I am pretty sure everyone has a bucket list. And if they haven’t written it down, they have it in their heads. Even if you have a New Year’s Resolutions list, that’s also a bucket list.

A while ago (make it two years, n.a.2010), I’ve written such a list on an older blog of mine (which I eventually deleted). So, to make sure I can tick things off my list, here is my bucket list [note: I will add things to it as I remember them, of course]

1. Visit ALL continents (so far only Europe).

2. Swim in the ocean.

3. Visit at least one Mayan pyramid.

4. Visit the Pyramids of Egypt.

5. Visit Paris.

6. Hike the Inca Trail.

7. Visit St. Petersburg.

8. Visit London (Done, March 2011). Here are some details and useful things about the Underground in London.

9. Visit a Christmas Market outside of Romania. (Done, December 2011, Budapest). Photo and details here.

10. Run on the beach. Did this in Italy, in 2016.

11. See the Great Wall of China.

12. TGV ride.

13. See New York City from the Empire State Building.

14. Visit Venice.

15. Visit Rome. (Done, March 2012)

16. Visit Athens. (Done, March 2012)

17. See a Panda bear in China. (seen 3 of them in Vienna, at the Zoo).

18. Sky diving.

19. Bungee.

20. Drive on Transfagarasan.

21. Visit ALL European Capitals (so far: Bucharest, Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, London, Rome, Athens).

22. See Arad from Continental Astoria. (Done, 2010)

23. Fly in a balloon (Done, 2010).

24. Take a photo with Anthony Bourdain and interview him live. (unfortunately he died in 2018)

25. Take a bike trip in Europe.

26. Work from another city in another country for at least a month. (Update Jan 2017: we’ve lived in Italy between Dec 7, 2016 and Jan 10, 2017. Interesting experience with me working off a lousy mobile wi-fi)

27. Plan a romantic weekend with Alex at least every trimester (as in outside our city) – work in progress.

28. Visit Portugal (Sintra Castle).

29. Skinny dip.

30. Play the guitar again (I wonder if I remember how to).

31. Run a 5k.

32. Camp on the beach.

33. Make love on a beach.

34. Professional photo shoot.

35. Write a book (fiction, if possible. In any case, not accounting, which I already have written) (Done, November 2013. Wrote a travel book)

36. Record a song (not at Karaoke, already done that).

37. See a play on Broadway.

38. Visit Ireland.

39. Eat a Greek salad in Greece. (Done, March 2012)

40. Eat pizza in Italy (Done, March 2012)

41. Sea the sun rise on a beach (Done, March 2012)

42. Walk among the ancient ruins in Athens.(Done,March, 2012)

43. Have olives in Greece. (Done, March 2012)

44. Tour Europe by rail

45. See the Northern Lights

46. Visit Petra, Jordan

47. Visit another city in England, aside from London.

48. Sydney Harbour, Australia

49. Tango Lesson in Buenos Aires, Argentina

50. New Year Concert, Vienna, Austria

51. Start an art journal. (summer of 2012, done!)

52. See Arad from the Town Hall’s Tower. (Done, August 2012).

53. Visit Corvinilor Castle, Hunedoara, Romania (Done, March 2013)

54. Visit Sarmizegetusa Regia and Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa (done, March 2013)

55. Drive on Transalpina, Romania

56. Visit Poenari Fortress

57. Visit Pompeii and Herculanum near Naples (Done, September 2014)

58. Dance Tango in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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(c) photo : Cristina P.

Note: article first published in Feb 2012 and republished in Jul 2012. Edited with updates in November 2014 , July 2018, and June 2019.