I'm failing at being an expat. My fellow expat bloggers are constantly on the move, exploring as many of the different corners of their continents as they can. Not me. But I think I may know why; you see, even though I'm an American expat, I'm an EU citizen, plus I'm married to a Frenchman in France, so my time here in France and in Europe doesn't have an expiration date. There's nothing pushing me to explore and apathy has set in. I'm determined to change that.
There's been a travel list floating around for awhile now, I've seen it on
Jenna's and
Betsy's blogs so I thought I'd take a look in hopes of spurring my apathetic butt on.
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{I'm here too, I'm behind the camera} |
1. Alamo - San Antonio, Texas, USA
2. Alhambra - Granada, Spain
3. Andros Island - Bahamas
4. Angel Falls - Venezuela
5. Angkor Wat - Angkor, Cambodia
6. Atlantic City Boardwalk - Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
7. Ayers Rock - Australia
8. Big Ben - London, England
9. Bora Bora - Polynesia
10. British Museum - London, England
11. Canals of Amsterdam - Amsterdam, Netherlands
12. Cathedral of Seville - Seville, Spain
13. Cave of Crystals - Mexico
14. Christ the Redeemer - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
15. Cinque Terre National Park - Italy
{The Colosseum & St. Peter's}
16. Colosseum - Rome, Italy
17. Crater Lake National Park - Oregon, USA
18. Dead Sea - Israel/Jordan
19. Death Valley National Park - California, USA
20. Devil’s Tower - Wyoming, USA
21. Dome of the Rock - Jerusalem, Israel
22. Easter Island Statues - Polynesia
23. Edinburgh Castle - Edinburgh, Scotland
24. Eiffel Tower - Paris, France
25. Empire State Building - New York City, New York, USA
26. Forbidden City - Beijing, China
27. French Quarter - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
28. Galapagos Islands - Ecuador
29. Gateway Arch - St. Louis, Missouri, USA
30. Gettysburg Battlefield - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
31. Glacier Bay Basin - Alaska, USA
32. Glacier National Park - Montana, USA
33. Glowworm Cave - New Zealand
34. Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco, California, USA
35. Grand Canal - Venice, Italy
36. Grand Canyon - Arizona, USA
37. Grand Mosque in Mecca - Saudi Arabia
38. Great Barrier Reef - Queensland, Australia
39. Great Mosque of Córdoba - Córdoba, Spain
40. Great Wall of China - China
41. Hagia Sophia - Istanbul, Turkey
42. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - Hawaii, USA
43. Hollywood Boulevard - Hollywood, California, USA
44. Iguazu Falls - Argentina and Brazil
45. Kiyomizu-dera - Kyoto, Japan
46. Kremlin - Moscow, Russia
47. Lake Titicaca - Peru
48. Las Ramblas - Barcelona, Spain
49. Las Vegas Strip - Las Vegas, Nevada
50. Leaning Tower of Pisa - Pisa, Italy
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{I can't find any of my Eiffel, or Louvre photos, so this one of me in front of a carousel in Paris will just have to do} |
51. Louvre Museum - Paris, France
52. Macchu Picchu - Peru
53. Matterhorn - Switzerland
54. Mayan Pyramids of Chichen Itza - Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
55. Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City, New York, USA
56. Mount Everest - Nepal
57. Mount Fuji - Japan
58. Mount Kilimanjaro - Tanzania
59. Mount Rushmore - Keystone, South Dakota, USA
60. Napa Valley - California, USA
61. Ngorongoro Crater - Tanzania
62. Niagara Falls - New York, USA
63. Notre Dame Cathedral - Paris, France
64. Pacific Rim National Park - British Columbia, Canada
65. Pebble Beaches of Nice - Nice, France
66. Petra - Jordan
67. Petronas Twin Towers - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
68. Portland Head Lighthouse - Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA
69. Puerta Del Sol - Madrid, Spain
70. Pyramids of Giza - Egypt
71. Redwood National Park - California, USA
72. Rock of Gibraltar - Gibraltar
73. Rocky Mountain National Park - Colorado, USA
74. Ruins of Athens - Athens, Greece
75. Ruins of Pompeii - Pompei, Italy
76. Sagrada Famila - Barcelona, Spain
77. Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) - Chicago, Illinois, USA
78. Sedlec Ossuary - Czech Republic
79. Sistine Chapel - Vatican City, Italy
80. Smithsonian Institution - Washington, D.C., USA
81. Space Needle - Seattle, Washington, USA
82. St. Peter’s Basilica - Vatican City, Italy
83. Statue of Liberty - New York City, New York, USA
84. Stonehenge - Wiltshire County, England
85. Sydney Opera House - Sydney, Australia
86. Taj Mahal - Agra, India
87. Temple of the Golden Pavilion - Kyoto, Japan
88. Teotihuacan - Mexico
89. Tian Tan Buddha - Hong Kong, China
90. Times Square - New York City, New York, USA
91. Varanasi - Uttar Pradesh, India
92. Victoria Falls - Zimbabwe
93. Wailing Wall - Jerusalem, Israel
94. Walt Disney World Resort - Orlando, Florida Um, how come Disney World is here but not Disney Land? That's a conspiracy if I ever saw one.
95. Washington Monument - Washington, D.C., USA
96. White Cliffs of Dover - Dover, England
97. White House - Washington, D.C., USA
98. Winchester Cathedral - Hampshire, England
99. Yosemite National Park - California, USA
100. Zion National Park - Utah, USA
So according to
Saint Augustine, I've read 21 pages which is rather poor. I mean, you don't even really get into a book until at least page forty or something. I barely have grasped the plot at this point. (
oh, and in case you're confused by the Saint Augustine reference, he's the one who said that thing about the world is a book...)
But I do know what I'd like my next five pages to be;
Canals of Amsterdam - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cathedral of Seville - Seville, Spain
Edinburgh Castle - Edinburgh, Scotland
Leaning Tower of Pisa - Pisa, Italy
Stonehenge - Wiltshire County, England
And what about you?
What page are you on...
and where do you want your next page to take you?
bisou