Travel Meme lifted from Tzurriz

[skyring]

Oh boy! How could I resist? Some of these places (like Notre Dame) I've walked past rather than been inside. I guess that counts as being there.

Bold the places you've been and italicize the places you long to see.
Add one place you've been and one place you'd like to go to the bottom.


1. Times Square, New York City, NY: 35 million visitors every year
2. National Mall & Memorial Parks, Washington, D.C. (Washington Monument, Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, the war memorials): About 25 million
3. Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.: 16.6 million
4. Trafalgar Square, London, England: 15 million
5. Disneyland Park, Anaheim, Calif.: 14.7 million
6. Niagara Falls, Ontario and New York: 14 million
7. Fisherman’s Wharf/Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, Calif.: 13 million
8. Tokyo Disneyland/DisneySea, Tokyo, Japan: 12.9 million
9. Notre Dame de Paris, Paris, France: 12 million
10. Disneyland Paris, Marne-La-Vallee, France: 10.6 million
11. The Great Wall of China, Badaling area, China: About 10 million
12. The Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee/North Carolina: 9.2 million
13. Universal Studios Japan, Osaka, Japan: 8.5 million
14. Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre, Paris, France: 8 million
15. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France: 7.5 million
16. Everland (amusement park), Kyonggi-Do, South Korea: 7.5 million
17. The Forbidden City/Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China: At least 7 million
18. Eiffel Tower, Paris, France: 6.7 million
19. Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando, Fla: 6 million
20. SeaWorld Florida, Orlando, Fla: 5,740,000
21. Pleasure Beach (amusement park), Blackpool, England: 5.7 million
22. Lotte World (amusement park), Seoul, South Korea: 5.5 million
23. Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, Japan: 5.4 million
24. Hong Kong Disneyland, China: 5.2 million
25. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France: 5.1 million
26. Tate Modern, London, England: 4.9 million
27. British Museum, London, England: 4.8 million
28. Universal Studios Los Angeles, Calif.: 4.7 million
29. National Gallery, London, England: 4.6 million
30. Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY: 4.5 million
31. Grand Canyon, Ariz.: 4.4 million
32. Tivoli Gardens (amusement park), Copenhagen, Denmark: 4.4 million
33. Ocean Park (amusement park), Hong Kong, China: 4.38 million
34. Busch Gardens (amusement park), Tampa Bay, Fla.: 4.36 million
35. SeaWorld California, San Diego, Calif.: 4.26 million
36. Statue of Liberty, New York, NY: 4.24 million
37. The Vatican and its museums, Rome, Italy: 4.2 million
38. Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia: More than 4 million
39. The Coliseum, Rome, Italy: 4 million
40. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY: 4 million
41. Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, Calif.: 4 million
42. Empire State Building, New York, NY: 4 million
43. Natural History Museum, London, England: 3.7 million
44. The London Eye, London, England: 3.5 million
45. Palace of Versailles, France: 3.45 million
46. Yosemite National Park, Calif.: 3.44 million
47. Pyramids of Giza, Egypt: 3 million
48. Pompeii, Italy: 2.5 million
49. Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia: 2.5 million
50. Taj Mahal, Agra, India: 2.4 million
51. Angel Falls, Venezuela
52. Pyramid Kukulcan in Chichen Itza, Yucatan Mexico
53. Temple of the Descending God in Tulum, Quintana Roo Mexico
54. Dunns River Falls in Ocho Rios, Jamaica
55. Star Trek: The Experience, Las Vegas, NV
56. Space Needle Seattle, WA
57. Macchu Pichu, Peru
58. Amber Palace in Jaipur, India
59. The Smithsonian in Washington DC
60. Scotland's western and northern isles
61. Durham Cathedral, Durham, England
62. Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna Austria
63. WWII Normandy Beaches/American Cemetery, Colleville sur Mer, France
64. Shrewsbury Abbey, Shropshire, England
65. Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior
66. The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
67. Stonhenge, Salisbury Plain, England
68. Newgrange, Boyne Valley, Ireland
69. Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France
70. Lucca, Italy
71. Knossos, Crete, Greece.
72. Petra, Jordan
72. Ephesus, Turkey
73. Belgium. Anywhere and everywhere in Belgium
74. Milford Sound, New Zealand.
75. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Comments

[miketroll.livejournal.com]

You must try harder! You're clearly not doing enough flying!

;)

[skyring.livejournal.com]

LOL! I'd do a RTW trip every second month if I could.

So many places to see, so many people to meet, so many books to read...

There'll never be enough time in my life to do all the things I'd like, but I am so glad that I got out of my rut and went travelling.

[miss-efficiency.livejournal.com]

Love it! Now this is a meme that I can get behind. Maybe a bunch of us can plan a field trip to Stonehenge when we are in England for the the BXCon next year. It is one of my most longed for.

[greedyreader.livejournal.com]

And why did you walk past Notre Dame w/o stopping for a look/see?

[skyring.livejournal.com]

Well no. I stopped, I took photographs, I had my picture taken, I came back before dawn when it wasn't crowded and took more photographs. I just didn't go inside.

I've staid at the hostel in the shadow of St Pauls five times now, and each time I've walked past the great cathedral in awe and admiration - just haven't gone inside.

[sainity.livejournal.com]

St Pauls is amazing inside - if you go late in the day you can get in for 1/2 price, or free if you go to one of the evensong services. Seriously, the outside is nothing... the inside blows you away. The dome!

Notradame is not quite as amazing on the inside but still worth a look even if churches aint your thing and it's free to have a peek inside? Much cooler is La Chappelle, in my opinion (I must have spelt that wrong). Walls of stained glass. When it fills with light it's breathtaking.

[reggiesgirl2.livejournal.com]

Huh, 75 places listed and I've been to two (#6 and #31) of them! How pathetic!

[skyring.livejournal.com]

Well, a couple of years ago, I'd been to only two of them (Sydney Opera House and Milford Sound - which I listed). Then, with a bottle of champagne it all changed!

But you've been to places I've never been, and you've had experiences I could never have. We're all different.

What makes a person interesting isn't the lands they have been, it is the territory between their ears, and I am happy to curl up with a drink and talk with you for hours, weeks, months, years!

[reggiesgirl2.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks!

And you know, I'm happy here at home, even if I never get to go around the world. I enjoy reading about your adventures while I sit here drinking tea. :)

[lytteltonwitch.livejournal.com]

I only been to two of those places,I need to travel more

[thescrappycat.livejournal.com]

Pete, Gettysburg is absolutely wonderful. If you can possibly get there, GO. You will love it. We stayed here: http://www.farnsworthhouseinn.com/ (The Farnsworth House)

The place has a sense of history unlike any other place I have ever visited. Would love to go back some day, and I hope you make it there, Pete!

[skyring.livejournal.com]

Definitely on the list! Problem is that when I travel, I usually fly into a city and walk around, or stay within metroshot. Actually going out and taking another form of transport is something I don't often have time (or money) for. Exceptions are taking the Amtrak down to Richmond to see Sparky-redhead, or the Shinkansen to Hiroshima wth SKList, or the time I hired a car in Normandy.

One of my dreams is to start at Charleston - another excuse to see BookCzuk - and drive from Fort Sumter to Appomattox via all the major battlefields, leaving books in appropriate places.

[fushmush.livejournal.com]

ugh! why are there so many amusement parks on there. Although, sadly, I have been to a lot of the amusement parks *G*.

[skyring.livejournal.com]

Looking at the attendance figures, I guess whoever set up the meme just looked for the most popular tourist spots.

Pah! Hong Kong International would put them all to shame for numbers!

Me, I look at those art galleries yet unseen. You have no idea how much I relished going through Chicago's Art Institute with Mojosmom as a guide.