Our bucket list (some ticked, some not)
♥ swim off the coast of Madagascar Nosy Be Archipelago with a couple whom we admire as being the most relaxed & fun set of parents to their 3 children.
( Thanks Jann & Doug ) tongue-twister-fast-repeat their currency "ariary"
♥ savour a chocolate and wine pairing at the magnificent Lourensford wine and protea farm (Somerset west) with our friends (Thanks Ronel )
♥ love the journey. buy old books with dust -covers.
♥ explore the forgotten parts of your country
♥ sing karaoke ( and I mean: sing your Heart out ! )
♥ pole dance
♥ play/take part in a talent-competition/ Eisteddfod: playing the Marimba (percussion)or recite your own poetic work.
♥ love a pet
♥ bury a pet
♥ swim with dolphins in Florida, USA ( or Mozambique )
♥ walk along the promenade of Ascona (Southern Switzerland) with our friends Julie and Steve. (go have a look: ascona)
♥ surprise-stock a friend's fridge when they return from holiday
♥ love deeply, without reserve and against your better judgement.
♥ drive (or be the passenger) on a motorcycle -2 000km trip from one end of your country (CT) via PE (see dolphins) to Pilansberg wildreserve, win R500 in the kitch-casino. ( Thanks dad)
♥ eat nougat-ice cream in Margaret river (Western Australia)
♥ hug a giant, soft, pink unicorn in an enormous Dubai- toy store
♥ walk up Table Mountain and Lion's head ( Thanks Inge )
♥ kisses during dusk... beside the Thames... with Big Ben chiming along to the tune of romance.
♥getting high on magic mushrooms and dance in the water during Thailand's full moon party ( Thanks Rudi and Anita ) Koh Phangan
♥ tan topless on the beach (Ko Tao, Thailand)
♥ part-time catering... 'penguin-outfit' serve champagne at Twickenham's VIP box to Francois Pienaar.
♥ make your home your world and your bathroom blissful.
♥ queue for Wimbledon tickets
♥ start a blog
♥ start a career
♥ end a career
♥ attend theatre at London's West End
♥ gamble in the tacky-Lost City casino-court and say a prayer of thanks for your sanity.
♥ strut along Rodeo Drive... ( USA )
♥ visit Ground zero and say a prayer
♥ reignite your love for learning & kick start studies
♥ celebrate a birthday in Marmaris, Turkey with the sleazy bartenders...and my wonderful London-housemate Kate Hiscock of course!
♥ Run London Marathon
♥ retrieve your best friend's Jacki Collins from the Principal's office-"naughty basket"
♥ get a nose-piercing
♥ lose the piercing in Amsterdam during the Heineken-tour and "coffee shop" visit. cough-cough (Thanks Paul and Thias )
♥ Buy a CD in Camden. ( Thanks Fran )
♥ take food to a homeless shelter
♥ try to order a meal in Spanish at Los Mellizo's restaurant in Malaga, Costa del Sol.
♥ drive (or be lfited on) a scooter in Rhodes, Greece. ( Thanks Blanche!)
♥ pet a Kangaroo in Perth ( Thanks Retief!)
♥ have sandwich with parents under Arc de Triomphe ( Thanks Dirk & Sophia )
♥ fall in love with life while strolling down the Champs-Élysées ( Thanks EasyJet )
♥ ruin your (cheap) luggage's stroller-wheels while walking to your accommodation in Stockholm, while admiring the design.. (Thanks Maggie for Sweden!)
♥ admire Picasso's "women running on the beach" at the Musée Picasso, Paris, France (Thanks Alta)
♥ Ski in Bolzano, northern Italy and aid your friend (with a whiskey) who got concussed (thinking he can snowboard) Dave Wilson...
♥ skinny-dip in a farm dam
♥ stay a sizzling night in Cape Town's "Pepper club hotel & Spa"
♥ sundowners in hot air balloon.
♥ have a baby
♥ camp in remote West coast, SA with no electricity or running water. Rough it.
♥ Don't speak for a day
♥ get drunk on champagne in Copenhagen, Denmark (and spend half your salary on the 4-hour-lunch) Thanks Ida and Maggie!
♥ walk the "Camino de Santiago de Compostela"
♥ attend your friends' kids year end concerts and totally freak out-wave.
♥ shave your hair in support of cancer patients.
♥ fall in love again
“Listen--are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?”
