Smiles from Miles Away

Future:
I am definitely a list person. Currently, my top bucket list item is to hit 30 countries before I turn 30! I am making good progress towards my goal and I am confident that I will reach my target.

Countries I’ve been to:

1. USA
2. Canada
3. Austria
4. Czechia
5. Italy
6. Slovakia
7. Hungary
8. German
9. France
10. Belgium
11. The Netherlands
12. UK
13. Croatia
14. Slovenia
15. Vatican City
16. Spain
17. Portugal
18. Switzerland
19. Greece
20. Norway
21. Thailand
22. South Korea
23. Denmark
24. Monaco
25. Scotland
26. Turkey
27. Sweden

Past:
Summer 2017:
Although I am pretty go with the flow, I wanted to create a list of a few things I want to check off my list in each country!

Spain

• Visit Parque Guell
• Try Tapas 
• Eat Chocolate and churros
• Practicar mi Español
• Explore Sagrada Familia 
• Beach day in Barcelona 
• Night out on the town in Barcelona (This didn’t quite happen in Barcelona, but don’t worry we had a fun night out on the town in Madrid)

Portugal

• Take the trams in Lisbon
• Go Surfing 
• Visit the castles in Sinatra 

Switzerland

• Hiking in the alps
• See some cows🐮

Italy

• Gelato for days🍦
• Authentic Italian cuisine 
• Visit friends😊

Greece

• Enjoy a Santorini sunset
• Visit the ancient Greek ruins 
• Try out some beaches
• Ride on a donkey
• ATV around the islands 🌴 

Spring 2015:
After doing extensive research into where I wanted to study abroad Vienna soon became my first choice. If you would have asked me a year ago where I wanted to study abroad I would have easily said Great Britain or Australia. Vienna’s central European location, beautiful landscape, and the amazing business school are easily why this school was my first choice. During the semester, I want to see and travel as much as possible. Vienna alone has so many cultural and unique opportunities and sites so I want to create a bucket list of everything that I want to do while in Vienna.

Austria

• Visit the Vienna Library  completed February 18th
• Visit the Schonbrunn Palace and Gardens Feburary 26th
• Attend a Traditional Viennese Ball Completed February 16th
• Prater Park Completed May 17th
• Attend an Opera at the famous Opera House Completed February 21st
• Go the Zoo in Vienna sadly I ran out of time for this 😦
• Go ice skating at the city hall square Completed Feburary 18th
• Sound of Music tour in Salzberg  Completed March 21st
• Take a bike tour in Vienna Completed on my own through the semester

Paris

10. Louvre Completed April 3rd
11. Eiffel Tower April 7th
12. Disneyland Paris Was told so many times that is wouldn’t be worth it during Easter Weekend
13. Arc de Triomphe April 6th
14. Ride on a Carousal
15. Visit a love lock bridge Completed April 3rd

Italy

16. Ride in a gondola in Venice Completed  May 19th and was so magical
17. Eat real Italian gelato so much gelato 😛 first on March 5th
18. Visit a beach on the coast March 7th in Cinque Terre
19. Visit the Colosseum Completed May 24th
20. Make a wish in the Trevi Fountain Is massively under construction and therefore didn’t happen

Other

21. Skiing in the Alps- Didn’t quite happen but I took a gondola to the top which is pretty close
22. Visit a friend in a foreign country First completed on March 29th in Budapest
23. Have a friend come visit in Vienna Completed May 15th when Taylor came
24. Survive classes in a foreign country First classes completed on March 20th
25. Go to Switzerland yeah was just too expensive so this calls for another trip back to Europe
26. Visit a concentration camp Completed February 22nd
27. Go on an EBN trip Completed March 20th in Salzberg
28. Take a picture of an entire city from the hills (any city) View from Prague Castle March 1st
29. Visit a castle (preferably the Neuschwanstein Castle) Completed March 26th
30. Mail a postcard from every country I visit Managed almost all except the Vatican and when we went through Slovenia. I probably spent over 50 euro on postcards alone haha