places i most want to travel in my lifetime (in no particular order):

1. santorini, greece
2. amalfi coast, italy
3. lake como, italy
4. prague, czech republic
5. amsterdam
6. croatia
7. south korea
8. return to japan
9. return to tuscany

i keep finding more places i want to visit when i watch rick steves' europe, and also from watching amazing race (sidenote: i'm really bummed that the goth pinkies aren't gonna win...they were my favorite!).

in the US, i most want to travel to alaska, especially katchemak bay (as seen on 1000 places to see before you die (based on great book of same name). this couple (from colorado) entered a contest and won a 14 week trip around the world, going to 100 of the 1000 places to see before you die. how lucky are they?! i'm soooo jealous!!! staying at uber fancy hotels and resorts, eating at some of the best restaurants in the world, seeing amazing historic sights...trip of a lifetime.

we watched sicko, and my first reaction was "i wanna move to france!!!" after some discussion with W, i realized that some of the stuff we have here in the US really sucks, but overall, it's probably a better place to live than most others. but still, i would gladly relocate to another country (temporarily) if asked. :) the movie made me really sad. really sad for the ppl in it, but also really sad for our society. our leaders, who can't seem to find a way to make national healthcare a reality. how come other countries can do it but we can't? greedy politicians. greedy privateers. everything's about money in our country. it's really just sad...