You know how these lists work… dare to dream… then make it happen…

Here’s mine – I’m ticking them off & adding them on in equal measure as this journey through life unfolds.

• Start a blog ✔
• Sip hot cocoa under the Aurora borealis
• See the sun rise at Stone Henge on summer solstice
• Watch the sun set from the top of the Eiffel Tower   ✔
• Live in Paris
• Try the Danish Smørrebøds
• Visit the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen
• Master the ‘Crow Pose’ – Yoga ✔
• Travel from Canada’s east coast to west coast by train
• Learn to do ‘the worm‘
• Have a proper food fight
• Take a Road-trip down the Big Sur  ✔
• Visit the Fairy Chimneys in Cappadocia
• Trace Darwin’s footsteps in the Galapagos Islands
• Feel humbled by the Berlin Wall
• Climb to the top of Arthur’s Seat  ✔
• Learn to heard cattle
• Get a cat ✔
• Try the Greek tradition of open-air-cinema  ✔
• Learn to play guitar
• Find a job I love
• Retire early
• Stay at working farm in Tuscany   ✔
• Ride in a retro pink buick in Cuba
• Visit the Tulip fields of Netherlands
• Learn sign language
• Go to Glastonbury ✔
• Take breakfast in the Grand Canyon  ✔
• Walk the Great Wall of China
• Celebrate Christmas in a log cabin in the Swiss Alps
• Learn to surf
• Learn to SUP ✔
• See a shooting star  ✔
• Experience sensory overload my in Djemaa El-Fna Marrakech
• Dine finely in a rooftop in restaurant overlooking The Acropolis in Athens  ✔
• Take a sunset horse ride along a beach
• Get a part as an ‘extra’ in a movie
• Walk on water for the Mont St Michel crossing
• Get a massage on the beach  ✔
• Line dance with the cowboys in a bar
• Take an open-air thermal spa in Iceland
• Stay in a Chateaux in the Loire Valley  ✔
• Haggle at Istanbul Grand Bazaar
• Learn the star constellations around a campfire
• Adopt a baby panda
• See a spiritual medium
• Cycle the streets of Paris  ✔
• Drive the Overseas Highway from Miami to Key West
• Drink a Key West Cooler in Key West
• Swim under the stars, by the light of the moon in a desert  ✔
• Visit all 51 European countries (at least once)
• Visit all 50 US states
• Attend a magical ” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>concert by pianist Ludovico Einaudi ✔
• Visit the Christmas markets in Germany / Austria
• Meet Take That
• Meet The Spice Girls
• Take a dog-sled-ride in Lapland
• See a Cirque du Soleil Show in Vegas ✔
• Dance in the street at Notting Hill Carnival
• Sling a tomatoe at La Tomatina Festival
• Photograph Meteora at sunset  ✔
• Pay the mortgage off early
• Buy a campervan or buy a van and convert it
• Go to the airport and take the next available flight to wherever it goes.
• Gamble in Las Vegas  ✔
• Go to Glastonbury Festival
• Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans
• See a baseball game at the Wrigley Field  ✔
• Camp in Monument Valley
• Stomp grapes at a vineyard
• Appreciate freedom at Alcatraz  ✔
• Photograph hot air balloons at sunrise
• Visit the lavender fields of Provence
• See wild horses run free in the Camargue
• Get back in the saddle ✔
• Watch Cher perform live
• Try snowboarding
• Design & build my own home (well ok maybe get somebody else to do the actual building part)
• Finally have a REAL tree in the house for Christmas ✔