by Emily Sovich

The Adventure List

So far...
  1. I've been swimming in the Mediterranean Sea.
  2. I've dipped my feet in Walden Pond.
  3. I've been kissed beneath the Eiffel Tower.
  4. I've sipped hot chocolate on the rooftop of St. Peter's Basilica.
  5. I've gazed at the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel.
  6. I've ridden a camel across the desert in Egypt.
  7. I've driven through a blizzard.
  8. I've climbed The Great Wall of China.
  9. I've gotten married.
  10. I've given birth, twice.
  11. I've miscarried a baby.
  12. I've been sad.
  13. I've been happy.
  14. I've been lost.
  15. I've watched my children dance in the Alabaster Mosque.
  16. I've held a conversation in a foreign language.
  17. I've gone for a walk in the Swiss Alps.
  18. I've ridden in the back of a tuk-tuk.
  19. I've been skiing.
  20. I've stood in the desert and looked up at the Sphinx.
  21. I've been to a tea house in China.
  22. I've been to Carnival in Venice.
  23. I've been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
  24. I've gone to Mexico for lunch.
  25. I've played the cello.
  26. I've sung on stage.
  27. I've been paid to perform in a play.
  28. I've gone swimming in a salt water pool in Malta.
  29. I've dodged bicyclists in Denmark.
  30. I've been stranded in the rain in Russia.
  31. I've ordered coffee on a volcano.
  32. I've seen the view of Mt. Vesuvius from Pompeii.
  33. I've had lunch at a fish market in Finland.
  34. I've seen the sun shine at midnight.
  35. I've seen Swan Lake performed by the Mariinsky Ballet.
  36. I've spent hours at The Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
  37. I've eaten crepes in Yvoire.
  38. I've flown across the ocean in a plane.
  39. I've ridden on a train.
  40. I've run up the hill to Neuschwanstein Castle.
  41. I've made homemade pretzels.
  42. I've ridden a horse-drawn carriage through Salzburg.
  43. I've lit candles at an altar.
  44. I've said a prayer to St. Mary.
  45. I've attended a poetry reading in Dublin.
  46. I've photographed sheep on the Dingle Peninsula.
  47. I've planted a garden.
  48. I've knelt in a stone church and listened to the organist play. 
  49. I've been in Amsterdam on Queen's Day.
  50. I've slept in a five-star hotel.
  51. I've had dinner by torch light in Stockholm.
  52. I've seen Valletta's Royal Opera House in ruins.
  53. I've climbed a mountain.
  54. I've been kayaking. 
  55. I've been canoeing.
  56. I've been lingerie shopping in Capri.
  57. I've had a drink with a member of the American Baseball Hall of Fame.
  58. I've been sailing.
  59. I've been snorkeling.
  60. I've watched the sun rise over Hanauma Bay.
  61. I've walked across the nightingale floors in Nijo Castle.
  62. I've breathed incense at the altar to The Great Buddha.
  63. I've had waffles in Belgium.
  64. I've seen Mt. Fuji in the distance.
  65. I've been to a traditional tea in England.
  66. I've straddled the Prime Meridian.
  67. I've seen the snow castles in Sapporo.
  68. I've ridden an elephant in Cambodia.
  69. I've been mistaken for a local girl in Estonia.
  70. I've watched the Glockenspiel chime in Munich.
  71. I've smiled at the Mona Lisa.
  72. I've photographed The Winged Victory of Samothrace.
  73. I've ordered sangria at a tapas bar in Barcelona.
  74. I've eaten snails.
  75. I've cooked octopus.
  76. I've hit balls at the batting cages.
  77. I've gotten a hole-in-one while miniature golfing.
  78.  I've watched a record-breaking pass at an NFL game.
  79. I've been ice skating in Asia.
  80. I've wandered through the markets in Vietnam.
  81. I've gathered lilacs on Suomenlinna Island.
  82. I've watched my husband shake hands with the President of the United States.
  83. I've given money to a beggar.
  84. I've stayed up all night writing a paper.
  85. I've been to the MET.
  86. I've strolled through Central Park.
  87. I've driven through Texas.
  88. I've been to a Vietnamese Water Puppet Show.
  89. I've walked through olive groves in Italy.
  90. I've juiced Sicilian blood oranges.
  91. I've been wine tasting.
  92. I've been left waiting.
  93. I've seen the sea lions in San Francisco.
  94. I've fed giraffes at the San Diego Zoo.
  95. I've tossed money-for-luck toward the Empress' coffin at the Ming Tombs in Beijing.
  96. I've walked along the River Seine.
  97. I've graduated with honors.
  98. I've been sick, and far from home.
  99. I've been offered a job.
  100. I've entered the Forbidden City.
  101. I've toured the infamous Hanoi Hilton.
  102. I've explored the temples at Angkor Wat.
  103. I've seen the snow on the Sea of Japan.
  104. I've kept a secret.
  105. I've practiced yoga.
  106. I've studied dance with Diane Gray.
  107. I've walked under miles of torii.
  108. I've seen a shooting star.