90 Days!!

Daniel and I only have to wait 90 more days before our big trip and I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself! You can check out the details of our June Eurotrip here.

90 days. That's only 3 months!! I definitely have a countdown app on the home screen of my phone, but don't worry, I won't make you count down the rest of it with me (unless you want to?!)

HOWEVER, in honor of this nice, well rounded, even number of days remaining, I offer you a list...

90 Things I Can't Wait to Do on our Eurotrip 2016! 

1. Add 6 more stamps to the collection I'm starting in my passport
2. Use everything we bought for our 11 hour flight
3. To take a social media/internet sabbatical 
4. Spending what could ultimately be a second honeymoon with my husband
5. Potentially cross off up to 10 items from my bucket-list
6. To see Ireland from above in the plane #greenfordays
7. Meet up with some great friends for our Ireland adventures!
8. Drink a real Guinness in Dublin, Ireland
9. [Try] to find a four leaf clover memento somewhere in Ireland
10. Photograph the cliffs of Moher
11. Drive on the wrong left side of the road
12. Have a drink in the self-proclaimed 'oldest bar in the world'
13. See how many flora/fauna I can count in the Burren 
14. Stay in our first-ever AirBnb (reviews to come in approximately 120 days)
15. Go to the beach in Ireland! (because, duh, it's me.) 
16. Play at the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland
17. Explore the crumbling, ancient Dunlace Castle
18. Dip my toes into the Irish Sea* 
19. Take the rope bridge challenge!
20. Sip a Jameson Whiskey while in Ireland... after the bridge, most likely
21. Learn the history of the Kilmainham Gaol
22. Prove that I can fit everything I need in 1 carry on bag & still bring 3 pairs of shoes!
23. Mailing postcard(s) back home 
24. See the Eiffel Tower lit up at night
25. Travel on the Paris metro (an adventure in itself, I'm sure)
26. Take a cruise on the Seine River
27. Make the trek to the TOP of the Eiffel Tower
28. Spit off of the top of the Eiffel Tower**
29. Take a (structurally-sound) selfie on the Pont des Arts Bridge
30. Sip a cappuccino in a quaint Paris cafe  
31. Visit a street (farmers) market in the city 
32. Do my humanities professor proud and visit the Louvre until I can't walk anymore
33. See the Nike of Samothrace and Venus de Milo !!! #bucketlist
34. See a Monet, maybe get a (small) print as a souvenir
35. Have a staring contest with the Mona Lisa
36. See the Eiffel Tower and the rest of the city from the Montparnasse Tower
37. Buy a bottle of champagne from a street vendor and have a picnic
38. Crepes, specifically, street crepes***
39. Bread, including, but not limited to croissants ***
40. Macarons ***
41. Pastries***
42. Creme Brulee ***
43. All of the cheese ***
44. Prosciutto with more of the cheese***
45. Escargot ****
46. Take a train to the south of France
47. See the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles
48. Visit the Palace Gardens 
49. See the Notre-Dame Cathedral
50. Hot Chocolate in Paris.... I hear this is a thing?
51. The scenic train ride to Switzerland through the Alps
52. Experiencing all 4 seasons within 3 weeks
53. Chocolate in Switzerland - I've heard so many glorious things!
54. Visit the 'Top of Europe' 
55. Hitting Daniel with a Swiss snowball
56. Swiss Cheese!
57. Take part in some sort of outdoor excursion in the Alps -TBD
58. Learn how to pronounce 'Jungfraujoch' 
59. Sing 'Do-Re-Mi' while pretending to be Maria on the side of a gorgeous mountain*****
60. See the crystal clear waters in lakes Thun and Brienz
61. The gorgeous train ride through Italy to the coast
62. Hiking between the 5 villages of Cinque Terre
63. Climb all 365 stairs to Corniglia
64. Seafood. As much as I can possibly handle eating in two days in Cinque Terre
65. Sciacchetra
66. Limoncello
67. Shipping a case of that wine back home
68. Toes in yet another body of water: the Ligurian Sea
69. Watch the sunset from a cliff in Corniglia
70. Finding a seashell souvenir! 
71. Sipping coffee in the morning while enjoying the ocean view from the kitchen******
72. Photographing the villages of Cinque Terre
73. Swim in the harbor in Manarola 
74. Try to convince Daniel that we should just stay in there
75. Successfully navigate the Europe rail system
76. Taste true Pasta Carbonara in Rome
77. Visit the Colosseum and the Roman Forum
78. Seeing the Sistine Chapel in person 
79. Visiting St. Peter's Basilica (and tomb)
80. Everything else that the Vatican City entails!
81. Do as the Romans do. 
82. Eat Tiramisu
83. Real pizza
84. See the Pantheon up close
85. Artisan gelato on the Spanish Steps
86. Enjoy a canoli when I'm done with my gelato
87. Toss a coin - or three - into the Trevi Fountain
88. Put my hand in la Bocca della Verità... or not! 
89. Spending whatever money we have left on one last glorious Italian meal
90. Gaining 5 hours on the flight back home

*This is different than #15 in which I was referring to the Northern Atlantic Ocean, so it counts!

** Number 28 was offered up by my charming husband. My version of #28 reads: Watch Daniel get arrested for attempting to spit off of the top of the Eiffel Tower, then spend the rest of my canoli money on his bail. 

***If you're reading this, you're judging. Don't judge. The French know what they're doing when it comes to food and I'm only there for 4 days! I'm on a mission, people!! 

**** This is by Daniel's recommendation and if I'm EVER going to try this, it might as well be in Paris.

***** Hello, childhood dreams realized.

******Hello, adult dreams realized. 

Whew. I'm not going to lie, that was harder than I thought it was going to be. Now, you tell me... what did I miss? Comment below if there's something that I NEED to do, see, sniff, or eat while we're abroad!