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title: "Bucket List"
description: "This is a living, ambitious (perhaps too much), and certainly incomplete list."
datePublished: 2021-12-31T18:30:00.000Z
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This is a living, ambitious (perhaps too much), and certainly incomplete list.

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-   [ ]  Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway from [Tokyo to London](https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/london-tokyo-train-link-8400-mile-route-new-railway-trans-siberian-uk-japan-a7935961.html).
-   [ ]  Attend the [Hot Air Balloon Festival](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/life/international-hot-air-balloon-festival-starts-in-cappadocia-turkey/2348941) in Cappadocia.
-   [ ]  Acquire a [Milgauss with the green dial](https://www.bobswatches.com/images/managed/green-rolex-milgauss-106466.jpg?v=1636151437773).
-   [ ]  Become a citizen of one of the highest-ranked [OECD nations](https://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/#/11111111111).
-   [ ]  Drive on the [Loneliest Road in America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_50_in_Nevada).
-   [ ]  Take [the train](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXcfRlEGJko) from Montréal to Vancouver.
-   [ ]  Get a copy of [The Way of Kings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_of_Kings) signed.
-   [ ]  Spend a night in the [Doldrums](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doldrums) out at sea.
-   [ ]  Visit the [Subways of Moscow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Metro).
-   [ ]  Visit the [Salar de Uyuni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni).
-   [ ]  Buy a nice watch and pass it down to my children when they turn 18.
-   [ ]  Go wine tasting in the South of France with █████.
-   [ ]  Attend the premiere of a film made by █████.
-   [ ]  Learn and study horology (watchmaking).
-   [ ]  Study at █████ █████ █████ before 2028.
-   [ ]  Give tear-jerking best man speeches.
-   [ ]  Become a pilot licensed by the CAA.
-   [x]  Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
-   [x]  Speak French conversationally.
-   [ ]  See a total lunar eclipse.
-   [ ]  Concerts:
    -   [x]  The Strokes
    -   [x]  Coldplay
    -   [x]  Green Day
-   [ ]  Visit every continent:
    -   [x]  Asia
    -   [ ]  Africa
    -   [x]  North America
    -   [ ]  South America
    -   [ ]  Antarctica (⚠️ **before 2030**)
    -   [x]  Europe
    -   [ ]  Australia
-   [x]  Read French fluently.
-   [x]  Learn to cook well.
-   [x]  Visit Akihabara.
-   [x]  Skydive.