Tuesday, July 26, 2011

The list that started it all ...

Here it is! Whittled it down to 101 things!

 
1.      Run a half marathon.
2.      Sleep under the stars with someone I care about.
3.      Graduate from university.
4.      Re-learn the piano.
5.      Celebrate New Year’s Eve with people I love.
6.      Spend a decent amount of time in Greece and Rome visiting ancient sites;
1.      Colloseum
2.      Pompeii
3.      Delphic Oracle/ Navel
4.      Acropolis at Athens
5.      Miletus (Troy)
6.      Palace at Knossos
7.      Mycenae
8.      Royal Tombs at Vergina
9.      Marathon
10.  Phaistos (Crete)
11.  Horologium of Augustus
12.  Pantheon
13.  Ara Pacis
14.  Column of Trajan/ Trajan’s Market
15.  Baths of Caracalla
16.  Arch of Titus
17.  House of Livia/Augustus
18.  Circo Massimo
19.  Castel Sant’ Angelo
20.  Base of the column of Antoninus Pius
7.      See a show on Broadway.
8.      Donate blood.
9.      Dance in a field under a full moon.
10.  Re-learn to ride a horse (with as little fear as possible).
11.  Spend a weekend away with my best friend.
12.  Learn to cook at least seven amazing dishes.
13.  Kiss the Blarney stone.
14.  See a band I love live.
15.  Reach my goal weight.
16.  Attend the Cannes Film Festival.
17.  See the West Coast of NZ before I go overseas.
18.  Publish a book of photos.
19.  Visit the remains of the Temple of Apollo at Didyma.
20.  Write to all the people who I really care about and let them know how much they mean to me.
21.  Master Mama’s Kasekuchen recipe.
22.  Backpack around Europe.
23.  Ride the London Eye.
24.  Visit Westminster Abbey.
25.  Drink wine under the Eiffel Tower. (Bonus: if it’s snowing)
26.  Visit Stonehenge. (Bonus points: on a Sabbat)
27.  Ride a gondola in Venice.
28.  Visit the Vatican.
29.  Horseback trip along the Loire Valley.
30.  Spend a night in a French castle along the Loire.
31.  Get my tattoo charm anklet and add a charm for every memorable moment.
32.  Learn to drive.
33.  Have a spontaneous picnic with wine and cheese in a super everyday location.
34.  Master both French and Italian.
35.  Live in the UK for at least a year.
36.   Read Sappho on the island of Lesbos.
37.  Swim with dolphins.
38.  Learn not to stress the small stuff.
39.  Find a way to repay my parents for everything they ever did for me.
40.  Get out of debt and stay out of unnecessary debt.
41.  Offer dedication at a Temple of Athena.
42.  Offer dedication at a Temple of Apollo.
43.  Visit Marrakech!!!
44.  Have my cards read at a gypsy fair.
45.  Visit a psychic.
46.  Give a hairdresser full control over my hair: no plans in advance, no preferences.
47.  Keep a journal.
48.  Splash out on a day at a spa.
49.  Gamble in Vegas.
50.  Walk Hadrian’s Wall.
51.  Ride a camel.
52.  Play with a baby tiger.
53.  See Cirque du Soleil.
54.  Watch the sun rise at the Taj Mahal.
55.  Volunteer with elephants in India.
56.  Visit Loch Ness.
57.  Shower in a waterfall.
58.  Finish a 365 project overseas.
59.  Kiss under mistletoe.
60.  Start a cookbook with recipes and photos I love to pass down to children
61.  Watch a meteor shower.
62.  Fly first class.
63.  Photograph an endangered species.
64.  Visit a Renaissance Faire.
65.  Photograph fireworks in a child’s eye.
66.  Learn to shoot 35mm film.
67.  Read all of the books on the BBC Must Read List.
68.  Go scuba diving/underwater photography.
69.  Visit a Hookah Lounge.
70.  Make a thousand paper cranes.
71.  Document everything on this list J
72.  Spontaneous summer road trip with my best friend to somewhere we’ve never been armed with only a picnic and a Polaroid camera.
73.  Window shop on Rodeo Drive.
74.  Drink Vodka in Moscow.
75.  Eat Pizza in Italy.
76.  Go to a petting zoo.
77.  Watch all the classic Disney movies.
78.  Open my own studio.
79.  Photograph the Galapagos tortoise in the Galapagos Islands.
80.  See the cherry blossom festival in Japan.
81.  Celebrate Chinese New Year in China.
82.  Tomato throwing festival in Italy.
83.  Get rowdy at Oktoberfest!
84.  Take a spontaneous trip overseas: Decide where to go by throwing a dart at a map.
85.  Have a bonfire on a beach.
86.  Eat escargot in France.
87.  Have a photo published in a national publication.
88.  See and photograph Catatumbo lightning in Venezuela.
89.  See and (attempt to) photograph the Northern Lights.
90.  See and (attempt to) photograph the Southern Lights.
91.  Photograph an owl. (Bonus: Snowy Owl)
92.  Order room service in a fancy hotel.
93.  Eat at a Michelin Star restaurant.
94.  Visit the Capela dos Ossos in Portugal.
95.  Make ice-cream from scratch, by hand.
96.  Hand feed a baby wolf.
97.  Adopt a pet from an animal shelter.
98.  Buy underwear from Victoria’s Secret.
99.  Take photos in a field of sunflowers.
100.                      Throw a penny into a wishing well
101.                      Get a portrait painted/drawn by a street artist.

Can't wait to get started on getting some of these done!! :D