My New Adventure

As many of my friends and family know, on Friday I start my new adventure working on a cruise ship. It feels like it's been forever since I found out I got the job back in January, and quite a long costly process also. One week ago I got my post on Holland America Line's ship called the MS Rotterdam. Starting off in Lisbon, I will then be sailing around the Canary Islands, and Morocco, Spain and some more of Portugal within the first 2 weeks. I am fortunate to have been placed on a ship with so many destinations, rather than going on a repetitive course.

So my blog's name has to be credited to my sister, Melissa. My favourite thing to eat is a good burger, it is all I ever order in a restaurant. I joked when we went out for tea last week that I am going to sample a burger at every port I visit, and just like that the idea was born.

Packing has been somewhat of a challenge. Anyone who knows me understands that I have a slight shopping addiction, and limiting myself has been a major issue! However I think my Aunty Kay was more concerned about it than I was, asking on several occasions whether I knew what my luggage allowance was! With the ships destinations, I have to be prepared for all weather conditions, going from the sun in Morocco, up into the Arctic Circle in Norway. It's a good job I have a lot of warm clothes living in Blackpool!

When researching my ship's itinerary I had never heard of most of the destinations listed. Since then my mother and I have been scouring the internet, researching and obsessing about some of the places I will be seeing, most notably the Norwegian Fjords and the Northern Lights in Iceland. It seems as though I have contracted a serious case of Wanderlust, resulting in writing quite an extensive Bucket List. I hope to get a lot of these crossed off within the coming years.

THE BUCKET LIST

1.   Swim in hot springs - Iceland

2.   Swim with dolphins

3.   See northern lights

4.   Go on hot air balloon

5.   White water rafting

6.   Go on a husky ride

7.   Go on a helicopter ride

8.   Gondolier ride in venice

9.   See the pyramids

10. See the acropolis

11. Ride a camel

12. Elephant ride

13. Safari in africa

14. Hold a baby lion

15. Scuba diving in the great barrier reef

16. See the colosseum

17. See niagra falls

18. Walk the great wall of china

19. See stonehenge

20. See the taj mahal

21. See the leaning tower of pisa

22. See machu picchu

23. Visit petra

24. See chichen itza

25. Go to the grand canyon

26. See mount everest

27. Ride a cable car in san francisco

28. Go to alcatraz

29. Visit auwschwits

30. Go to mardi gras in new orleans

31. See pompeii

32. Do a coast to coast american road trip

33. Visit a volcano

34. Go to a drive in movie

35. Hold a koala bear

36. Feed stingrays

37. Hold a monkey

38. Go on a horseback ride on the beach

39. Milk a cow

40. Kiss a sealion

41. Sleep in a yurt

42. Sleep in an igloo

43. Stand under a waterfall

44. Go whale watching

45. Attend a masquerade ball

46. Go ice fishing

47. Attend a luau

48. Drive route 66

49. Do the hollywood walk of fame

50. Stand under the hollywood sign

51. Walk on glass beach california

52. See mount rushmore

53. Attend carnival brazil

54. Visit the valley of the kings

55. See killer whales in the wild

56. Spend christmas in lapland

57. Ice skate outside the Chrysler building NY

58. Visit every single disney theme park

59. Try a philly cheese steak in Philadelphia

60. Visit easter island

Have you ever wrote a bucket list? I never thought I would, but it feels much better to have goals, and things to aim for.

I hope to update you on my travels as often as possible, Sophie xxx