Today is my birthday, and I’ve hit the “Big 3-0”. I wanted to look back at 30 of my favorite travel memories in my life, in no particular order:

  • Fulfilling my dream of going to Egypt, seeing so many amazing tombs and temples
  • Sitting alone in the temples of Abu Simbel and Karnak

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  • Climbing into and on top of a pyramid
  • Wandering the Christmas Markets of Munich
  • Seeing the castles of Germany
  • Taking a haunted trolly/walking tour of Boston graveyards.
  • Seeing as many museums as I could in Washington, DC
  • Swimming with sharks in Belize

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  • Racing golf-carts on Caye Caulker
  • Making Chocolate in Guatemala
  • Going to the Canyon Ranch Spa in Las Vegas
  • Snorkeling in St. John
  • Getting lost trying to find Lake Placid
  • Going Alone to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

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  • Running with an Ewok and Lightsaber in Anaheim
  • Seeing lots of sheep in Ireland
  • Eating great food in San Francisco
  • Seeing Trajan’s Column in Rome
  • Wandering the Vatican museums
  • The Epiphany Night in Rome
  • Sleeping in during the heat of the day in Tucson
  • Guiding my group in Tokyo to see the things I wanted to see
  • Camping in Japan with the other Exchange students and telling ghost stories

Wearing Yukata's while enjoying fireworks.

  • Mom getting her face smashed into cake in Mexico
  • Seeing the ruins of a roman bath in Bath
  • First trip abroad to Paris
  • Walking the Champ de Elysee
  • Being a set photographer on multiple music video shoots
  • White Water Rafting in Costa Rica
  • Swimming in a cenote, with dark catfish

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