The great, wide somewhere
Hopping off a plane always has me itching to hop back on. I went to Texas last weekend and now I’ve got that pack-up-and-go urge again. So because I like to make lists, and I enjoy daydreaming, here are five random places I would like to visit someday, in no particular order:
Svalbard:
It’s a group of icy islands north of Norway. They don’t get sun from Nov. 14 to Jan. 29, but you can go weasel watching. How can anyone turn down weasel watching? And there’s an entire week-long festival in March to celebrate the return of the sun.
Positano:
This small Italian city on the Costiera Amalfitana in Campania, Italy is pretty much built up the side of the mountain lining the coast. The sides of the buildings are painted in an array of colors. The town doesn’t necessarily boast the widest range of activities, but it seems like a good place to go for those adventurous, cultural types who don’t mind exploring nooks and crannies.
Fes:
Is there any reason not to go to a place called Fes?
Santorini: 
The entirety of Greece is on my list of places I want to go, but Santorini is a must. The set-up of the town looks similar to Positano, but the pictures of the white buildings with the blue rooftops set against the back drop of the bluer than blue Aegean is breathtaking. I can’t imagine how gorgeous it must be in person.
Çatalhöyük:
It’s not a place to visit so much as an archaeological site, but if I ever got the chance to check it out, I would. It’s in Anatolia, a region in Western Asia comprised mostly of Turkey. It’s the site of on-going digging and research. I’ve always wanted to explore Turkey, and if I wasn’t pursuing journalism, I don’t think I’d be able to resist the siren song of field research.
Anywhere cool you want to visit?
