Bucket list

My travel todo-list contains a wide range of interesting places to see and things to do. It is always changing – so maybe you have a great idea I should add? My current goals are:

#1 Discover magical places and do unusual things:

  • Visit one of the countless bunkers in Albania
  • Dance at a concert of Die Toten Hosen at Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Make a Radio Yerevan joke at Yerevan, Armenia
  • Have a look at Mount Ararat from Armenia
  • Eat an original Wiener Schnitzel at Wien, Austria
  • See swimming pigs at the Bahamas
  • Climb the Siegessäule at Berlin, Germany
  • Cruise on Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, Peru
  • Understand the Yugoslav Wars at Priština, Kosovo, Sarajevo and Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • See the giant waterfalls of Iguaçu in Brazil and Argentina
  • Watch some penguins at Chile
  • Get access to the Forbidden City, China
  • Visit the Terracotta Army, China
  • Walk on the Great Wall, China
  • Enjoy nature at the Plitvice Lakes National park, Croatia
  • Visit the eastern part of Cuba to have the full picture
  • Be frightened of ‘dinosaurs’ on the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
  • Take a picture of the pyramids, Egypt
  • Cross the Baltic region from north to south, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
  • Look down at the Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela, Ethiopia
  • Think about love at the Taj Mahal, India
  • Have a pint of beer at Dublin, Ireland
  • Enjoy nature at Iceland
  • Get to see L’Ultima Cena of Leonardo da Vinci, Milano, Italy
  • Visit the Città Eterna, Italy
  • Climb on top of the Mount Etna, Napoli, Italy
  • Walk along the channels of Venezia, Italy
  • Swim at the Dead Sea, Israel
  • Have a relaxed time at Jamaica
  • Experience the ancient Japan
  • Walk through the old town of Jerusalem, Israel
  • Play Indiana Jones at Petra, Jordan
  • Have a Christmas party at Beirut, Lebanon
  • Cross the Tower Bridge at London, England
  • Have some Pastel de Nata at Lisboa, Portugal
  • Visit the home of the Penguins of Madagascar
  • See the Valle de los Caídos and El Escorial near Madrid, Spain
  • Go to Timbuktu, just because of its funny name
  • Do some exercise in Kotor, Montenegro
  • Sweat in the desert of Morocco
  • Visit the Giant’s Causeway at Northern Ireland
  • Have a look at the Panama channel
  • Visit the Tour Eiffel at Paris, France
  • View Machu Picchu from above, Peru
  • Visit the former home towns of my grandmothers, Wrocław/Olsztyn, Poland
  • Remember the past at Oświęcim, Poland
  • Experience ferry tales at Gdańsk, Poland
  • Spend days between artworks at the Eremitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Take photos of onion domes, Moscow, Russia
  • Drive through the Highlands, Scotland
  • Climb on top of table mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Visit Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga and The Six Bullerby Children, Sweden
  • Spend seven days at Tibet
  • Swim at Pamukkale, Turkey
  • Drink a beer on Hawaii, United States
  • Visit the Statue of Liberty, New York, United States
  • Walk over the Golden Gate Bridge in mist, United States
  • Cross the English Channel with the Eurostar

#2 Travel through eastern Europe and destroy prejudices:

  • Albania
  • Belarus
  • Bulgaria
  • Estonia
  • Kosovo
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Moldova
  • Montenegro
  • North Macedonia
  • Romania
  • Ukraine

#3 See all capital cities in Europe:

  • Amsterdam
  • Andorra la Vella
  • Astana
  • Athens
  • Belgrade
  • Bern
  • Berlin
  • Bratislava
  • Brussels
  • Bucharest
  • Budapest
  • Chisinau
  • Copenhagen
  • Dublin
  • Helsinki
  • Kiev
  • Lisbon
  • Ljubljana
  • London
  • Luxemburg
  • Madrid
  • Minsk
  • Monaco
  • Moscow
  • Oslo
  • Paris
  • Podgorica
  • Prague
  • Reyjkjavík
  • Riga
  • Rome
  • San Marino
  • Sarajevo
  • Skopje
  • Sofia
  • Tallinn
  • Tirana
  • Vaduz
  • Valletta
  • Vatican City
  • Vienna
  • Vilnius
  • Warsaw
  • Zagreb

#4 See as many UNESCO world heritage sites as possible:

  • Cathedral, Aachen
  • Cathedral and Michaeliskirche, Hildesheim
  • Roman buildings, cathedral, Porta Nigra and Liebfrauenkirche, Trier
  • Castles and parks, Potsdam / Berlin
  • City centre, Bamberg
  • Fagus-Werk, Alfeld
  • Karolingisches Westwerk and Civitas Corvey, Höxter
  • Great Barrier Reef, Australia
  • Fraser Island, Australia
  • Semmering Railway, Austria
  • Walled City of Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Old Bridge Area of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Okavango Delta, Botswana
  • Angkor, Cambodia
  • Rapa Nui National Park, Chile
  • The Great Wall, China
  • Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet
  • Mount Huangshan, China
  • Palace of Diocletian, Split, Croatia
  • Old City of Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
  • Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
  • Historic Cairo, Egypt
  • Historic Centre of Tallinn, Estonia
  • Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela, Ethiopia
  • Meteora, Greece
  • Taj Mahal, India
  • The Persian Garden, Iran
  • Petra, Jordan
  • Historic Centre of Riga, Latvia
  • Vilnius Historic Centre, Lithuania
  • Timbuktu, Mali
  • Natural region of Kotor, Montenegro
  • Medina of Marrakesh, Morocco
  • Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
  • León Cathedral, Nicaragua
  • Machu Picchu, Peru
  • Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow, Russia
  • Robben Island, South Africa
  • Pamukkale, Turkey
  • Yellowstone National Park, United States of America
  • Grand Canyon National Park, United States of America
  • Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
  • Victoria Falls, Zambia

#5 Visit all continents.

  • Africa
  • Antarctica
  • Australia
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America

#6 Discover 100 independent countries.

While there are 241 countries and territories, 194 member states of the United Nations across the globe, full coverage is hard to reach but 100 countries should give a good overview.