{"id":2106,"date":"2012-02-04T22:07:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T06:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deathgleaner.wordpress.com\/?page_id=2106"},"modified":"2024-03-05T23:40:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T06:40:26","slug":"wish-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/wish-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Wish List!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Everyone has a list of things they want to do, whether it be in their mind or written out on paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Visit these places\n<ul>\n<li>Brussels, Belgium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Naples, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Venice, Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rome, Italy and the Vatican<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vienna, Austria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paris, France<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lascaux, France &#8212; Check out the earliest known cave paintings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sydney, Australia &#8212; Opera house and beachfront, Great Barrier Reef<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Zealand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frankfurt, Germany &#8212; Try some delicious sausages!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Hanging Gardens of Babylon<\/s> can&#8217;t&#8230; they don&#8217;t exist anymore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great Pyramids of Egypt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Svalbard Global Seed Vault<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boston, Massachusetts &#8212; Boston Harbor, MIT, attend a Red Sox game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toronto, Canada &#8212; Visit the CN Tower<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antarctica &#8212; Visit a research station, hug a penguin, and possibly trek to the South Pole<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North Pole &#8212; Note to self: bring super-sensitive scale and see if I really weigh less than at the equator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roswell, New Mexico &#8212; See for myself what all this &#8220;alien conspiracy&#8221; stuff is about<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>US. National Parks:\n<ul>\n<li>Carlsbad Caverns National Park &#8212; For the cave, of course!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grand Teton National Park &#8212; For the scenic beauty \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arches National Park, Utah &#8212; Great photo opportunities here<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Badlands National Park &#8212; Excavate a dinosaur fossil (even if it&#8217;s just a tooth)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crater Lake National Park, Oregon &#8212; Always wanted to go there since I was a kid! \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Everglades National Park, Florida &#8212; Wade through a swamp without getting eaten by a crocodile. Okay, maybe boat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grand Canyon National Park \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yosemite National Park &#8212; Half Dome \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yellowstone National Park &#8212; Hiking, Old Faithful, hot spring bath \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hawaii Volcanoes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olympic National Park, Washington \u2705<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amazon Rainforest &#8212; A great photography opportunity!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New York, New York &#8212; So good it had to be named twice!\n<ul>\n<li>Carnegie Hall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avery Fisher Hall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lincoln Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Juilliard School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Columbia University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New York University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steinway piano factory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pizza place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9\/11 Site<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Times Square (APPLE STORE!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MoMA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JFK Airport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Washington, DC\n<ul>\n<li>Smithsonian Museum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White House &#8212; Meet with the President<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Capitol Building &#8212; Listen in on a Congressional session and try not to fall asleep<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supreme Court building &#8212; if I&#8217;m allowed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pentagon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Washington Monument and Reflecting pond<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Viet Nam War Memorial, WWII Memorial<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geneva, Switzerland &#8212; Mostly for CERN<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chicago, Illinois &#8212; University of Chicago, The Loop, Willis Tower, Lake Michigan waterfront, O&#8217;Hare Airport \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go back to where I used to live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. See that city all over again \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>St. Louis, Missouri &#8212; See the Gateway Arch!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tokyo, Japan &#8212; See how busy it REALLY is<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seoul, South Korea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Garching, Germany &#8212; Visit the ESO Headquarters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Houston, Texas &#8212; Visit Mission Control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Orlando, Florida &#8212; SeaWorld and Kennedy Space Center. I would love to witness a spacecraft launch!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mediterranean Sea cruise!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greece<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Arizona (Biosphere 2) \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dubai &#8212; Definitely on my top 10 list! Go windsurfing on the beachfront, ride up the largest tower in the world, and check out the technological innovations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quebec, Quebec &#8212; How different does the French sound there from the French in France?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anchorage, Alaska &#8212; Check out the crab fishing scene, and see how the Inuits can build such awesome igloos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Israel, once it&#8217;s safe to go there\n<ul>\n<li>Jerusalem: Dome of the Rock, Weeping Wall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jordan River<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bethlehem: Jesus&#8217; Birthplace!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dead Sea (if it hasn&#8217;t died yet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Las Vegas &#8212; Walk around the Strip WITHOUT DRINKING \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Route 66 \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sioux Indian Reservation &#8212; Get a glimpse of the culture that many of us don&#8217;t get to experience in America<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stockholm, Sweden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amsterdam, The Netherlands &#8212; Check out the nice Dutch houses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Warsaw, Poland &#8212; A nice cultural experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moscow, Russia &#8212; Red Square, St. Basil&#8217;s Cathedral, Bolshoi Theatre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>London, U.K. &#8212; Climb up Big Ben, visit Piccadilly Circus, Westminster Palace, the reconstructed Globe Theatre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glasgow, Scotland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hong Kong &#8212; Check out the pirated media industry that my friend keeps rambling about<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taiwan &#8212; My friends live there!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cape Town, South Africa &#8212; Stand on Table Mountain and watch the sunset<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rwanda &#8212; Volunteer in one of the most impoverished nations in the world<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cairo, Egypt &#8212; Ride a camel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fez, Morocco &#8212; Check out the market and try some delicious cockroaches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>African Savanna &#8212; See a giraffe up close, and avoid getting eaten by a hippo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ayers Rock, Australia &#8212; Is it okay if I climb up it?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Olympics, wherever it&#8217;s being held &#8212; Seen it on TV, and I would like to see it in person!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Islands in Oceania &#8212; Scuba diving, windsurfing!\n<ul>\n<li>Fiji<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wallis and Futuna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Micronesia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samoa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Moon\n<ul>\n<li>Apollo 11 Landing site<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leisure activities\n<ul>\n<li>Participate in a political protest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skydive off a plane<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skydive off a mountain cliff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn to windsurf<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn to fly an airplane (co-pilot)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invent something or improve an invention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Build a house (in real life)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turn pages for a famous pianist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work with a back-stage crew on a play or musical<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be on set for the filming of a movie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paint a mural<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Run a marathon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Run a half-marathon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participate in the Susan G. 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