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Randoms: Cities I Want to Visit

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@ Schipol Airport Tokyo, Japan Barcelona, Spain - 2 failed attempts  Toronto, Canada Maui, Hawaii Dubai, UAE Monaco, French Riviera Zurich, Switzerland - 1 failed attempt Cairo, Egypt Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Crete or Athens, Greece Compared to most of our well-traveled friends, PIC and I are probably the least traveled. Looking at this list and seeing the number of cities I've missed from the European contingent is simply disheartening. Anyway, I'm having one of those moments where I sit in a corner dreaming I had just won the lotto and am now plotting how to spend my riches -- hence the list. One of these days I should get PIC to give me a list of his top 10 and post it here so you can compare. In the mean time hope my list and this  inspires you for your own next Top 10.

The Successful Pandesal

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Hello Pandesal! I am not a baker. Apart from some easy bake brownies that always ended up tasting weird from my fledgling attempts through Elementary and High School, I have purposefully avoided the art of baking most of my adult life.

The 10-Minute Karekare & Piha Beach Tour

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For fans of the movie "The Piano," these beaches would be most familiar as backdrops to Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin.  Piha from up high

Item 3 on My 2011 List: Learning to Play Squash

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So... you already know I dabble in badminton. Not expertly mind you, but dabble in it enough I do. Hello Squash Court - A new foe waiting to bash my naive little head in