Prompt: Where in the world would you like to visit the most? Assume you are not worried about money in any way.
Ooh, fun. Travel with no money restrictions, yes please! Living in New Zealand, it’s so expensive to go anywhere. And some of the flights are so freaking long. It takes about 30-odd hours to get from Auckland to London. In cattle class, that sucks. You arrive so exhausted that you have to spend two days recovering before you can start exploring. So money-is-no-object travelling? I’m in.
I haven’t been to many places, although I’ve been lucky with where I have been. I’ve done most of the North Island of New Zealand. I’ve been to Melbourne, Australia and the Australian Outback. I’ve explored London, England, and Inverness, Scotland pretty well. I’ve been to Edinburgh and Aberdeen in Scotland as well, and Northampton and Keswick in England, but not explored, so only seen one or two specific places and a whole bunch of English and Scottish roadside.
When it comes to travel, I have some priorities I guess. Like everyone. Some people want to immerse themselves in a different culture. Some people want to get a sense of history. I’m a country girl at heart, and a photography enthusiast, so I tend to go for natural scenery.
I know, it’s insane that I can say that and yet I haven’t been to the South Island. People come from all over the world to see the scenery of the South Island, and I’m a Kiwi and I haven’t seen any of it! My friend Charlie on Writing.com was talking about Norway’s fjords, but New Zealand’s South Island has fjords too. And glaciers. And mountains.
Why do we spell it fiords? That seems very American of us.
So yeah, the South Island is high on my list. I also really want to explore the Lake District of England. I’ve been there twice, once as a child and once as an adult, but only briefly. I want to explore it.
Where else? I want to drive the Grossglockner High Alpine Road in Austria. Again, amazing scenery. And I love road trips. My mother and older sister rave about cruises, because you do all your travelling at night while you sleep and just wake up in the morning at your next destination, but I actually like road trips, and so does my husband. You get a feel for the country, and it’s interesting and relaxing. Plus, you can pull over anywhere you like and explore. That’s how we ended up in Gretna Green. Oh, and Stoke-on-Trent. That was a heck of a detour for what ended up being a walk around a pottery museum.
I’m sure no one will be surprised to know that I have a travel bucket list. No, I thought not. Me, the queen of lists, having a travel bucket list? Kind of a given, I know. So here you go:
Fly business class
Fly first class
Apply for a UK passport
Go inside St Matthews in the City, Auckland, New Zealand
Go to New Zealand’s South Island
Go to Larnach Castle in Dunedin, New Zealand
Go to England as an adult
See Buckingham Palace in England as an adult
Go inside Westminster Abbey in England
See the Tower of London in England
Go to Hyde Park in England
Go to Scotland
Go to Gretna Green in Scotland
Go to Dunfermline Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland
Go to the Isle of Skye in Scotland
Go to the Orkney Islands in Scotland
Go to Ireland
Go to Wales as an adult
Go to ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli
See the Northern or Southern Lights
Go to Antarctica
See? Ireland, Wales, the islands of Scotland and Antarctica. That’d be fucking awesome. I’m so jealous of my friend Jody from Writing.com who is going to Antarctica. Again, so close to New Zealand (ironically, that one we’re actually close to whereas you’re all so far away from it) and yet it might as well be on the other side of the world. No, I’ve been to the other side of the world, but still haven’t been to the South Island or Antarctica.
Where would you love to travel to if money was no object?
It’s funny, being on the opposite side of the world and seeing you list places so close to me, that I wouldn’t think of being a place people would want to go. 😂 One of the places on my list is New Zealand. 😊
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Yeah, I know. My parents are British, so there’s definitely a tug to England for me. And as you know, my younger sister lives there now. It’s funny, there’s no culture shock for us between NZ and England. Just feels like home. Even in Scotland really. But I bet there’s some the other way for poms coming here.
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Awesome list and thoughts. Some day You should visit also Santa’s land:
Santa Claus Village at the Arctic Circle
Happy and safe travels!
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Ooh, I loved your photos. We don’t get snow here in winter, although they do further south. It looks like a winter wonderland! So pretty!
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