Cross it off

Because you know how much I love lists, here's a list of things that I want to do in this short life of mine - starting with a list that I made during my gap year in 2009:

1. Cook a Christmas dinner successfully
2. Get a degree
3. Learn to snowboard
4. Own a puppy
5. Go on a road trip
6. Have a meaningful conversation with a stranger
7. Live in a totally new country
8. Go to an Arctic Monkeys concert
9. Be an extra in a movie
10. Get something published
11. Water-ski
12. Go to Carnival in Rio
13. Create my family tree
14. See the Northern Lights
15. Learn to speak a foreign tongue
16. Get a tattoo
17. Read all the books on the BBC Big Read list (ambitious!)
18. Learn to play the drums
19. Go to 7 gigs in 7 nights
20. Donate money and get my name on something
21. See a show on ice
22. Go to 30 countries
23. Learn the rules of American football
24. Swim with dolphins
25. Take a hot air balloon ride
26. Go to 30 American states
27. Have a Harry Potter movie marathon
28. Go to New Zealand

Looks like I still have a lot to do :)

Jess and I are planning a RTW trip for a couple of years from now. I honestly cannot wait for it, I'm already in the process of planning even though it won't be for a couple of years. Here's my first draft of things that I want to do during my travels:

• Trek the Great Wall of China
• Eat real sushi in Japan
• Visit the ruins of Pompeii
• Work in Australia
• Skydive in New Zealand 
• Ride the Trans-Siberian Express 
• Ride elephants in Thailand (I've already done this, but I was so young I can't remember it!)
• Whale watch
• See the Terracotta Warriors
• Give surfing a go
• Couchsurf!
• Take a hot air balloon ride
• Climb up Mt Fuji and watch the sunrise 

Adding to that list...my list of things to do in Ireland (almost completed it!)

• Kiss the Blarney Stone

• Visit Belfast and the Giant's Causeway

• Drink Guinness at a pub on Arthur's Day

• Take a free walking tour of Dublin

• Tour the Ring of Kerry

• Go surfing on the West Coast

• Tour Kilmainham Gaol

• See a Riverdance show

• Celebrate St. Paddy's Day in true Irish style (I was on antibiotics for St. Paddy's Day 2013, so I wasn't able to party like the Irish! Guess that means that I'll have to come back some other time)