1,000 Places

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page.” – Saint Augustine

1,000 Places to See Before You Die, huh? Well I better get busy. The subtitle of this book, gifted to my on my birthday, is appropriately dubbed “A Traveler’s Life List.”  The number is deceiving since there are actually quite a few experiences and or eateries mixed in… which I actually like though, because who travels just to SEE sites?  There are some places or experiences listed in the book that I will surely not make my personal list, but since I want to see the world, this is a good inspiration.

Here is my progress:

costa rica

• Manuel Antonio National Park (Quepos)

CZECH REPUBLIC

PRAGUE

• Castle District

• Charles Bridge

• Estates Theater

• Old Town Square

ENGLAND

LONDON

• National Gallery

• Tower of London

• Westminster Abbey

• Regent’s Park

• Camden Passage

• Hampton Court
• Tate Gallery
• Hyde Park
• Hitting the Markets

OTHER

• York Minster (Yorkshire)

IRELAND

• Book of Kells (Trinity College, Dublin)
• Irish Pubs
• The Shelbourne (St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin)

FRANCE

PARIS

• Arc de Triomphe

• Basilique du Sacre-Coeur

• Eiffel Tower

• The Louvre

• Cathedrale Notre Dame

• Jardins des Tuileries

OTHER

• Chateau de Versailles

GERMANY

• Brandenburg Gate (Berlin)

• Museum Island (Berlin)

• Sans Souci (Potsdam)

ITALY

SOUTHERN ITALY-CAMPANIA

• Island of Capri

• Pompeii

• The Almafi Coast

• Positano

• Sorrento

SICILY

• Mount Etna

• Two Gems of Palermo

• Taormina

SIENA

• Piazza del Campo

ROME

• Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore

• Borghese Garden

• The Coliseum

• The Pantheon

• The Roman and Imperial Forums

• Sistine Chapel

• Spanish Steps

• Trevi Fountain

• Vatican City

• Campo dei Fiori

• Piazza Navona

• Via Condotti

FLORENCE

• Church of Santa Maria Novella

• Church of Santa Croce

• Galleria Dell’Accademia (David!)

• Il Duomo (The Cathedral of Santa Maria dei Fiori)

• Medici Chapels

• Mercato Nuovo
• Nerbone (Mercato Centrale)

• Piazza della Signoria

• Palazzo Vecchio

• Il Ponte Vecchio

• Piazzale Michelangelo

• The Uffizi galleries

VENICE

• Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace)

• The Grand Canal

• Basilica di San Marco

• Piazza San Marco

OTHER

• Cinque Terre

• Chianti (Tuscany)

MEXICO

• Cabo San Lucas

NETHERLANDS

AMSTERDAM

• Anne Frank House

• Oude Kerk

• Pulitzer Hotel

• Red Light District

• Rijksmuseum

SPAIN

MADRID

• Palacio Real

• El Retiro Park

• Tapas Crawl in the Villa y Corte area

• The Plaza Mayor

• Flamenco at Casa Patas

OTHER

• La Sagrada Familia (Barcelona)

UNITED STATES

CALIFORNIA

• The Getty Center

• Hollywood

• Disney Concert Hall

• Mann’s Chinese Theatre

• Universal Studios Hollywood

• Monterey Peninsula

• The Pacific Coast Highway

• Hotel Del Coronado

• San Francisco Cable Car ride

• California Wine Country (Napa & Sonoma Valleys)

• Yosemite National Park

HAWAII

• Oahu

ILLINOIS

• Sear’s Tower (Chicago)

NEVADA

• Bellagio

• The Las Vegas Strip

WASHINGTON D.C.

• Washington Monument

• U.S. Capitol

• Lincoln Memorial

• Vietnam Memorial

• The White House

• Jefferson Memorial

• National Air & Space Museum