revisiting july 2010

update! Old post, click here:

a while ago, on my post titled 'life goals, take 1!', i had a small bucket list. it has grown and i've decided that if you'd like to feature your bucket list...do it here! send it to me at whosthatgamine@gmail.comand i will post it with a mclinky to your site! happy trails <3

Gone on a blind date


(X)Skipped school

(X)Watched someone die

(X) Been to Canada

( X) Been to Mexico

( x) Been to Florida

(x )Been to Hawaii

( )Been to South America

(x )Been to Europe

( )Been to Africa

( )Been to the Middle East

( )Been to the Orient

( )Been to Australia

(X ) Traveled alone

(X) Been on a plane

( )Been on a helicopter

(X) Been lost

(X ) Gone to Washington, DC

(X) Swam in the ocean

(X)Cried yourself to sleep

( ) Played cops and robbers

(X) Recently colored with crayons

(X) Sang Karaoke

(X ) Paid for a meal with coins only

( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch.

(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't.

(X) Made prank phone calls

( X) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans

(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose

(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue

( ) Danced in the rain-naked

( x) Written a letter to Santa Claus

(X) Been kissed under the mistletoe

(X) Watched the sunrise with someone

(X) Blown bubbles

(X) Gone ice-skating

(X) Gone to the movies

(X) Gone to the movies alone

( ) Been deep sea fishing

( ) Driven across the United States 

( ) Been in a hot air balloon

( x) seen a volcano

( x) Gone snowmobiling

(x) Lived in more than one country

(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets and Mosquitoes

(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish

( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser

(X) Seen the Statue of Liberty

( )Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle

( x) Been on a cruise 

(X) Traveled by train

( x) Traveled by motorcycle

(X ) Been horse back riding

( ) Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR

(X ) Been to Disneyland OR Disney World

(X) Truly believe in the power of prayer

(x ) Been in a rain forest

( ) Seen whales in the ocean

(X) Been to Niagara Falls

( ) Ridden on an elephant

( )Been in a car wreck

( ) Swam with dolphins

( ) Been to the Olympics

( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China

( ) Saw and heard a glacier calve

( ) Been spinnaker flying

( ) Been water-skiing

( x) Been snow-skiing

( ) Been to Westminster Abbey

( ) Been to the Louvre

( x )Wrote a book (waiting for it to be published)

(x ) Swam in the Mediterranean (and the aegean sea)

(X) Been to a Major League Baseball game

( ) Been to a National Football League game

(X) Seen a play on Broadway

( ) Been to Las Vegas

(X) Been to Atlantic City

(X) Been to Coney Island

( ) Take the trans-siberian railway through Mongolia and Russia 

( ) Go photo crazy at the Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia 

( ) Summit Mount Kilimanjaro 

( ) Explore rural and urban Japan 

( )Eat and practice Italian in Puglia, the heel of Italy!

( )Volunteer at a children's school in Africa 

( )Walk the entire French Route of El Camino de Santiago 

( )Take a polar plunge in Antarctica 

( )Go backpacking through New Zealand, head to toe

( )Walk Across Spain 

( )learn american sign language

( )Visit all 7 continents 

( ) Sing Karaoke in Japan 

( )Learn 'Hello' in as many languages as possible 

(x )Take Dance Lessons 

( ) Go on an African Safari 

( )Volunteer Abroad 

( )Study Yoga in an Ashram 

( x )Whitewater Rafting 

( )Join 'La Tomatina' tomato fight in Spain 

( ) Go on a cruise in the Galapagos Islands 

( )Hike the Inca Trail up to Machu Picchu 

( ) Try Shark Cage Diving 

( ) Learn to Surf (sort of...)

( ) Try CouchSurfing, at least once 

( )Learn to ride a motorcycle 

( ) Go Sailing 

( x) Find the best pizza in New York City 

( x) Explore a cave

( )Run a Marathon in another country

( X) Climb a volcano

( ) bite the bullet and go Zip-lining


i hope to accomplish the rest of this list in the next 2 years! 


love me,
the globetrotting gamine

dear honduras

Honduras Checklist:

• sight-see
• take pictures
• go to the best beach
• talk to the locals to find out where to go for lunch
• go to lunch and eat something new and crazy
• so there we were: roatan, honduras. we were on an adventure, exploring everything we possibly could and having so much fun...

then we had to battle itty bitty sand flies on the beach so i wrapped myself up like a mummy while LML sought solace in the sea.

of course, we find out that the locals swore by this place, so we chose to have a yummy lunch of:

rice

beans

plantains

local beer (holy moly, that beer pictured below is awesome)

and iguana.

yes, iguana. 

pictures below of our meal with a friend...

though it sounds creepy and weird...

it really wasn't- it was quite good.

this deters a little from our nightly vegetarian feasts we usually prepare back home

but everyone needs to come out of their comfort zone somehow and

we are so glad we did.

here's to good food and good friends ;)

love me,

the globetrotting gamine

glimpse of mexico

two tickets to paradise :)

a life lesson at 30

the one most important thing i've learned in the 30 years i've been around?

don't be afraid to go out and *live!

wish i was here!

(shot by me. somewhere in the world.)

have a wonderful

colorful

productive

or

relaxing day!!

love the hermit crabs

we've hit a lot of places on this
teeny earth of ours--
and on the island of bonaire
as i prepared to go for a swim...
i almost squashed these guys!

i saved their lives
but wanted to snap some pictures
before they hit the road :)

i love them.

aruba, my love!

things i loved about aruba...

• crystal blue waters
• everything in walking distance (at least where the hotels are)
• super friendly people
• super friendly cactii
• the fact that when you're swimming, you can dig up a huge shell with your big toe. (thanks, LML!)
• not so crazy waves
• beautiful architecture!
• marketplace
• happy hour, everyday no matter what!

take me back to aruba!

love me,

the globetrotting gamine

aruba visions

tiny jail in the middle of nowhere...

big boulder- no one knows where it came from

but it is assumed that this area was once underwater

LML, very hot (and muy caliente!) in front of the boulders

exploring aruba is wonderful

i highly recommend it!!

love me,

the globetrotting gamine

the eliot hotel

first off,

let me say that the eliot hotel in boston

is awesome like you have no idea.

this is what the room my girlfriends and i stayed in...

we learned a few things about each other when we were there:

• vegging out in front of the tv with a glass of wine is as much fun as going out for thai food
• that we can laugh and have fun...and not scare each other silly
• that i sleep with a pillow on top of my body when I am NOT with LML or my puppy.
• that one of us walks into walls
• and one of us needs to have the bed fixed at all times.
• we're clean freaks
• we like going to sleep at a reasonable hour.
• food, wine, exploring, photography? check check, check check.

i love them so <3

big love to my friends and the crew at the eliot hotel. you guys are "da bomb". hee hee

love!

oktoberfest-ive

For an almost- complete around the world beer list, go here!

There is nothing stopping you from trying everything you'd like--

for us, one of those things that we enjoy doing while traveling is enjoying culinary treasures (so that I can re-create, or attempt to, back in New York)

and sampling wines, beers, and other local beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic!)

Above are some of my shots...

in no order--

and some sideways (sorry! i did not participate

in the drinking of these beers whilst posting)

We have tried quite a few beers from almost everywhere-- can't get enough!

Any beer stories? Please post and I will credit and linky you!

love!

a writer in salem

as a writer, i was so excited to go see nataniel hawthorne's house...
it had been moved to the property on which the house of seven gables stands.

um- can we say awesome?

there are so many stories attached to the house of seven gables that it would be best for you to go there and hear them for yourself.

i won't say much just in case  you will make the journey there...it's a lot more interesting when you're standing in it (you can't take photos inside) and experiencing it for yourself.

my travel besties and i had an awesome time there- we probably could have spend the entire day exploring the grounds more intricately...

oh, and be careful going up the secret staircase ;)

you definitely need about 2 and a half to three days to see everything on your Salem to-do list.

if you have any stories, i would love to hear.
i'll post 'em.

love me,
the globetrotting gamine

Salem Visions

this is what we saw upon arrival to Salem.

more specifically, what i was able to see having popped

some dramamine on the bus ride over.

i am a very, very bad backseat driver.

all in all, i've discovered that salem would be the perfect place

for me to live

had i a choice ;)

sigh-

wouldn't you know it?

our last day--our last hours-- in bermuda,

and we stumble upon this beach.

so now we have to go back

and swim in it.

happy day to you!

~the globetrotting gamine

beauteous-ness (is that a word?)

 ©ChristinaRozeas Photography, All Rights Reserved

what heaven looks like to me!

 ©ChristinaRozeas Photography, All Rights Reserved

bermuda, horseshoe bay

 ©ChristinaRozeas Photography, All Rights Reserved

this beach is one of the best i have been to- and i've been to a lot of beaches!

you really can't beat the pink sand backdropped against the blue of that water...

i'm in love, i'm in love <3

~the globetrotting gamine

car/taxi photography:: bermuda by christina rozeas

so i take a lot of pictures...whenever i am in the car on my way to someplace...
i call it car photography.
but seriously...

have you ever seen water that color?
heavenly.

what i learned in bermuda...

(these are more photos i took in bermuda...)

i learned that...

there is beauty in everything

and that even though you may stop to take pictures once in a while

to capture the beauty...

it's always wiser

to take it all in and try to memorize

the sights, sounds, smells...

the way the building feel

and the way the flowers look and smell...

holding on to a memory

can be as simple as that.

love me,

the globetrotting gamine