When I went to Mexico, somehow we all got inspired to write out a bucket list. I don't know if it was fear of impending death on those Mexican streets (from the driving I mean not the drug gangs...) but somehow it started with a few people
...and spread to a few more people...
and then we all got together to read aloud the list we had come up with and were almost backed over by a van. Oh how ironic it would have been for us to all die during the time we were discussing all the things we wanted to do before we died. Luckily, however, we all made it out alive and now after sharing my list with them, I will share it with you. This list is not complete (I'm sure I will continue to add to it throughout my lifetime) but here is what I came up with while riding in a loud, crowded van on a bumpy highway in Mexico.
- Be fluent in Chinese
- Be fluent in Spanish
- Own an international coffee shop/bakery (gotta dream big :) )
- Backpack through Europe
- Go hot air ballooning
- Visit the Greek Isles
- See penguins in South Africa
- Crush grapes (I Love Lucy style) at a winery
- Go on a cruise to Alaska
- Visit Monticello (I know I'm a nerd but I'm a big Thomas Jefferson fan...seriously)
- Do something for someone without expecting anything in return
- Scuba dive off the Great Barrier Reef
Run a marathon(already done)- Read the whole Chronicle of Narnia series
- Learn to make legit tamales (inspired by being in Mexico)
- East scorpions on a stick at Wang Fu Jin
- Go to a Dallas Cowboys game
- Go skiing in the alps
- Live overseas
- Go to the original Starbucks
- Roast coffee beans in Thailand and/or Cambodia
- Learn ancient Greek
- Learn to play the guitar
- Learn to play the violin
- Learn to play the cello
- Adopt a child
- Ride a camel
- Ride the Orient Express (if you're an Agatha Christie fan you know what I'm talking about)
- Learn curling (or in the words of Michael Scott...curdling)
- Get a Master's degree
- Learn to Tango
- Visit the Harry Potter theme park (I know, I know...don't judge me)
- Eat gelato in Italy
- Go on a Lord of the Rings tour of New Zealand
- Finish my bucket list (in other words, more to come another day)...
This is a great bucket list! You have re-inspired me to keep up with mine! I totally want to do a LOT of these thing. Good thing we get to spend next year together, maybe we can knock some of these out...
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