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My Travel Bucket List

In May of 2012 I had massive knee surgery and during my very long recovery I had time to compile quite a travel bucket list.  Since getting off crutches I add to this list whenever I read about something a unique destination, hear a story from a friend and am jealous, or see a blog post about a terrific vacation recap.  This list is all of the things I want to do first, followed by the things on my bucket list that I have done or completed.  Enjoy: 
 

THINGS I HAVE CROSSED OFF MY BUCKET LIST
 
Europe
(*) Visit to Westminster Abbey

(*) Stand on the International Date Line

(*) Take a tour of the Tower of London

(*) Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower

(*) Watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace

(*) Go punting on the river in Cambridge, England

(*) See the Sistine Chapel
(*) Eat Pizza in Italy 

(*) Visit the ruined city of Pompeii 

(*) Ride on a gondola in Venice

(*) See the Mona Lisa at the Louvre 

(*) Swim in the Mediterranean
(*) See the Statue of Zeus at Olympia 
(*) Climb the Duemo in Florence 

 

United States 
(*) Travel to at least half of the states in the U.S. 
(*)  See the colors of the fall in New England
(*) See the bean in Chicago
(*) Ride on a San Francisco Cable Car 
(*) Bike across the Golden Gate Bridge 
(*) Spend a long weekend on Cape Cod
(*) Visit Hearst Castle 
(*) See the Cherry Blossoms in May on the National Mall 


(*) Tour the White House
(*)  Go to the top of the Empire State Building 
(*) Live in New York CIty 
(*) See a play on Broadway  
(* ) Visit the Hershey Chocolate Factory in Pennsylvania
(*) Go to Disney World 

(*) See Niagara Falls

Central and South America
(*) Visit the Mayan Ruins 
(*)  Ride a boat through the Panama Canal 
(*) Zipline in Costa Rica 
(*)  Swim with dolphins in The Caribbean
(*) Horseback Ride through a rain forest


Africa

(*) Visit Victoria Falls
(*) Ride an elephant 
(*) Go on safari – see my really cool video about it here

My continually growing travel Bucket List : 



United States 

( ) Drive across the United States

(  ) Spend a weekend in Vegas
(  ) Visit the top of Seattle Space Needle
( ) Tour Pearl Harbor 
( ) Go to the top of the St. Louis Arch
( ) Visit the Grand Canyon
( ) Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans 
( ) Make my own wine in Napa Valley 
 
Asia 
(  ) Walk  on the Great Wall of China
( ) Visit the Taj Majal  
( ) Visit the Forbidden City
( ) Travel India by Train 
( ) Ride the Orient Express 
(  ) Stay in a Bungalow in Bora Bora
( ) Attend a Full Moon Party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
( ) Stay one night in the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai
( )  Swim in crystal clear water in the Maldives
( ) Scuba dive to the Jake Seaplane in Micronesia
( ) Eat sushi in Japan
( ) Celebrate Holi, the Hindu religious spring festival of colors, in Nepal
( ) Play with the monkeys in Thailand 
 
Australia 
( ) Scuba Dive on the Great Barrier Reef
( ) Climb Sydney Harbour Bridge
( ) Go white water rafting in New Zealand
( ) Visit the penguins of Phillip Island Nature Park 
 
Africa
(  ) See the pyramids and the Sphynx in Egypt
( ) Take a boat trip down the Nile 
( ) See the gorillas in Uganda 
( ) Ride a camel in the Sahara Dessert 
 
Europe
( ) Visit Loch Ness
( ) Kiss the Blarney Stone
( ) Lean on the Tower of Pisa
( ) In Amsterdam visit: the Anne Frank House, the Red Light District, 
and the Heineken factory 
( ) Visit Stonehedge
 ( )  Attend the Monaco Grand Prix (Monte Carlo, Monaco)
( ) See the running with the bulls in Pamplona 
( )  Have a beer at Oktoberfest in Munich
( ) Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin
( ) Visit Edinburgh to see Holroodhouse Palace and Edinburgh Castle

Central and South America
( ) Hike to Macchu Picchu
( ) Visit Easter Island
( ) Dance the tango in Argentina
( ) Participate in Carnival
( ) See the Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio
( ) Visit Iguazu Falls 
 
I am sure I will add to this travel bucket list in the future but for right now, here is the list! 
 

Hi, I am Kelly and welcome to Sparkles and Shoes, a fashion, travel, and lifestyle blog.  I am a New York City girl at heart but I moved to London in the Spring of 2018!

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