o   Rome - Coliseum, St. Peter’s & Pantheon (2007)

    o   Venice - St. Mark’s Basilica and a gondola ride (2007)

    o   Florence - Duomo, Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (2007)

    o   Milan – Il Duomo and The Last Supper by da Vinci

    o   Alberobello, Apulia

·         Bushmills, Antrim, Northern Ireland –Giants’ Causeway

·         Go sailing off the coast of Croatia (2022)

·         Greece – Acropolis, Parthenon

·         Paris, France - Tour the Louver, Notre Dame, and the Basillica de Sacre Coure (2005)

·         Haut-Normandie, France – Visit Mont-Saint-Michel

·         India - the Taj Mahal, Golden Temple of Amritsar, Jaisalmer Temple

·         Germany -Visit Neuschwanstein Castle and Hesse-Darmstadt (the city my ancestors

        immigrated from in Germany)

·         Spain (Madrid, Granada, Barcelona, Galicia)

·         Israel – Swim in the Dead Sea

·         Dublin, Ireland – visit the Guinness Factory (2007)

·         Visit temple ruins in Thailand (2011)

·         London, England - Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, St. Paul’s Cathedral, British Museum, and Hyde Park/Kensignton Garden (2007)

·         See the Swiss Alps

·       Japan -   Visit the Kiyomizu Temple

·         Turkey - Visit the Hagia Sophia (2018)

·         Peru - See Machu Picchu

·         Russia - Tour St. Basil’s Cathedral, the Kremlin, St. Petersburg (Petrodvorets) & Moscow

·         Jordan – Visit Petra

·         Prague, Czech Republic – Visit the Old Town Square (2010)