Another year has gone by in what feels like the blink of an eye! Merciless time, why are you always rushing? Yesterday it was summer, now we are waiting for Santa Clause, and tomorrow we start again to plan the mid-year vacations.
My oh my, nostalgia strikes again! Let’s get away from that, to the practical things and focus on the mighty travel bucket list for 2018! Or perhaps not so mighty as many of you may think, because there aren’t any major breakaways to other continents but only European trips that I thirst for quite some time:
Get to a Greek Island for once!
Yes, I’m a millennial, from Romania, where everybody goes to Greece for the summer holidays, excepting ME. I know, it’s like I have been living under a rock, but hey, I’ll fix this in the year to come. I have received the advice to NOT start with Santorini, because all the other islands will be no match afterwards, so maybe Lefkada? What do you think?
- Santorini – Inspired by the travels of: Jurnalul Alinutei
Andalucia, the South of Spain.
I am sure I will love this place! There are so many astonishing things to visit and to enjoy in this part of Spain, that I think we will not be able to see all of it in one trip only. The countless cities – Sevilla, Granada, Malaga, Ronda, Cadiz just to name a few, and then Caminito del Rey and the White Villages(“Pueblos Blancos”), the Moorish culture and the tasty food!
- Alhambra – Inspired by the travels of: Calatorii de Weekend
Amsterdam
Wait, don’t judge just yet! We have been here before, but a long time ago, over 8 years ago, and in Spring time when the weather was still very unfriendly: it rained all 3 days and it was so windy and cold that my partner doesn’t have any good memory of the place. The plan is to get to Amsterdam in warmer months, maybe middle summer, just to be sure to get some rays of sun:). I’m sure we’ll appreciate this time how beautiful and cosmopolitan it is.
- Amsterdam Canals – Inspired by the travels of Hai Hui Story
Warsaw and Krakow in Poland.
Ever considered visiting this two beautiful Polish cities? Because I’m very very curious about them. Warsaw, one of the most affected cities by the WW2, almost razed to the grounds by the bombings, has since made huge efforts to rebuild some of the historic parts and to transform into a very beautiful and proud capital city. And Krakow, also a capital city of the Polish Kingdom, some 400 years ago, holds many beautiful sites.
- Wawel Castle in Krakaw – Inspired by the travels of Jouneys of Len
A Scandinavian country.
I was always skeptical to plan a trip here, because of the high prices, but we have survived a trip to Switzerland some years ago, so I think we can sort out a reasonable budget.
- Copenhagen – Inspired by the travels of Valiza cu Calatorii
The Danube Delta
It would have been so disrespectful towards my country not to include at least a Romanian place in the list. And I have yet to visit so many beautiful places at home too. I have never been to the Danube Delta, the 2nd largest in Europe, although I have it in my thoughts for a couple of years already.
That’s a wrap for this bucket list! Let me know what are your travel plans in the year to come because I would love to see that. My travels can change based on your travel stories also, who knows for sure where we’ll actually end up travelling?! We can only be certain of the past, right? But if there is one precious thing I have learned from the past two years, is that health is our greatest possession.
So, to end this last article of 2017, I wish you all to be healthy and to travel the world!
Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings.
Quote by Publilius Syrus
See you in 2018!
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