The Bucket List

Things to Learn
1. Achieve B2 equivalent fluency in Spanish (Tasha), B1 equivalent Arabic (Alex), and Level 1 Sign Language (ASL or ISL)
2. Take formal dancing lessons
3. Cooking course in France, South East Asia, China, Morocco, Louisiana and Italy (Alex)
4. Basic flying lesson (light aircraft)
5. Play the ocarina (Tasha), achieve proficiency in three instruments - piano, violin, ocarina
6. Identify constellations by naked eye

Adventures to Have and Things to Do

1. Sky dive
2. Read a work of literature in the library of either Oxford, Trinity or Cambridge
3. Swim with wild dolphins
4. Jump off a building
5. Ride a jet-ski
6. Whale watch
7. Climb an active volcano
8. Stand under a waterfall and get soaked.
9. Bungee jump
10. Go on a safari in the Serengeti
11. Drive across America coast to coast
12. Visit somewhere with a real ‘Fall’ and watch the leaves turn.
13. Sing karaoke in a bar
14. Read a famous work of foreign literature in its native language
15. Bathe an elephant
16. Volunteer in a foreign country
17. Ride on a camel in the Sahara
18. Ride the Trans-Siberian across Asia
19. Ride in a hot air balloon
20. Participate in a mass food fight
21. Drive an Impala
22. Visit an Ice Hotel 
23. Jump on a random train with only a backpack and see where we end up
24. Shoot a gun on a shooting range
25. Milk a cow
26. Ride in a helicopter
27. Sleep under the stars
28. Catch a fish 
29. Feel an earthquake
30. Carve my name into a tree 
31. Go cave spelunking
32. Go berry picking
33. Collect honey from a beehive 
34. Float in the dead sea
35. Go zorbing 
36. Go to the airport and buy a mystery ticket
37. Fly in a private jet
38.
39. Get a tattoo
40. Kiss in the rain
41. Roast marshmallows on a volcano
42. Eat Bugs 
43. Live abroad for 12 months
44. Set foot in every country
45. Hike on a glacier
46. Fire-walking
47. Ride a mechanical bull
48. Fly in a blimp
49. Visit all seven continents
50. Mush a dog sled
51. Help turtles hatch and make it to the ocean
52. Have a white Christmas
53. Mountain climb

Places to Travel and Landmarks to See 

photo credit: B Olsen

1. Drink a glass of champagne in the Champagne region, France
2. Follow the trail to Mecca, Saudi Arabia
3. See the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, Israel
4. Tour the Vatican City
5. Walk across Salisbury Plain from Stonehenge to Salisbury Cathedral, England
6. Tour the ruined city of Pripyat near Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, Ukraine
7. Attend a mass at the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, France
8. See the Eagle's Nest near Berchtesgaden, Germany
9. Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Cuzco Peru
10. Buy and eat a hotdog from a street vendor in New York, USA
11. Watch the Northern Lights in Rejavick, Iceland
12. Crawl through the Cu Chi tunnels, Vietnam
13. See the remains of Pompeii, Italy
14. Dive into the Mediterranean from the Greek Isles, Greece
15.Kiss the Blarney Stone, Ireland
16. Tour the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, Russia
17. Visit Anne Frank's hiding place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
18. See Hatshetsup's Temple in Luxor, Egypt
19. Swim in the Devil's Pool, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
20. Climb to the Golden Temple in the Wudang Mountains, China
21. Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef, Coast of Australia
22. Travel via canal in Venice, Italy
23. Walk the Camino de Santiago Frances, Basque County, Spain
24. Cross the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, China
25. Stand at the top of the Empire State Building, New York, USA
26. Visit the Lusitania Memorial, Cobh, Ireland
27. Visit the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
28. See the Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy
29. Visit the Natural History Museum, London, UK
30. Visit the British Museum, London, UK


Cultural Celebrations 
1. Yi Ping/Loi Krathong - Chiang Mai, Thailand
2. La Tomatina – Valencia, Spain
3. Semana Santa – Spain
4. Carnival – Venice, Italy
5. New Years Eve in Times Square – New York City, USA
6. Chinese New Year - Hong Kong

Professional Goals 
1. Become a citizen of another country and get a 2nd passport
2. Volunteer overseas for an extended period 1+ month
3. Teach English in a non-English speaking country
4. Have a piece published
5. Prepare a meal specifically for someone famous I admire (Alex)
6. Work remotely (Tasha)
7. Build a blog with 25/50/100 subscribers
8. Take the MENSA test

6 Impossible Things to do before Breakfast
1. Fly
2. Travel back in time
3. Peer over the edge of the world
 4. Stare into the eyes of death
5. Walk across the globe
6. Hold a conversation with an animal