Say what you will about bucket lists, but with so much to see, do and learn around the world, I’m all for planning and prioritising.
This is my ever-expanding list of #travelgoals…
- Learn Italian via immersion, studying at a language school in Italy and exploring the different regions of the country
- See the Field of Light exhibition at Uluru | COMPLETED AUG 2019
- Tour the south of Spain and north of Morocco to admire the Moorish architecture
- Cruise the South Pacific | COMPLETED SEP/OCT 2018
- Attend the Edinburgh Fringe and military tattoo
- Explore the rainforests and reefs of Tropical North Queensland
- Have a white Christmas in Europe
- See a quetzal in Costa Rica
- Road trip from Perth to Exmouth to see the sights of Australia’s Coral Coast
- Cross between Europe and Asia in Istanbul
- See lemurs and chameleons in Madagascar
- Fly in a hot air balloon… anywhere beautiful will do!
- Attend Hogmanay in Scotland
- Go on safari somewhere in Africa
- Visit Cappadocia in Turkey
- See Highland Games in Scotland
- Take a cruise along the Amazon
- Experience the music of Cuba
- See the famous blue and white buildings of Santorini
- Get up close to mountain gorillas in Africa
- See the salt flats and flamingos in Bolivia
- Visit Aztec sites in Mexico
- See the pyramids and cruise the Nile in Egypt
- Watch an opera, eat schnitzel and cake, and maybe learn to waltz in Vienna
- Visit the sounds and fjords along the west coast of New Zealand’s south island
- Trek in Nepal
- Visit Scandinavia‘s cities in summer
- Hike to Machu Picchu, Peru
- Visit Petra and Wadi Rum, Jordan
- Enjoy jazz and beignets in New Orleans
- Picnic among the cherry blossoms in Japan
- See the Northern Lights somewhere in the Arctic Circle
- Photograph the lavender fields of Provence
- Visit the Taj Mahal (for my grandmother)
- Go to a Harry Potter theme park
- Taste wine in Stellenbosch
- Visit Bath and Stonehenge
- Listen to Mozart in Salzburg
- Experience the sights and sounds of Kakadu
- Visit Bhutan, the kingdom of happiness
- Experience the francophone culture of Québec
- Photograph the landscapes of Iceland
- See the staircase to the moon in Broome
- Go beyond Bali in Indonesia
- City-hop in central Europe: Prague, Budapest, Ljubljana, Bratislava…
- See how German, Italian and local languages intermingle in South Tyrol
- Eat all the pastries I can in Greece
- Go glamping on Rottnest Island
- Drink wine in Chile and Argentina
- Make it to the least-visited continent: Antarctica