A while ago, I decided to give myself a little challenge. I’m calling it 30 Before 30, and it means I’m going to visit 30 countries before my 30th birthday. Thankfully, that birthday is still a ways away, so I don’t think I should have any problems hitting my goal. However, they say for things to be real you need to put them on paper, so here it is.
Just to bring you up to speed on my progress, here are the countries I’ve visited so far:
Canada, United States, Venezuela, Turks & Caicos, Australia, England, France, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Poland and the Czech Republic (I’m here right now!). That’s 15.
I’m planning to visit Russia, Finland, Turkey and New Zealand in 2014, to bring my grand total up to 19.
To round out the 30, I don’t have a list of only 11 other countries I’d like to visit. No, I’ve got more of a Travel Bucket List I’d like to scratch lots of countries off of in my lifetime:
Portugal, Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Greece, Egypt, Morocco, Malta, UAE, Jordan, Israel, China, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, India, Bhutan, Burma & Argentina.
This list is ever-evolving, so I’m sure it’ll expand (but probably not contract) as time goes on. Plus, it doesn’t include all the places I want to visit and things I want to do in countries I’ve already set foot in.
What’s on your Travel Bucket List?
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If I could visit anywhere… It would be Nepal. I don’t have any aspirations to climb Mount Everest… But dammit, I REALLY want to see it for myself. Kudos on you blog post. Safe travels & Godspeed.
Grazie! I don’t know anyone who’s been to Nepal, but I’m sure it would be quite the experience.
Good luck on your goal! That is a great idea to travel to all those places before your turn 30!
Grazie Susan! Let’s hope I can do it. 🙂
Good for you. And yes, you must write down your goals. Studies show that those who do have a better chance of achieving their goals than those who don’t. A college friend set a goal to see all 50 states by the time she was 50 years old. She did it. Now her goal is to visit all 7 continents by age 70. Go for it! And be sure to keep a journal with your photos, so your children and grandchildren can read all about your adventures! Brava! Safe travels.
Ciao Joyce, thanks for your lovely comment. I love that your friend keeps setting goals for herself. I hope I’m still setting travel goals when I’m nearing 70!
What’s on my bucket list? Almost everywhere! I had better get a move on…
Thanks for the comment! Just took a look at your blog and it made me hungry. Keep up the great work. 🙂
What about sunny South Africa?
Maybe! I don’t know much about it. Care to enlighten me??
Happy to see that UAE is on your list! 😉 🙂