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, ArmeniaHave a look at Mount Ararat from ArmeniaEat 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 andSrebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina See the giant waterfalls of Iguaçu in Brazil and ArgentinaWatch 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, IrelandEnjoy nature at Iceland- Get to see L’Ultima Cena of Leonardo da Vinci, Milano, Italy
Visit the Città Eterna, ItalyClimb on top of the Mount Etna, Napoli, ItalyWalk along the channels of Venezia, ItalySwim at the Dead Sea, Israel- Have a relaxed time at Jamaica
Experience the ancient JapanWalk through the old town of Jerusalem, Israel- Play Indiana Jones at Petra, Jordan
Have a Christmas party at Beirut, LebanonCross the Tower Bridge at London, EnglandHave 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, MontenegroSweat in the desert of MoroccoVisit 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, PolandRemember the past at Oświęcim, PolandExperience 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, ScotlandClimb on top of table mountain, Cape Town, South AfricaVisit 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
BulgariaEstoniaKosovoLatviaLithuania- Moldova
MontenegroNorth MacedoniaRomania- Ukraine
#3 See all capital cities in Europe:
AmsterdamAndorra la Vella- Astana
AthensBelgradeBernBerlinBratislavaBrusselsBucharestBudapest- Chisinau
CopenhagenDublinHelsinki- Kiev
LisbonLjubljanaLondonLuxemburgMadrid- Minsk
Monaco- Moscow
OsloParisPodgoricaPragueReyjkjavíkRigaRomeSan MarinoSarajevoSkopjeSofiaTallinnTiranaVaduzVallettaVatican CityViennaVilniusWarsawZagreb
#4 See as many UNESCO world heritage sites as possible:
Cathedral, AachenCathedral and Michaeliskirche, HildesheimRoman buildings, cathedral, Porta Nigra and Liebfrauenkirche, Trier- Castles and parks, Potsdam / Berlin
City centre, BambergFagus-Werk, AlfeldKarolingisches 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, LatviaVilnius 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
AsiaEuropeNorth AmericaSouth 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.