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My Bucket List

On this planet, there are all sorts of people. People who do things at the spur of the moment, people who organise things months in advance, people who... write lists. I write a lot of lists. Anything from shopping lists to lists of hours of revision I have done. At any opportunity, I will write a list. So what better occasion to write a list than to write down everything I wish to do in my lifetime. I gathered that these things are probably more likely to occur if I write them on this blog, out somewhere in this interworld, broadcasted for everyone to see, so that some day, someone can message me and say "Hey, Florrie, swam with dolphins yet?" And, I will rush to book myself into a session with a dolphin just so that I can say yes. So, here is my list so far...
  1. Become fluent in French
  2. Eat a stack of pancakes at least 6 pancakes tall
  3. Go to New York
  4. Work in France for a period of time
  5. Attend Glastonbury Festival (again)
  6. Raise money for a dog-related cause
  7. Do the Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studio Tour at Christmas
  8. Be invited to an awards show
  9. Swim with dolphins
  10. Go island-hopping
  11. Read Harry Potter à L'ecole des Sorciers
  12. Try the Tower of Neptune ride at Atlantis The Palm, Dubai
  13. Watch one of Shakespeare's plays at the theatre 
  14. Interrail across Europe for at least 3 weeks
  15. Take Jasper on a method of public transport
  16. Hire a Boris Bike
  17. Visit Harry Potter World in Florida
  18. See Les Miserables in the West End
  19. Go banana-boating
  20. Spend a week clubbing in Ibiza
  21. Watch a show in Las Vegas
  22. Have a trip on a gondala in Venice
  23. Try the silent disco at the top of the Shard
  24. Have a facial
  25. Watch The Lord of the Rings
  26. Read Les Miserables (all 1463 pages of it!)
  27. Eat a portion of lasagne in Naples
  28. Train a dog from 8 weeks old
  29. Cook a 3-course meal for someone
  30. Swim in the Blue Lagoon, Iceland
  31. Travel by hovercraft 
  32. Try a Dum Dum Doughnut
  33. Kayak to a deserted island and explore it
  34. Spend a day in a spa
  35. Win a competition 
  36. Have an article published in a newspaper
  37. Sunbathe on a double-decker boat
  38. Camp in a Teepee at a festival
  39. Go white-water rafting
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