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Happy New Year!! I have been loving reading bloggers’ goals and resolutions for 2015. I am still trying to figure out my personal goals for the year. I feel like Christmas kind of takes over at the end of the year, and then I never really get to think about my goals for the upcoming year. So then I just don’t make any goals. This year I am going to just take an extra week or so into the year to really think about what I want to do in 2015. But one thing I do know right now is that I want to travel more in 2015! So, to start the year, I am joining Kelly, Emma and Rebecca, for their first link up of 2015 – Travel Wishlists for the year of adventures ahead.
My ultimate travel wish for this year is to not only visit and explore beautiful new places with Nick, but also to be able to visit with my family and friends who live all over the world.
Pretty soon I am headed back to New York to see my family and have a belated Christmas celebration. I would like to making visiting my home a priority this year because I love my family so much and it is really hard to be away from my them! I really want to go back to New York City and be a tourist, eat lots of delicious food and visit some of the sights that I have never gotten to see. Like, I have never been to the Statue of Liberty even though I lived in New York for 26 years. I have a great friend who lives in Washington, DC, and another that lives in Boston, so if I could somehow manage to plan a trip that encompassed both New York and a visit to my friends, I would be so happy. My family also had this tradition of visiting a resort in Pennsylvania called Woodloch Resort for many years and it’s my favorite place in the world to relax and recharge with my family. When I moved to Hawaii we sort of put it on hold for a while. There is always a hope/chance/prayer that we will get back there during one of my visits home. Here’s a picture of us there a couple of years ago:
Nick and I have a big trip planned for 2015 – a 16-day road trip throughout New Zealand. Nick and I have been obsessively planning out this trip for such a long time, and I can’t believe it’s finally happening this year! We are planning to go all over both islands, go hiking, see some mountains, eat some delicious food, and try a lot of wine.
Our New Zealand trip will be taking up a lot of Nick’s vacation time, so I am not sure how many other places we can travel to, but I am determined to somehow find a way to get back to to the Big Island, Hawaii. It’s so different from Oahu and we live so close — it seems crazy not to go back.
What’s on your wish list for 2015?
Where are you already planning to go?
New York will be so much fun! We are doing a little Christmas with my family fin California in a couple weeks too– I’m pretty excited! New Zealand will be incredible too! I can’t wait to read all about it!
Melanie @ meandmr.com
That’s awesome Melanie! I hope that you have the best time. Living far away from family is hard during the holidays, but being able to have a second Christmas in January is going to be pretty amazing!
Wonderful! Enjoy exploring Hawaii – it is so easy to forget to explore our own back yards. DC & NYC are ALWAYS a good idea. What a fantastic year ahead you have planned.
Thanks Kat! I totally agree and am trying to take advantage of as much as I can for the short time I am here. I think that I kind of forgot to do that when I lived in New York, so now I just have to go back and be a tourist!
New Zealand sounds amazing, lucky you! I’ve been meaning to visit Bulgaria for a while, heard that the churches are beautiful
Suze | LuxuryColumnist
Hi Suze! I am sooo excited to visit New Zealand! Bulgaria is such a beautiful place, so many gorgeous churches and a really interesting history and culture too. I was so lucky to have my best friend guide me around but everyone was so friendly and hospitable — genuinely happy to introduce you to their country. I am so glad I got to see that part of the world and hope to go back to Eastern Europe!
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I would LOVE it if you came back to visit this year!!!
Yes, Christy, we must get you to Hawaii this year!! I would love to get to DC too — maybe in the summertime!!
Some lovely aspirations. I’m going to be taking notes during your New Zealand posts – it’s on the bucket list! Polly xx
Thanks Polly! Looks like we have a lot to learn from each other this year!! So many exciting travels!
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What an incredible year of memories and adventures planned – oh, and enjoy enjoy enjoy New Zealand, it’s pretty awesome!
If you need any tips ie. how to speak Kiwi, let me know 🙂
Thanks Emma! I might take you up on that! What part are you from?
I’m from a teeny town in the middle of the North Island. I’ll have a few posts up next week, but I can recommend Amanda an American living in the South Island at the moment – her blog is Living in Another Language.
Oh I can’t wait to read them, Emma! I have been following Living in Another Language for a while — such a great blog!!
I love that you are embracing trying to explore Oahu more!! Nothing better than exploring your current living situation. And that’s so great you have all these travel plans!!! I love to travel as well and hope to hit a lot of these places someday 🙂 I hope you can travel as much as you want this year!!
Sometimes I get so wrapped up in just day to day living that I completely forget how fast time is flying and that I need to make the most of my time here! I hope your 2015 is filled with travels as well!! <3