I Will Finish This! (I love closure)

Don't worry, the statement isn't already about school. Classes haven't even begun. Wait for that post next week.

In September of 2010 I was given a wonderful "bucket list" (one could call it) for my semester abroad. My brilliant sister sent this list to me in an email. It is quite an impressive list.

All this to say, I didn't quite finish it the last time I was here, so, since I'm back, I think it's really just a sign. That's probably why I came back, really -- subconsciously.

As a re-cap (for myself as much as you), here's the list

"1. Drink tea and eat scones. 
2. A sheep
3. Pose with someone in a kilt. 
4. A picture of a member of the aristocracy (anyone with a title--preferably the queen. Or Sir Elton John).
5. Eat Haggis. No cheating, you have to actually be eating it. 
6. The worst British teeth that you have seen. 
7. Try to find platform 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station
8. At a british sporting event (rugby, cricket, drinking)
9. Tweed. Anyone in Tweed. Especially if its you. 
10. The most bland, disgusting looking food you have encountered. *has to be something other than Haggis, you already got points for that one. 
11. A British celebrity. Or an American one if you can manage it.
12. The Pope. You have three days before he leaves so good luck. 
13. Puddings. All kinds. I really want to know what "spotted dick" looks like and why they gave it such a wonderful name. 
14. Drink a pint of bitter in the local pub
15. Run down the scottish hillside a la "Sound of Music"
16. Kiss a boy with an accent (no pictures please...ick)
17. London's desperate attempts to get ready for the Olympics. 
18. Dad and Mom getting lost on a Scottish back road (come on, we all know that is going to happen)
19. The most Chav-tastic person you can find
20. The most intensely British person you find (you know, the kind who reads Rudyard Kipling and rowed while he was at Eton)
21. The most Scottish person you've seen
22. The most Irish person you've seen (probably at #14)
23. A sunny day (gonna be a tough one)
24. The loch ness monster (easier)
25. Run across the hill like bravehart (face paint optional, but preferred)
26. Castle. Or cool looking ruins. Regardless you have to act like a disney princess.
27. On the London Eye. With an American Flag.  
28. Minding the gap
29. Crossing the street like the Beatles on the Abby Road cover.
30. Eating Indian Food. Ordered "Indian-person" spicy. Then crying.
31. Something Dickensian.
32. Something Shakespearean. 
33. Kippers for breakfast
34. Snow Angels (but most brits are athiests, so snow-people-that-just-happen-to-have-wings)
35. Corgi--does not have to belong to the queen, but a plus
36. A rabbit hole. That goes to wonderland. (Looking glass acceptable substitute)
37. Wellingtons 
38. A french person (probably looking uncomfortable and attempting to descipher scottish accents while smoking a cigarette and wearing a beret)
39. Photographic representation of a nursery rhyme (can be you posing with three blind mice, a cat jumping over the moon, a lost sheep, you get the picture)
40. A snowman. Dressed as a character from British literature. 
41. Fish and Chips
42. The strangest thing they serve at Scottish McDonald's (You know you'll go there eventually)
43. Find a wardrobe. Find Narnia
44. You, snow, a lamppost (a fawn if you can manage it)
45. You and a stone statue in the snow
46. Turkish delight
47. You and a lion
48. Try to find a decent pizza. Go ahead. Try
49. Someone who's just got back from holiday in Mallorca (you will be able to tell because they'll be orange)
50. Waldorf Salad at a hotel. Don't mention the war. 

Challenge. 

Happy hunting.
Lucy"

The ones in blue have yet to be accomplished. I realize you can't really read them, but all the more reason for me to accomplish them.

There are some from my last minute that I had yet to publish, so they will be featured in the following posts.

Hope you enjoy as much as I will!