When I am on the road, fellow travelers often ask what my best trips or experiences might be. Here is an old list. I will make an updated list as well.
Here is my top ten or more, in no particular order, but with a few added comments:
Visiting Barry the V in Cape Town and going on four safaris*
Super Bowl 47 in Nawlins with Dirty Pat
A top secret visit to the CIA in Virginia
Peak bloom day for cherry blossoms in the Tidal Basin, Washington, DC
Attending the great motorcycle rally at Sturgis, SD
A wedding at the Pink Palace in Honolulu of a dear friend
Visit the formerly drug infested Medellin, Colombia
Attend the Rose Parade and festivities as guests of Donate Life
NCAA Final Four in Dallas with Springsteen concert
Take the Trans-Siberian Railway from Vladivostok to Moscow
Sip champagne in Reims and Epernay (Champagne region)*
Kaiseki dinner at n/naka in Los Angeles with the Wilkins*
Visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland
Pray at the Shwedagon Palace, Yangon, Myanmar
The farewell concerts of the two greats, Paul Simon and Aretha Franklin
Take Amtrak cross country four times
Drink a pint of Guinness at the Templebar in Dublin
Visit Manzanar (War Relocation Camp) where my relatives were incarcerated*
View the Northern Lights (Aurora borealis) north of Fairbanks
Take VIA Canadian Rail from Toronto to Vancouver
Attend the Fourth of July Concert and fireworks with the Boston Pops
Reunite with dear friends in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, and Siem Reap
Revisit several of my favorite National Parks (Bryce, Zion, Arches, Yosemite, Grand Canyon)
Visit Dirty Pat in Bucharest, and Dracula’s Castle
This is my revised list:
Crossing Check point Charlie in Berlin, 1971 (my all time best!)*
Cycling Croatia (not really)
Cycling in Bordeaux
Angkor Wat and Ta Prohm, Siem Reap, Cambodia*
The Oktoberfest in Munich*
Attend the two weeks of Wimbledon*
Attend the French Open at Roland Garros
Attend the US Open (golf and tennis)
Attend the Masters Golf Tournament, Augusta, GA
Make new friends in Penang, Malaysia
Adopted by my Greek brothers in Athens*
Evenings on the terrace at the Hotel Moskva (Belgrade, Serbia)
Meet Katy, the world traveler, 365 days a year, my new hero!!!*
Visit the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul*
Wine tasting in Santorini
Revisit Angkor Wat and Ta Prohm*
Tailored made suits in Bangkok
A visit to Annapolis and the Naval Academy
Ravinia for a Roots concert
Cycling in Mallorca
A week in the Amazon Rainforest
Sit on both Capes, Good Hope and Horn
The best = *
I often wonder about your adventures and highlights. Care to share some?
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