It's Me, Sara Louise

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I’m failing at being an expat. My fellow expat bloggers are constantly on the move, exploring as many of the different corners of their continents as they can. Not me. But I think I may know why; you see, even though I’m an American expat, I’m an EU citizen, plus I’m married to a Frenchman in France, so my time here in France and in Europe doesn’t have an expiration date. There’s nothing pushing me to explore and apathy has set in. I’m determined to change that.

There’s been a travel list floating around for awhile now, I’ve seen it on Jenna’s and Betsy’s blogs so I thought I’d take a look in hopes of spurring my apathetic butt on.

{I’m here too, I’m behind the camera}

1. Alamo – San Antonio, Texas, USA
2. Alhambra – Granada, Spain
3. Andros Island – Bahamas
4. Angel Falls – Venezuela
5. Angkor Wat – Angkor, Cambodia
6. Atlantic City Boardwalk – Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
7. Ayers Rock – Australia
8. Big Ben – London, England
9. Bora Bora – Polynesia

10. British Museum – London, England

11. Canals of Amsterdam – Amsterdam, Netherlands 

12. Cathedral of Seville – Seville, Spain

13. Cave of Crystals – Mexico

14. Christ the Redeemer – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

15. Cinque Terre National Park – Italy

{The Colosseum & St. Peter’s}

22. Easter Island Statues – Polynesia
23. Edinburgh Castle – Edinburgh, Scotland
24. Eiffel Tower – Paris, France
25. Empire State Building – New York City, New York, USA
26. Forbidden City – Beijing, China
27. French Quarter – New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
28. Galapagos Islands – Ecuador
29. Gateway Arch – St. Louis, Missouri, USA
30. Gettysburg Battlefield – Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
31. Glacier Bay Basin – Alaska, USA
32. Glacier National Park – Montana, USA
33. Glowworm Cave – New Zealand
34. Golden Gate Bridge – San Francisco, California, USA
35. Grand Canal – Venice, Italy

41. Hagia Sophia – Istanbul, Turkey

42. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park – Hawaii, USA

43. Hollywood Boulevard – Hollywood, California, USA

44. Iguazu Falls – Argentina and Brazil

45. Kiyomizu-dera – Kyoto, Japan

46. Kremlin – Moscow, Russia

47. Lake Titicaca – Peru

48. Las Ramblas – Barcelona, Spain

49. Las Vegas Strip – Las Vegas, Nevada

50. Leaning Tower of Pisa – Pisa, Italy

{I can’t find any of my Eiffel, or Louvre photos, so this one of me in front of a carousel in Paris will just have to do}

51. Louvre Museum – Paris, France

52. Macchu Picchu – Peru

53. Matterhorn – Switzerland

54. Mayan Pyramids of Chichen Itza – Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

55. Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York City, New York, USA

56. Mount Everest – Nepal

57. Mount Fuji – Japan

58. Mount Kilimanjaro – Tanzania

59. Mount Rushmore – Keystone, South Dakota, USA

60. Napa Valley – California, USA

61. Ngorongoro Crater – Tanzania

62. Niagara Falls – New York, USA

63. Notre Dame Cathedral – Paris, France

64. Pacific Rim National Park – British Columbia, Canada

65. Pebble Beaches of Nice – Nice, France

66. Petra – Jordan

67. Petronas Twin Towers – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

68. Portland Head Lighthouse – Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA

69. Puerta Del Sol – Madrid, Spain

70. Pyramids of Giza – Egypt

71. Redwood National Park – California, USA

72. Rock of Gibraltar – Gibraltar

73. Rocky Mountain National Park – Colorado, USA 

74. Ruins of Athens – Athens, Greece

75. Ruins of Pompeii – Pompei, Italy

76. Sagrada Famila – Barcelona, Spain

77. Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) – Chicago, Illinois, USA

78. Sedlec Ossuary – Czech Republic

79. Sistine Chapel – Vatican City, Italy

80. Smithsonian Institution – Washington, D.C., USA

81. Space Needle – Seattle, Washington, USA

82. St. Peter’s Basilica – Vatican City, Italy

83. Statue of Liberty – New York City, New York, USA

84. Stonehenge – Wiltshire County, England

85. Sydney Opera House – Sydney, Australia

86. Taj Mahal – Agra, India

87. Temple of the Golden Pavilion – Kyoto, Japan

88. Teotihuacan – Mexico

89. Tian Tan Buddha – Hong Kong, China

90. Times Square – New York City, New York, USA

91. Varanasi – Uttar Pradesh, India

92. Victoria Falls – Zimbabwe

93. Wailing Wall – Jerusalem, Israel

94. Walt Disney World Resort – Orlando, Florida Um, how come Disney World is here but not Disney Land? That’s a conspiracy if I ever saw one. 

95. Washington Monument – Washington, D.C., USA

96. White Cliffs of Dover – Dover, England

97. White House – Washington, D.C., USA

98. Winchester Cathedral – Hampshire, England

99. Yosemite National Park – California, USA

100. Zion National Park – Utah, USA

So according to Saint Augustine, I’ve read 21 pages which is rather poor. I mean, you don’t even really get into a book until at least page forty or something. I barely have grasped the plot at this point. (oh, and in case you’re confused by the Saint Augustine reference, he’s the one who said that thing about the world is a book…)

But I do know what I’d like my next five pages to be;

Canals of Amsterdam – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cathedral of Seville – Seville, Spain
Edinburgh Castle – Edinburgh, Scotland
Leaning Tower of Pisa – Pisa, Italy
Stonehenge – Wiltshire County, England

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