Wonders of Man

In the 1970's Newsweek published a series of books called the Wonders of Man. My paternal grandmother, Sarah deSaussure Heath, ordered this series and would pass them on to me as she finished them. They fascinated me and gave a pretty good coverage of each of the topics. There were titles such as: The Statue of Liberty, Venice, Machu Pichu, The Forbidden City, Versailles, and The Loire. I still have those books and they are on display in our home. We still use them. We re-read the Venice book and ordered the Florence book prior to our trip to Italy last summer. They also remind me of Meme, as we called her. She had a love of travel and history and was a big influence on me.

I was looking at those books the other day and realized they were a sort of bucket list. And I can cross off quite a few, though I still have quite a few I want to see.

The Wonders of Man

Venice - been twice

The Colisseum - been twice

El Escorial - not been there

The Forbidden City - nope

The Taj Mahal - uh uh, not yet

Tower of London - been there

Versailles - been twice

Statue of Liberty - been to New York but didn't get to see it

The Parthenon - yep

The Alhambra - not yet

The Loire - loved it

Kyoto - someday

Notre Dame de Paris - been twice

Machu Pichu - definitely on the bucket list

Pyramid and Sphinx - also on the bucket list

Teotihuacan - uh, no

White House - been there

Hagia Sophia - someday

Mecca - don't think so

The Kremlin - definitely someday

Vienna - no, only got as far as Salzburg

Florence - yes indeed

The Hague - no

So, I'm happy with what I've seen and look forward to what I haven't. And I think Meme would be happy too.

 

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