I sat down to lunch the other day and didn’t have anything to read, so I hauled out our atlas and perused it while I ate. I was looking for and dreaming about places that might be interesting and fun.
I started in Europe. We have been talking about doing a bike trip somewhere in Europe. The north of Spain looks interesting. Ride from coast to coast – Barcelona to Fisterra. Ride part of the Camino de Santiago. Visit Balboa’s museum.
![Map of Spain Pictures](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7WjdgUqNa9U/TMwmdeU4k5I/AAAAAAAAAtI/mFCkqf4PTck/s400/map-of-spain2.jpg)
Spain from "map-of-spain.co.uk"
What about Germany. Mur heard about a bike trip along the river Danube from its source (near Donaueschingen) to Budapest. The riding would be on bike paths and small roads. That sounds interesting too!
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Danubemap.jpg/800px-Danubemap.jpg)
Route of the Danube River from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube_river"
We have always wanted to go to Mali, because of its music. I checked out where Timbuktu was as there is a music festival there called Festival in the Desert. It is a January event, so it would be a 2013 trip.
![Mali from "http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/africa/mali"](http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/africa/mali/map_of_mali.jpg)
Mali from "http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/africa/mali"
I also checked out the Pacific for scuba diving. There are so many islands to venture to. We could just throw a dart at a map and go where it lands!
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/South-pacific-map.jpg)
South Pacific from "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia"
I will keep on dreaming and maybe we will find ourselves in a far off corner of the world in 2012.