The quote from Mark Twain has been a part of my blog from the start. I started Schokokamel to keep my family and friends back home posted about my semester abroad. One semester turned into four semesters, and a small, private blog turned into a website visited by people I have never met before. Travelling has stayed an important subject on the blog, although other aspects, like fashion, joined over time. During my travels, I find the inspiration for my blog, and sometimes myself. Here it comes: my travel bucket list: places I want to explore over time.
✓ Experience Christmas in New York
☐ Watch elephants in Namibia
☐ Return to Paris again and again – the place where it all started ♥
☐ Visit the Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro
✓ Stay on top of the Tokyo Tower and see Mount Fuji
✓ Stand at the rim of the Grand Canyon
✓ Play Black Jack in a casino in Vegas
☐ Swim in the North Sea on New Year’s in the Netherlands
☐ Visit Curaçao and Aruba
✓ Take a picture of an old, colorful Dodge in Cuba
✓ See Manhattan Henge
✓ See the place, where the North Sea and the Baltic Sea meet
☐ Be speechless when watching the Northern lights
✓ Watch turtles on Hawaii
☐ Do a roadtrip in Canada
☐ Stand on top of the highest building in the world
✓ Travel Sri Lanka
☐ Eat Sachertorte in Vienna
☐ Walk on the Chinese wall
✓ Participate in a tea ceremony in Japan
☐ Surf on Bali
☐ Discover the Greek islands by boat
✓ Do a gondola ride in Venice
✓ See the Colosseum in Rome
☐ Stand in front of the Taj Mahal
✓ Visit Julien and Arthur in the Rue Daguerre in Paris
☐ Discover Budapest
☐ Visit the Blue Mosque in Istanbul
✓ Drive along the Great Ocean Road
☐ Whale watching
✓ Sit on the steps of the Met in New York
✓ Loose my heart to a city
☐ Celebrate Midsommar in Sweden
☐ Sit on a random swing on a random beach in Asia
☐ Learn to dance Tango Argentino in Buenos Aires
☐ Stand on the Tablemountain
☐ Visit Il Duomo in Florence
☐ Swim with pigs on the Bahamas
☐ Walk through lavender fields in Provence
☐ Drive in the Scottish highlands
☐ See Stone Henge
☐ Visit temples in Cambodia
✓ Bike across the Golden Gate Bridge
✓ Drive through Death Valley
☐ See Flamingos in nature
☐ Do a roadtrip through Ireland
✓ Walk along Nyhavn in Copenhagen
✓ See koalas and kangaroos in nature
✓ Go to Efteling
☐ Parachuting
☐ Be in Toscane for autumn
✓ Drive along the Great Ocean Road
☐ See the sea lights at the Maldives
☐ Watch the Changing of the Guards in London
✓ Experience the Oktoberfest in Munich
✓ See wild camels
☐ See whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef
☐ Walk through Central Park in autumn
✓ Go snorkling
☐ Travel to Iceland
☐ Stand on Rainbow Mountain in Peru
☐ Do a harbour tour in Rotterdam
☐ Run the half marathon in NYC
☐ Visit the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam
✓ Travel with my best friend
☐ Take a few months off to travel the world
These are 55 items on my list – some of them I already experienced, others are still waiting. In the coming weeks, I will add the links to the items I already did. The list will grow, become longer, and some points might disappear because I change my mind. What’s on your travel bucket list?