Tonight's jackpot is over $200 million. What would I do, if I won the lottery tonight?
First, I think, I'd find myself an accountant and a financial planner. I would want experts to make sure the money was secure and well-protected, and to set up the most sensible way for me to have enough money for the rest of my life. With that much, I don't think that would be a problem. My tastes are moderate. I would also make a will.
Then, I would buy a new car. With heated seats.
Next, I would buy a house, near my friends. (This provides hours of entertainment all by itself, as I design my dream house and then furnish it, all in my head.)
Only after that would I quit my job.
Once I'm settled near friends, and never have to work again, then I start traveling. There are so many interesting places to go! At the top of the list:
- the British Isles
- Italy
- Australia
- India
- Japan
But I wouldn't stop there. I'd keep traveling, to 2 or 3 international destinations a year, until I'd seen all of it.
I would travel inside the U.S. as well. I would go to all of the National Parks (actually, that's not a bad idea for a lifetime goal as it is). I'd visit every state, and do as many of the interesting things as I could. I would go to every ren faire in the country at least once. I would go to SF cons, all over the place. Wherever I went, I would visit the zoo. And I'd ride every old-fashioned railroad.
In between trips?
- Blog it all, of course. Actually, at that point I think I'd do a proper website of my own, for pictures and travelogue.
- Volunteer at the Philadelphia Zoo. And other places, as I find ones I like.
- Study as much as possible of the language and culture of my next international destination.
- Take classes in all sorts of interesting things.
- Be home a couple of weekends a month for gaming, of course.
And that's just what I've thought of so far this morning...
I would want to take people with me on my trips, of course. If you could travel anywhere in the world, all expenses paid, and the only restriction was that I would be going with you - where would we go? What would we see? What would you think of to do that might not occur to me?
Comments
(sorry, I'm boring)
- Go to the theatre, and to concerts.
- Learn to dance
No strange and unusual places that I didn't mention, though?
It was the end of June, the longest days of the year, and it was indeed nice then.
as for places to go, i'd go anywhere, give me five minutes to pack and i'll be your travel buddy :)
but egypt is rather high on my list...
~Grania