To Do

Updated December 14, 2009

I suppose that once I mark these things off my to do list, I’ll be able to check this one off too:

• 593. Take a cruise
• 585. Tour the Prado, the Louvre, the Hermitage, the Metropolitan and the Uffizi
• 575. Attend the Blessing of the Animals at New York City’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine
• 574. Ride a bicycle through Bordeaux
• 573. Ballroom dance at the Rainbow Room
• 572. Have chocolate con churros in Barcelona
• 564. Ride across Ireland on a bicycle
• 563. Ride every roller coaster in the continental U.S.
• 555. Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
• 553. See Michelangelo’s David
• 550. Cross the international date line and get to yesterday
• 537. Ride a swan boat in Boston Public Gardens
• 533. Admire Red Square at midnight
• 531. See the Taj Mahal
• 528. Attend the Tulip Festival in Skagit Valley, Washington
• 524. Go to Brazilian Carnival
• 514. Serve in the Peace Corps
• 511. Go snorkeling in St. John
• 510. Moped in Bermuda
• 507. Eat real key lime pie in the Keys
• 495. See the woods of Vermont in early October
• 484. Spend a night in a lighthouse
• 483. Visit the Galapagos Islands
• 481. Take a bus or train trip through the Andes
• 475. Spend one New Year’s Eve in Times Square
• 469. Ride in a convertible south on U.S. 1 (PCH) in California in the springtime
• 460. Take a mineral bath at Saratoga Springs
• 450. See bighorn sheep in Estes Park in Colorado
• 444. Spend the night in a pyramid
• 443. Swim in the Dead Sea
• 433. Ride the Orient Express
• 415. Bathe in a champagne tub in the Poconos
• 401. Pay my respects at Auschwitz
• 400. Become familiar with the facade of Notre Dame in Paris
• 394. Write poetry while sitting in a Parisian cafe
• 378. Travel Route 66
• 371. Hike in the Swiss Alps
• 368. See Stonehenge
• 364. See the Loch Ness monster
• 354. Take the ferry to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
• 318. Ride a cable car in San Francisco
• 310. Visit every state at least once
• 299. Watch the sun rise on a Hawaiian isle
• 290. Pay respects on the beaches of Normandy
• 280. Visit the Biosphere in Arizona
• 217. Bicycle through Amsterdam
• 200. Spend a weekend in the Waldorf-Astoria
• 198. Rent a Virgin Island
• 196. Swim in each of the seven seas
• 161. Ride a camel through the desert
• 148. Kiss the Blarney stone
• 147. Visit Ayers Rock in Australia
• 142. Ride a gondola in Venice
• 140. Throw a coin in the Fontana de Trevi in Rome
• 117. Stomp grapes in Tuscany
• 107. Stay at a parador in Spain
• 106. Take the Sound of Music tour in Salzburg
• 98. See the Great Wall of China
• 95. Stay at a monastery
• 92. Ride a train across the United States
• 69. Visit Coney Island
• 68. Relax in hot springs in Iceland
• 63. Drink the healing waters on Margaret’s Island in Budapest
• 46. Visit a tropical rainforest
• 29. See the aurora borealis
• 27. Sip a mint julep at the Kentucky Derby
• 20. See a green iceberg
• 8. Go on a safari in Africa
• 5. Re-visit the Bahamas
• 2. Spend some time traveling around Europe.

Ha ha – do you suppose I might want to do a little traveling in my lifetime?