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What's on your Bucket List?

Passepartout said:
How about booking one that departs Amsterdam after you having a few days there to do Keukenhof AND Aalsmeer market at your leisure? Basil is AMA's home and HQ. Nobody does Rhine better (IMO). They also offer several that are just round trips from/to Amsterdam, and Keukenhof is an overnight port at least during Tulip Time.
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That sounds great! I recall your great AMA experiences and it would be my first choice however we are going with friends in October on a Tauck Danube cruise as they chose the trip and had cruised Tauck before.
 
My bucket list is simple, wake up and get out of bed every morning.

34 yrs of military service covered a whole lot of things that would have been on my bucket list if I had ever created one. Another 20 in retirement and relatively good health covered the rest. Now that my heart is being pumped by battery power 24/7 I am just happy to still be able to play golf. Days of going to timeshares are over with. But, we did an awful lot of traveling during those 20 years so no regrets.

Best advice I could give anyone is live today like it may be your last. Life is too short to complicate it.
 
pedro47 said:
To visit all the Islands of Hawaii and to visit Vietnam.
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Pedro, we have been to Vietnam 3 times, the last visit was to babysit our grandchildren for 4 weeks while our DIL took a course. Vietnam is a beautiful country with beautiful people.I hope you have the opportunity to visit.

Dori
 
Bucky said:
Best advice I could give anyone is live today like it may be your last. Life is too short to complicate it.
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While I cannot personally compare to your stories, I do 100% agree with this. While I know plenty of people are all plan for 20 years from now - the reality is any of us could die at any time. Even just in a car accident, forget about health issues. Even the people I know who lived to their 80s, a ripe old age IMO, found every year it is tougher to do physical things. So I always say, travel while you can. I've had a broken ankle that kept me bedridden suddenly for 3 months of recovery. I know I might not be able to run around in the future.

I've put stuff off before, and you can put stuff off, often for good reasons, forever. Do the stuff if you can. Don't hope that you can later on. My grandmother and my mother both outlived their spouses - that "travel in retirement" together never happened.

I figure I can always do less later on, and TBH I might prefer that.

Almost no one says in their last days "I wish I'd done less traveling or having experiences or making memories.".
 
Free2Roam said:
I'm quickly approaching 60 and always thought my retired life would be filled with travel. I'm still a few years from retirement, but lately my body has become less tolerant of random springy mattresses. And after 4-5 days I'm wishing I was back home on my memory foam mattress. I haven't cut any trips short yet, but it has me rethinking that retirement travel life.

Is it just me?
How do others make out?
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Travel Europe. In 5 trips we have yet to find a soft, springy mattress. In fact we sleep better on the firm ones common in Europe. I am only talking about The Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy and San Marino. It may be different in the UK.
 
Back in August, I posted that Thailand is on my bucket list. Well, it looks like I’ll have the opportunity to cross it off my list!

DH and I are going to Korea at the end of this month to visit to our son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren for their Korean fall school break. (He teaches at an international school). While we are there, we are all going to Thailand for 5 days. We will stay in Phuket, no time for Chiang Mai, but that is okay with us. I am so excited! 😃

Dori
 
This post made me think back to my youth and what my bucket list would have been when I graduated from high school. (I grew up poor in a small Midwest farming town.) With some luck and hardwork, my life turned out very different than I could have imagined…I've traveled extensively, had a career I never expected and some wonderful experiences. In my 70s, my bucket list now would have traveling, especially internationally, until my health no longer allows and spending time with my granddaughters. Nice to reflect and realize I'm happy with how my life turned out and don't have many things I'll regret missing.
 
I loved the movie "The Bucket List" . . . but not so much about the concept of waiting until end-of-life to do the things I have dreamed of. I've lived a pretty full life; seen and done a lot of things that would qualify as "once in a lifetime" travel dreams.

That said, I would like to experience Greece & Italy before I die. I also think Japan and Australia are on my short international travel list. OH . . . and a cruise to Antarctica!

Beyond that, there aren't any other places that have been calling my name in the last 3-5 years.
 
Dori said:
Back in August, I posted that Thailand is on my bucket list. Well, it looks like I’ll have the opportunity to cross it off my list!

DH and I are going to Korea at the end of this month to visit to our son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren for their Korean fall school break. (He teaches at an international school). While we are there, we are all going to Thailand for 5 days. We will stay in Phuket, no time for Chiang Mai, but that is okay with us. I am so excited! 😃

Dori
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That sounds great have a safe and wonderful time!
 
Just an update about our bucket list trip to Phuket, Thailand last week. We had an incredible time . Our DS arranged for us all to stay at the beautiful Pullman Karon Beach Resort and it was lovely . while there, my granddaughter and I went parasailing! Can’t believe I did it at 75 years old, but I loved it!

We did a half-day tour to Coral Island and we all went snorkeling.The time we spent with our son, DIL and grandkids in Korea and Thailand was magical!

Dori
 
No real bucket list. The only things that pop into my head are getting my handicap down to around 5 or 6, so a "bad" round is still seventy something.
And, I'd honestly just like to get in a nice comfortable SUV and drive the country for a few months. Head out and get back when I get back. Take every dirt road to every little reservoir or lake or point of interest that suits my fancy. Maybe catch some baseball games and make some new friends along the way. I'm just not that complicated...

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