So far...
- I've been swimming in the Mediterranean Sea.
- I've dipped my feet in Walden Pond.
- I've been kissed beneath the Eiffel Tower.
- I've sipped hot chocolate on the rooftop of St. Peter's Basilica.
- I've gazed at the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel.
- I've ridden a camel across the desert in Egypt.
- I've driven through a blizzard.
- I've climbed The Great Wall of China.
- I've gotten married.
- I've given birth, twice.
- I've miscarried a baby.
- I've been sad.
- I've been happy.
- I've been lost.
- I've watched my children dance in the Alabaster Mosque.
- I've held a conversation in a foreign language.
- I've gone for a walk in the Swiss Alps.
- I've ridden in the back of a tuk-tuk.
- I've been skiing.
- I've stood in the desert and looked up at the Sphinx.
- I've been to a tea house in China.
- I've been to Carnival in Venice.
- I've been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
- I've gone to Mexico for lunch.
- I've played the cello.
- I've sung on stage.
- I've been paid to perform in a play.
- I've gone swimming in a salt water pool in Malta.
- I've dodged bicyclists in Denmark.
- I've been stranded in the rain in Russia.
- I've ordered coffee on a volcano.
- I've seen the view of Mt. Vesuvius from Pompeii.
- I've had lunch at a fish market in Finland.
- I've seen the sun shine at midnight.
- I've seen Swan Lake performed by the Mariinsky Ballet.
- I've spent hours at The Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
- I've eaten crepes in Yvoire.
- I've flown across the ocean in a plane.
- I've ridden on a train.
- I've run up the hill to Neuschwanstein Castle.
- I've made homemade pretzels.
- I've ridden a horse-drawn carriage through Salzburg.
- I've lit candles at an altar.
- I've said a prayer to St. Mary.
- I've attended a poetry reading in Dublin.
- I've photographed sheep on the Dingle Peninsula.
- I've planted a garden.
- I've knelt in a stone church and listened to the organist play.
- I've been in Amsterdam on Queen's Day.
- I've slept in a five-star hotel.
- I've had dinner by torch light in Stockholm.
- I've seen Valletta's Royal Opera House in ruins.
- I've climbed a mountain.
- I've been kayaking.
- I've been canoeing.
- I've been lingerie shopping in Capri.
- I've had a drink with a member of the American Baseball Hall of Fame.
- I've been sailing.
- I've been snorkeling.
- I've watched the sun rise over Hanauma Bay.
- I've walked across the nightingale floors in Nijo Castle.
- I've breathed incense at the altar to The Great Buddha.
- I've had waffles in Belgium.
- I've seen Mt. Fuji in the distance.
- I've been to a traditional tea in England.
- I've straddled the Prime Meridian.
- I've seen the snow castles in Sapporo.
- I've ridden an elephant in Cambodia.
- I've been mistaken for a local girl in Estonia.
- I've watched the Glockenspiel chime in Munich.
- I've smiled at the Mona Lisa.
- I've photographed The Winged Victory of Samothrace.
- I've ordered sangria at a tapas bar in Barcelona.
- I've eaten snails.
- I've cooked octopus.
- I've hit balls at the batting cages.
- I've gotten a hole-in-one while miniature golfing.
- I've watched a record-breaking pass at an NFL game.
- I've been ice skating in Asia.
- I've wandered through the markets in Vietnam.
- I've gathered lilacs on Suomenlinna Island.
- I've watched my husband shake hands with the President of the United States.
- I've given money to a beggar.
- I've stayed up all night writing a paper.
- I've been to the MET.
- I've strolled through Central Park.
- I've driven through Texas.
- I've been to a Vietnamese Water Puppet Show.
- I've walked through olive groves in Italy.
- I've juiced Sicilian blood oranges.
- I've been wine tasting.
- I've been left waiting.
- I've seen the sea lions in San Francisco.
- I've fed giraffes at the San Diego Zoo.
- I've tossed money-for-luck toward the Empress' coffin at the Ming Tombs in Beijing.
- I've walked along the River Seine.
- I've graduated with honors.
- I've been sick, and far from home.
- I've been offered a job.
- I've entered the Forbidden City.
- I've toured the infamous Hanoi Hilton.
- I've explored the temples at Angkor Wat.
- I've seen the snow on the Sea of Japan.
- I've kept a secret.
- I've practiced yoga.
- I've studied dance with Diane Gray.
- I've walked under miles of torii.
- I've seen a shooting star.