I love Geography!

"Why I should like to travel to the country of _______"

Sounds like the easiest, best assignment in the world. Right? WRONG!

How am I supposed to pick just one? How am I supposed to sit and research exactly what I would do in said country, and then NOT get to go? I am reminded of when I had to plan my boss' trip to EMEA (I can't remember what that stands for anymore, Europe something...something) and where she would go on her down time. What a horrible sort of torture to inflict upon a geography major that has NEVER left the country. (And isn't likely for some time...) For a week I researched all the things that you could do in Austria. They had a grand time.

I can't even rank the countries that I want to go to most. I could try...but really, the priority changes depending on what book I'm reading at the moment, or whose accent I accidentally overhear.


Top 10 to visit in Europe (not ranked in any order...)

1. UK - Britain, Scotland, Whales
2. Ireland
3. Croatia
4. Austria
5. Germany
6. Czech Republic
7. Romania
8. Poland
9. France
10. Spain
11. Portugal
    
12. Italy
13. Greece
14. Bulgaria
15. Switzerland
16. Estonia
17. Finland
18. Sweden
19. Denmark
20. Hungary

Oh...whoops - did I say top 10???

Top 10 in Asia-Pacific

1. Thailand
2. Japan
3. India
4. China
5. Indonesia
6. Philippines
7. New Guinea
8. Australia
   
9. New Zeland
10. ALL of the Islands

Top 5 in Africa

1. Ghana
2. Kenya
3. Morocco
4. Madagascar
5. South Africa
6. Mozambique
7. Ethiopia

Top 10 in Central and South America

1. Brazil
2. Mexico
3. Argentina
   
4. Chile
5. Venezuela
   
6. Peru
7. Costa Rica
8. Nicaragua
9. Honduras
10. Belize
11. Uruguay

Top 10 in the Caribbean

1. Cuba (hehe)
2. Dominican Republic
3. Haiti
4. Barbados
5. Jamaica
6. Bahamas
7. All of the Islands
8. more Islands
9. There are lots of Islands
10. I'm not kidding - Sun, Sand, and Sea...awesome

Top 10 in the US/Canada - having grown up in the US, you would think that I wouldn't want to visit places here, but I realize that there is a lot that I haven't seen or experienced; but there is also stuff that I would like to experience again and again. The thing about the US is that it is so diversified, that you could probably spend all your time and money and resources discovering our very own country and still never see it all...but, it definitely lacks in some things that world traveling would provide.

1. New England
2. New Orleans
3. New York
4. Alaska
5. Hawaii
6. More California
7. Oregon/Washington
8. Minnesota
9. Chicago
10. The South

Do you see my dilemma? Now that I have two hours before the library closes, I need to pick a place. But where to pick? I still haven't decided. And how am I going to afford all of this? I guess I really do need to get a job at the airport so that I can travel for free. That won't subsidize all the cost, but it will help a little bit. Oh man, I want to leave this country...just for a little trip. I don't think I'll ever see it all. I guess it is good that I do not have a passport and a credit card with unlimited funds. I don't think I would be stupid enough to charge a trip across Europe, but there would really be no way enough.