100+ Things I Must Do Before I Die

UPDATED FEBRUARY 9, 2007

I have already done the items in bold:

1) Visit Germany: Munich & Oberammergau
2) Visit France: Strasbourg & Paris
3) Visit the town in Austria that my dad’s family is from.
4) Cruise the Greek Isles
5) Go shark diving in South Africa to see some Great Whites
6) Go shark diving in Hawaii with Tiger Sharks
7) Get married
8) Have children
9) Visit Egypt: Sphinx, Pyramids, etc.
10) Own a designer purse
11) Own a pair of Manolos
12) Attend a Broadway show on Broadway
13) Fall in love with a true, respectable man
14) Visit Pearl Harbor
15) See the Passion Play in Oberammergau at Easter
16) Get a passport
17) Own a beach house
18) See the Winter Palace in Russia
19) Go on an African Safari
20) Ride on a gondola in Venice
21) Attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics
22) Meet Colin Farrell
23) See my Cardinals win the World Series - We won on 10/27/06!!
24) Visit a French café and order in French
25) Attend a designer fashion show
26) Have a spa weekend
27) Buy my mom the silver Mercedes I promised her as a child
28) Move to Hawaii
29) Learn to play the piano
30) Shake hands with any president
31) Make someone else’s dream come true
32) Visit Venezuela’s Angel Falls
33) Travel for an entire year
34) Speak French fluently (I can get by, but I want to be fluent)
35) Speak German fluently
36) Speak Spanish fluently
37) Get in shape
38) Run a Tour de Stad
39) Walk the Great Wall of China
40) See the Northern Lights
41) Go on an Alaskan Cruise
42) Learn Karate
43) Drink Absinth (yes, the green fairy)
44) See the 7 Wonders of the World
45) Save at least one dog from inevitable death
46) Open my own “no-kill” shelter for cats and dogs
47) Sell a painting that I painted
48) Go snorkeling
49) Complete my house so that there’s nothing left to do
50) Visit a Nazi Concentration Camp
51) Fly first class to Hawaii or Europe
52) Spend New Year’s Eve in Times Square
53) Visit London
54) Ride the London Eye
55) Kiss in the rain
56) Climb a volcano and see lava
57) Drive on the autobahn
58) Be considered an expert at anything
59) Own a monkey
60) Pet a leopard
61) See Penguins in their real-life habitat (not at the Zoo)
62) Write a meaningful book
63) See the Grand Canyon
64) Honeymoon in Fiji
65) Get a job that truly makes a difference in the world
66) Visit each continent
67) Visit Graceland
68) Visit John Belushi’s Grave
69) Visit the Vietnam Memorial
70) Visit Jim Morrison’s grave in Paris
71) Be the girl that everyone looks at when she walks in the room because she’s so beautiful
72) Run with the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain
73) Visit Bethlehem
74) Visit Jerusalem
75) Send a message in a bottle
76) Get to know my neighbors
77) Plant a tree
78) Sit on a jury in a murder trial
79) Go to Oktoberfest in Munich
80) Go to the Christmas Markets in Germany at Christmas time
81) Learn to be a better person
82) Go to Carnival in Rio
83) Spend one Christmas in Europe
84) Spend one Christmas in Hawaii
85) Accept myself for who I am
86) Run to the top of the Statue of Liberty
87) Create my family tree
88) Catch a Cardinals baseball in the stands during a game
89) Experience weightlessness
90) See the Ruins of Pompeii
91) Go whale watching
92) Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge
93) Visit Alcatraz Island and walk where the inmates walked
94) Ride a Cable Car in San Francisco
95) Watch the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
96) Watch the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown
97) Shop in New York City at Christmas time
98) Visit Stonehenge
99) Learn to read Aramaic
100) Lean against the Leaning Tower of Pisa
101) See Phantom of the Opera in London