Bucketlist of a Norwegian Girl

Last updated; November 14th, 2022

Hi guys! 🙂
After switching my social media strategy and now using Instagram as the main channel to document my Bucketlist progress, I have received several messages requesting a separate post displaying my Bucketlist progress alone (e.g. which Bucketlist points I have checked off). It’s very clear that people are interested in the topic of Bucketlist and it makes me really happy! 🙂 I have always loved Bucketlists and use them as a drive to do all the cool and fun things I want to do, and my goal is to use my experience to inspire others. Anyway, your wish is my command, so here is a separate blog post displaying all my checked off Bucketlist points;

✅ First, star by writing my own complete Bucketlist!
✅ Write a letter to myself & read it in one year (written 6/10/22)
✅ Live in a big city (San Francisco 2007 + Leiden 2016)
✅ Live abroad for more than a year (3 in the U.S. + 1 in the Netherlands)
✅ Visit a total of 20 countries
✅ Work as an Au pair (San Francisco, 2007)
✅ Ride the cable cars in San Francisco
✅ See the sea lions at Pier 39, San Francisco
✅ Have a stranger buy you a drink
✅ Celebrate Thanksgiving in the U.S.
✅ Celebrate Kings Day Netherlands
✅ Walk the Coastal Path in Stavern
✅ Serve in the military (Royal Norwegian Air Force 2008-2009)
✅ Shoot with a weapon
✅ Fly a helicopter (in the Air Force)
✅ Visit Svalbard (Worked there in 2018)
✅ See the Acropolis, Athens
✅ Go island hopping in Greece (I’ve been to Paros, anti-Paros, Naxos, Paxos, Crete, Rhodes and Kos)
✅ Greek food Bucketlist; tzatziki, lamb kleftiko, greek salad, Frappé, mythos, stifado beef stew, souvlaki, loukoumades, and gyros pita.
✅ Visit a local farmers market
✅ Do a staycation Farris Bad SPA Hotel
✅ Become an organ donor
✅ Go on a road trip in Norway
✅ Dance my ass off at Stavernsfestivalen
✅ Dance my ass off at Fjordfesten
✅ Drink coffee at Bare Barista coffeeshop in Tønsberg
✅ Go on a girlstrip abroad (been on several ones and more to come!)
✅ Meet an online friend in person
✅ Read a book in a day
✅ Go skinny dipping
✅ Eat gelato in Italy
✅ Do the “Italian Aperitivo”
✅ Visit Duomo di Milano (the Milan Cathedral)
✅ Italian food Bucketlist; pesto, Parmesan, tiramisu, raviolli, carbonara, foccacia and Italian meat & cheeses.
✅ Celebrate Halloween in the USA
✅ Go swimming at Miami Beach
✅ Look for a bargain at a flea market
✅ Go to the movies solo
✅ Go to a restaurant solo
✅ Visit the Auschwitz & Birkenau Consentration camps
✅ Visit St. Mary’s Basilica
✅ Explore Krakow’s Old Town
✅ Explore Kazimierz (Krakow’s Jewish Quarter)
✅ Have a “catpuccino” at the Cat Cafe Kociarnia in Krakow
✅ Eat a meal from a food truck
✅ Visit Hadeland Glassverk
✅ Eat tapas and drink san miguel in Spain
✅ Eat gyros and drink mythos in Greece
✅ Eat tacos and drink corona in Mexico
✅ Eat pasta and drink wine in Italy
✅ Try parasailing
✅ Ride a jet-ski
✅ Ride a limousine
✅ See Alexander the Great statute/fountain in Skopje, Macedonia
✅ Visit the heart and soul of Skopje – the Old Bazar
✅ Visit a Stave Church
✅ Have a fish pedicure
✅ Buy my first home alone (December, 2021)
✅ Pay off my credit cards
✅ Go to college abroad
✅ Graduate from college (UND class of 2013 with a degree in Criminal Justice studies!)
✅ Sell something online
✅ Go on a road trip in the U.S. (We drove from ND-FL)
✅ Experience an American college keg party
✅ Experience crazy spring-break in the U.S.
✅ Climb Gaustadtoppen
✅ Be in two places at once (One foot in Florida, one in Alabama)
✅ Gamble in Las Vegas
✅ See a dermatologist for skin care treatments and products
✅ Get a Brazilian wax
✅ Go skinny dipping in the sea
✅ Volunteer for a cause I’m passionate about (HOHV)
✅ Do something crazy and out of character
✅ Go on a date
✅ Go on a date in another country
✅ Have a one night stand
✅ Stay in a 5 star hotel (Mexico, 2013)
✅ Sleep outside in a hammock
✅ Try zip-lining (Down Holmenkollen skijump)
✅ See a musical
✅ Try “plogging”
✅ Try pole dancing
✅ See Big Ben, London
✅ Go treasure hunting at Portobello Road Market, London
✅ See Buckingham Palace
✅ Take a hop-on-hop-off bus tour in London
✅ See a drag show
✅ Drive on autobahn
✅ Go on a bike ride outside
✅ Visit the European Christmas markets
✅ Ride a bike like a local in the Netherlands
✅ Experience the madness of Red Light District, Amsterdam
✅ Try stroopwaffles (Dutch specialty)
✅ Visit Rotterdam Markthall
✅ Visit an UNESCO World Heritage Site in the world
✅ Have afternoon tea at Hotel Bristol in Oslo

It was fun writing this post, because it made me realize I’ve actually done lot’s of cool things throughout the years & I’m exited for what’s to come! 🙂