We were on a tour, so we just spent a couple of days in Prague. Then we got on a big bus and drove through that Hill Country you're talking about to the Danube, where got on the river cruise. I was able to make out signage in Prague (and also in Slovakia and some of the other countries we went to -- interesting how "large" is some variation of velky in just about every Slavic language ) but I've definitely got an Americanized accent. I suspect if I lived there for a while, I'd get better at the language. And although it's not officially on my bucket list, I wouldn't mind going back to see more of the Czech Republic. Also wouldn't mind going back to Bratislava, which I thought was charming.Hashi Lebwohl wrote:Really? Where did you go? My time there was spent centered in Brno but we took lots of train rides to other cities like Telc, Jihlava, and Olomouc, but only one weekend trip to Prague. I was originally surprised by the countryside--it looks a lot like the Hill Country in Texas--but then it made perfect sense when I realized that the Czechs who settled here moved to a place which reminded them of home. I can still read some Czech but my verbal fluency was never that good--I didn't get enough practice at it.aliantha wrote:I've knocked off two of the three; the only thing left is Ireland.In 2010, aliantha, for her bucket list, wrote: * Visit the Czech Republic. I've got my eye on a walking tour of the hiking trail that runs from Vienna to Prague. No, I wouldn't have to walk the whole way!
That was towards the end of my relationship with the mezzo soprano so the trip was great but the company could have been better. *shrug*
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Linna, as someone who is working on knocking stuff off her bucket list, I am here to say that you won't be getting any criticism about taking this too seriously from me.
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Okay, good!aliantha wrote:Linna, as someone who is working on knocking stuff off her bucket list, I am here to say that you won't be getting any criticism about taking this too seriously from me.
Those places sound beautiful / that trip sounds fun!
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Funny enough I dont really have a "bucket list" per se. There are some things I would like to do while still young enough to enjoy them.
Cross the pond - I would love to go to Ireland, Italy, France, New Zealand.
Drive across the US while making sure to go through every state. But I need time to do that cause I wouldnt want to ride through them all quickly. Perhaps when I retire I can work that in.
Learn a couple of languages - Spanish is one I think would be beneficial here. But not sure about another language... still it would be nice.
Go on a 'trail drive'. I have ridden horses for years but always thought that would be cool.
Catch a big Marlin. Yep that would be awesome.
See my daughter graduate college.
Walk my daughter down the aisle.
Oh yeah and pay off the house in the next 4 years! I make double payments each month so its going down fast....
As far as when to retire or to do things. As you can is the best. Most people do these things after their kids have left the nest. I fall into that bracket and my wife and I try to find a balance between savings and having fun. So we travel to Ski, go the beach, go the mountains, etc etc....But it is a balance. I would like to have a comfortable retirement so I balance my 'wants' with making sure Im also saving. I figure I have another 5 to 10 years in the workforce and I would like to have squirrel away 1.2 million (includes pensions, 401K and savings) before I'm 60. Sounds like alot but health insurance alone over a 30 year period will eat up about 25% to 35% of that. The other side of that is, when you have money saved like that, the govt feels like you should pay more for everything. So Medicaid will cost me and the wife more, and no telling what will happen if the Govt starts eyeballing retirement accounts. And of course the worst.... you are always one critical illness from bankruptsy no matter how much you save.
Cross the pond - I would love to go to Ireland, Italy, France, New Zealand.
Drive across the US while making sure to go through every state. But I need time to do that cause I wouldnt want to ride through them all quickly. Perhaps when I retire I can work that in.
Learn a couple of languages - Spanish is one I think would be beneficial here. But not sure about another language... still it would be nice.
Go on a 'trail drive'. I have ridden horses for years but always thought that would be cool.
Catch a big Marlin. Yep that would be awesome.
See my daughter graduate college.
Walk my daughter down the aisle.
Oh yeah and pay off the house in the next 4 years! I make double payments each month so its going down fast....
As far as when to retire or to do things. As you can is the best. Most people do these things after their kids have left the nest. I fall into that bracket and my wife and I try to find a balance between savings and having fun. So we travel to Ski, go the beach, go the mountains, etc etc....But it is a balance. I would like to have a comfortable retirement so I balance my 'wants' with making sure Im also saving. I figure I have another 5 to 10 years in the workforce and I would like to have squirrel away 1.2 million (includes pensions, 401K and savings) before I'm 60. Sounds like alot but health insurance alone over a 30 year period will eat up about 25% to 35% of that. The other side of that is, when you have money saved like that, the govt feels like you should pay more for everything. So Medicaid will cost me and the wife more, and no telling what will happen if the Govt starts eyeballing retirement accounts. And of course the worst.... you are always one critical illness from bankruptsy no matter how much you save.
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Every now and again, I check off those things from my bucket list.
The two that are still possible:
Go outside of the US to a place better than friggin' Mexico was. Ireland is at the top of that list. I have no direct plans, but I did just order a passport.
See the Residents in concert. Every now and again I hear of them playing somewhere, and it is never Denver. Bastards. I think the Blue Man Group might just be the closest I ever get.
The two that are still possible:
Go outside of the US to a place better than friggin' Mexico was. Ireland is at the top of that list. I have no direct plans, but I did just order a passport.
See the Residents in concert. Every now and again I hear of them playing somewhere, and it is never Denver. Bastards. I think the Blue Man Group might just be the closest I ever get.
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I have some things I'd like to do. But I don't think I've ever made an actual bucket list.
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