Thursday, March 25, 2010

Random


How many of the World's Top 100 Wonders have you been to?

1

Pyramids of Egypt

26

Chichen Itza

51

Pompeii

76

Mont St Michel

2

Great Wall of China

27

Petra

52

Kashmir Valley

77

Topkapi Palace

3

Taj Mahal

28

Nile River Cruise

53

Prague Old Town

78

Carnival in Rio

4

Serengeti Migration

29

Easter Island

54

Golden Temple

79

Stonehenge

5

Galapagos Islands

30

Cappadocia

55

Amalfi Drive

80

Angel Falls

6

Grand Canyon

31

Colosseum of Rome

56

Meenakshi

81

Yellowstone NP

7

Machu Picchu

32

Fjords of Norway

57

Chartres Cathedral

82

Santorini

8

Antarctica Cruise

33

St Peter's Basilica

58

Mezquita Cordoba

83

Matterhorn

9

Iguazu Falls

34

Egyptian Museum

59

Damascus Old City

84

New York Skyline

10

Bali

35

Borobudur

60

Dubrovnik

85

Marrakesh

11

Amazon Rain Forest

36

Valley of the Kings

61

Uffizi Gallery

86

Eiffel Tower

12

Ngorongoro Crater

37

Hong Kong

62

Rio Panoramic View

87

Ladakh

13

Great Barrier Reef

38

Sistine Chapel

63

Golden Pavilion

88

Niagara Falls

14

Angkor Wat

39

Burj Khalifa

64

Delphi

89

British Museum

15

Victoria Falls

40

Alhambra

65

St. Basils Cathedral

90

Burj al Arab

16

Forbidden City

41

Louvre Museum

66

Abu Simbel

91

Yangtze Riv. Cruise

17

Bagan

42

Canals of Venice

67

St Mark's Basilica

92

Yosemite NP

18

Karnak

43

Versailles

68

Florence Cityscape

93

Ayers Rock

19

Teotihuacan

44

Carlsbad Caverns

69

Kremlin

94

Hermitage Museum

20

Banaue Rice Terr.

45

Mecca

70

Varanasi/Ganges

95

Chambord Chateau

21

Bora Bora

46

Kathmandu Valley

71

Li River Cruise

96

Lijiang/Shangri La

22

Acropolis

47

Metropolitan Mus

72

Shwedagon Stupa

97

Neuschwanstein

23

Potala Palace

48

Mt Everest

73

Sahara Desert

98

Banff NP

24

Jerusalem Old City

49

Temple Em. Buddha

74

Leaning Tower Pisa

99

San Francisco

25

TerraCotta Warriors

50

Hagia Sofia

75

Baalbek

100

Portofino











I consider myself fairly well traveled but I haven't even seen half of the list. Good to know there's a lot more 'splorin' to do.

No, Rocco is not a pitbull or a shar pei but as of last night, he is a graduate.

I decided not to run the marathon in Athens mostly because I don't want to dedicate a lot of time to something I hate doing. Cardio is a necessary evil but not an activity I want to do for more than a few hours a week. Instead, I'll continue to bulk for the next couple of months. Right now, I'm 213lbs. I hope to get up to 235-240 before I start cutting.

I'd like to learn more about meditation. The older I am, the more I love animals. It's been hard not being able to get pregnant. Living a boring life is one of my biggest fears. I generally hate pop music. I'm grateful for digital photography. Life is more gray than black and white.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've only been to 9 of the 100, most notable,out of USA, Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Matterhorn, British Museum and others not on the list but maybe should be. I guess I should start crusin', but will probably stick to PBS and Discovery channels for my travels now. :)
Hugs GMA J (interesting word verification)

Denise Farrington said...

I don't think you need to worry about living a boring life!! I feel like a failure because I don't think that I have been to ANY of the wonders of the world....Do we get any traveling opportunities in the next life? Maybe then I'll have some money and time. Rocco looks like a very calm graduate!Pretty cute in the hat also!

Love,
Mom

Chester B. said...

3 out of 100? dang...

You guys are two of the most least boring people I know.

Molly and Jason said...

yay rocco! penny misses you!