#092 Scuba dive off Austrailia’s Great Barrier Reef
Nina’s didn’t get the opportunity to check “scuba dive in Australia” off her list. What about you? Are you certified to scuba dive? What’s the best place you’ve ever dived?
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#180 Rediscover Evolution the Darwin Way in the Galapagos Islands
True Paradise! An on-this-planet-but-seems-like-a-science-fiction place; but, it’s all incredibly, wonderfully real! Talk about unique creatures – swimming iguanas, tropical penguins, “boobie” birds with bright blue feet and frigate birds that puff their chests into red balloons. This is one item I hope everyone will put on their list!
#173 Visit Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu — ancient, exotic, and mysterious. Travelers from the 21st century, Nina, her grandmother, aunt and uncle, went back in time to experience the wonder of the Incan civilization. Is this wonder of the world on your list?
#356 Touch a panda bear
Pandas are such beautiful creatures. To me, their eyes look so soulful. But, I’m sure it has something to do with camouflage in the wild. I’m glad Nina got to get close and touch a panda. I wouldn’t have thought to put this on my list. Is one of the items on your list– to see an exotic animals up close and personal?
#217 Cross Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway
Nina never got to ride the Trans-Siberian Railway. Have you ever ridden it across Russia? What’s the longest train ride you’ve ever taken?
#048 Speak to someone in space
Out of this world. Nina spoke to astronauts on the phone from her classroom!
#149 Dance a Waltz at the Vienna Opera Ball
Nina wanted to learn to Waltz and dance it at the Vienna Opera Ball, which is one of the highlights of the Viennese carnival season, but unfortunately never had the opportunity. Have you ever attended this event?
#132 Read “Anna Karenina” and Explore Tolstoy’s Moscow
Nina never got the opportunity to tour Moscow based on the places mentioned in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. Have you ever read something that made you feel like you had to go see where the story was set in real life?
#251 Visit Antarctica
What a dream come true –visit Antartica. Can you believe we were shooping for clothes for Nina’s trip in August! Baby, it’s cold out there.
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#236 Make a discovery
Nina wanted to make a discovery, but her list didn’t specify if it was discovering a new species, or a new element, or a new solution to an old math problem.
What kind of discovery do you think she meant?