I love to plan vacations, and when I do so, I plan them around specific bucket-list items. I don’t travel constantly, so I like to make sure that when I do, it counts.

USA

New England

  • Salem Cross Inn fireside dinner followed by New Haven Pizza stop

North Carolina

  • Catawba Falls

Tennessee

  • Lost Sea Adventure, Sweetwater, TN - Largest underground lake in the US

Brazil

Brumenau

  • Brumenau Oktoberfest!

Iceland

  • Grimsey - Orbis et Globus - 7 ton metal ball that marks the Arctic Circle. Moves 14 meters every year, and will be out to sea in less than 20.

Japan

Aomori

  • Aomori Nebuta Matsuri

Kawasaki

  • Kanamara Matsuri - 👀 IYKYK

Kyoto

  • Gion Matsuri

Osaka

  • Tenjin Matsuri

Okinawa

  • Shopping for traditional Okinawan clothing (Ryukyu) and Strong Zero on the beach

Thailand

  • EDC Thailand
  • Songkran in Bangkok
  • Phi Phi Island - Reggae Bar and Gambling with Auntie

Vietnam

  • Ha Giang Loop