JessicaElizabeth
United Kingdom

Amazing. Like stepping back in time.

I saw it in the Icelandic Fjords. It had been blowing water at the surface for a while before diving, flipping its tail up! Not my photo unfortunately, I was too busy in the moment to snap a picture :)

Incredible animals. There was a male and female swimming together next to the shore in the icelandic fjords! 

 Probably one of the most amazing waterfalls I've ever seen!

 During the final months of my degree, I was so miserable that I felt like I couldn't go on. I was terrified that my illness had gotten so bad, that I coundn't finish my degree. I'd sent an email to my uni about dropping out, and coming ...

There is a really cool ambience here. Very empty, for some reason tourists overlook this place. It is an over 900 year old church that was partially destroyed during the Blitz of London during WWII, that is now allowed to be taken by nat...

There is a lot of really amazing stuff here. The curators were definately going for quality over quantity. The Egyptian exhibit was great!  

It's an interesting city! A lot of the architecture is very familiar to me so it probably looks a lot more impressive to people from outside the UK.    (Not my photo) 

 I've wanted to see this for a long time now :) It was very important in our understanding of Egypt and the ancient egyptian language. 

Basically exhibits about space, as well as collections of old space gear, rockets and uniforms.

I have done this many times. It's best done where there is no light pollution at all though. Attached is a photo I took in a clear, unpolluted sky and then edited to show all the stuff it managed to pick up. Crazy to think of everything ...

 It was so unbelievably beautiful. 

The photo is of a beautiful valley I saw from the peaks near Teno, Tenerife. I watched the sun set from there :) 

 Tenerife is a volcanic island mostly made by the Las Cañadas volcano, but I saw a lot of volcanoes throughout Tenerife :)

I've been to Spain 7 times now, so you could say I'm a veteran in siesta taking ;D 

 Top tip: Get to the Louvre EARLY, and make the Mona Lisa the first thing you visit. She only gets harder to see as the museum fills up.  It took a minute or two for me to get right to the front to see her. I knew what to expect - I'd he...

Frogs legs are like chicken really. Escargot though? Never again haha.  

A cute little chocolate macaron on top of my rose ice cream. I got this in the gardens just outside the Louvre. It tasted really nice, but be warned, they are very expensive in Paris! They are worth it though :)  

I finally eased one of my biggest travel regrets by going here again. My first trip to Paris was via a high school trip, and my view of the Arc de Triomphe was through the back window of the bus between peoples heads. I barely saw anyth...

There is the main pyramid outside the Louvre, and then there is the inverted pyramid beneath the ground in the shopping centre. 

 It's a beautiful palace, but be warned; August is peak season and you will queue for hours to get in. Once inside, its full to the brim with people. Luckily the place I thought was most  interesting, the chapel, was off limits to touris...

This was 90% of my diet there. I don't tend to eat much when travelling, so I got a lot of baguettes from bakeries. Some of the Parisians were actually impressed with my French, even though I'm pretty sure it was a bit broken. When my mu...

I always find it really interesting to see things like this. I was just meters away from a famous historical leader. I kept looking at it and thinking...'He's right there!'  His tomb/coffin was huge as well, it really was amazing to see...

I did it! And I'm so glad I did. I was never satisfied after my first visit because I only got a small taste of the city and didn't really get to explore. This time, I walked around the empty streets lined with beautiful houses with litt...

They we're doing a service when we went. The organ and singing was pretty eerie. I lit a candle there in memorial of my dad <3  

Narrow streets with every kind of restaurant or cafe imaginable. Impossible to leave without a full stomach :)

The terraced gardens of this castle were the best part. I'm not sure why this place isn't more well known, it's really beautiful!

It felt like a little cactus. But it was soooo cute! It crossed my mind to pick it up for a cuddle, but that would be a bit mean haha. Also the little white fluffs around its head and belly were really soft :) 

I did this up in Scotland in front of the reflection of a rock pool. The results look pretty good!

 I climbed up a mountain alone in Scotland on a really windy day. I had to cling to the sides of the rock in case I was blown off the side. When I got to the top, the wind was so strong it could easily blow me over. I spent a long time s...

I've had numerous abdominal surgeries over the past few years that left me underweight and weak. I get tired very easily. At one point, I was too weak to even lift my legs to get in a car. But I've gradually turned that around. I've bee...

Some guys were making these in the streets of Reykjavik, and they lured me in with their friendliness and delicious smelling almonds. They let me sample some, and then I had to have them. I needed more!  All you need is almonds (obviou...

 This was one of the last things I did on my trip to Iceland. What can I say...it was a penis museum lol. You can get some pretty funny, albeit expensive gifts for people here too. 

Do not be fooled by the soup. I have to admit, when I received the tiny bowl of apparently 90% water I was preparing to be disappointed. But, it was actually delicious, and that tiny bowl barely left me room for dessert. It was Kjotsupa,...

 Geysir bread is a kind of bread that is baked using heat from a geyser. Quite a unique method!  I had some with butter that had a 'blueberry salt' in it. It was really nice!

It's a milky blue geothermal pool powered by Iceland's volcanism. On the day I went, it was extremely windy and snowy, so huge waves thrashed along the surface. This may not sound relaxing, but the water was hot and comforting, and hones...

 It was partially frozen in the middle of winter, and the wind blew the water out over us. We could have walked behind it, be opted not no because we would have been soaked and would have to walk around in -4 degrees. We found stairs com...

The power of the falls was immense. In my profile picture you can see me standing in front of it, getting completely drenched by the spray. The icicles that had formed around it were enormous...I was quite weary of standing underneath th...

A cute little village at the southernmost point of Iceland. It's a minutes walk from a black sand beach, where the waves were several meters high and Icelandic horses were being ridden down the shore.  

It erupted frequently; I saw it erupt about 6 times. It was unpredicatble though, and would sometimes only spout a little bit. Once it erupted massively, then a few seconds after erupted even higher. Don't stand downwind of it...while we...

 I didn't stand very close to the water because the ice had made the paths dangerous, but from a distance you could still hear the power of the water. It really is an amazing sight. I was lucky to have seen it at such a beautiful time, i...

 They were quite short and chubby, but I suppose they need to be :) They were also really friendly. Not my photo unfortunately, it is pretty dark in Iceland during winter :)

 The wind could be brutal here in the winter. Take your hands out of your gloves for more than a few seconds and your fingers feel like shards of glass. It's a very dramatic landscape, where the continents are splitting apart.

This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen in my life. My pictures don't tell the full story unfortunately, and aren't remotely as beautiful as what we saw. We were told that usually the aurora appears white to the naked eye, and tha...

 'Sun Voyager is a dreamboat, an ode to the sun. Intrinsically, it contains within itself the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom.' Also known as the Solfar Sculpture. It overlooks the sea and the mo...

So many more places to go together :) 

Such a beautiful city. All the buildings had a coordinated theme, and everything was modern and pristine but still very cultural. On the sides of buildings was some really amazing street art. Along the front of the sea where the sun voy...

It's a really interesting looking church in the heart of Reykjavik. You can see it from miles away, so I often found myself using it to determine where I was. The design looked as though it was meant to imitate the basalt columns you cou...

I was surprised by how open this building was to the public.  While waiting for the aurora on our first day in Iceland, we saw that this building was still open past 11 pm, so we sat inside to warm up. There were really nice lounge areas...

 It's a bright beam of light across the sea from Reykjavik. It was kinda cool, unfortunately it got in the way of a lot of my aurora photos :(

 I've been waiting to see this since the concept art came out. It's a really beautiful film. If you are the kind of person with a thirst for adventure and travel, it will probably resonate with you too :) 

We drank the coconut water, then Blue Lagoon and Pina Colada!

My boyfriend and I made a very delicious lasagna, built a blanket fort while it was cooking, and cuddled up inside it while watching Fight Club, enjoying our meal and drinking Pina Colada and Blue Lagoon! 

We did it!  It was my birthday, and I really wanted to try an escape room, so we tried 'The Mummy', an Egyptian tomb themed room. When we walked in, the room looked pretty underwhelming but we got really engrossed in the puzzle solving ...

 This has happened many times. Sometimes I've seen a butterfly stuck in a web or in long grass and gave it some help, but occasionally I've had a butterfly decide to rest on me. We used to grow buddleia plants in our back garden, so we'd...

 This was so time consuming! Plus both of us messed up a lot along the way. I made the mistake of not buying enough ingredients, and terrible food dye that didn't work. My boyfriend frequently dropped everything. We were a disaster of a ...

I tried Paella, a rice with seafood dish. Turns out, I've actually eaten and recently made this (I also have it as a completed goal!), I just knew it by a different name. I always called it 'Spanish Chicken', just Paella without seafood....

 I have many times, and did again recently. It's so much warmer that the sea around the UK, but often you go in just to cool off from the heat. I'd been working all day out in the desert and hiked up hills and mountains, so cooling off i...

I tried tiramisu and milk chocolate gelato at Gelato Village - apparently 3rd best place for gelato in Europe! It was really nice, though next time i'd like to try it on a cone.  

I took to it really easily! The water was quite gentle, but I loved breaking through the larger waves head on! I'd love to try this in choppier waters, I think the violence of the sea would make it exciting :) It was really relaxing to p...

I've found quite a few! When I started this bucketlist, I wanted to use it as an opportunity to find out what I love. So far, these are my new hobbies: Hiking Photography Astrophotography Origami Baking Travelling ​Calligraphy ...

This was the perfect opportunity to take some photos.  I never thought the stars could be so clear. When the moonlight is blocked and it's pitch black, zero light pollution anywhere, there are more stars than you can ever imagine.

Hiking takes you so many places you never would never find in a guidebook. If you can, go where the paths don't take you! We crossed rivers by felled trees, marshes and shattered rocky coastline. We had lunch on an island in the middle o...

I didn't expect it to turn out this well! When I went out, there was a full moon and a few wispy clouds, so it didn't turn out as that perfect dark sky with thousands of stars, but I really like the effect this had on the photo! 

We picked a spot alongside the ocean, right next to a waterfall. Collected our firewood, got the fire started and roasted our marshmallows above the flames. I had no idea melted marshmallows could taste so amazing. 

It's a beautiful place. I'm staying in a bothy by the ocean, with a view of the mountains and lighthouses from the window. There is beautiful scenery and really interesting wildlife everywhere. It took a long drive in pitch black through...

 I have done this alone and with others. It's amazing what you can find far from anywhere.

We drove through the winding roads of Scotland. The isolation in the mountains was amazing. We were completely surrounded by rugged landscapes, with clouds hanging low concealing the peaks. By nightfall, we were seeing so much wildlife. ...

This probably seems quite mundane, but to me it really isn't. My dad used to make this specifically for me, and would adjust the recipe according to what I liked best. When I came out of hospital and was well enough to eat again, he made...

This was amazing. As soon as I walked in, I saw lots of fluffy cats all around, prowling about doing cat things. They were so fun to play with. I couldn't get over the really fluffy cat wearing a little bow tie! She loved to play with a ...

 If I were to die suddenly, providing life to another is something I would wish to happen :)  While switching doctors, I was given a form about it - it turns out by law everyone is now an organ donor in Wales, but you can opt out. I rem...

There were so many people all having a blast and getting pelted in coloured powder! It was a 5k run with a colour station at every kilometer, where people would hurl the powder on you. While some colour stations threw very little on me, ...

Holy crap. This was 10 out of 10 the best thing I've tried at a spa. It was a 50 minute long massage that included pressing on pressure points, stretching muscles and massaging using bamboo canes. For the first 10 minutes, the therapist...

We all need a bit more positivity in our lives! As a previous sufferer of depression, I know that the best way of digging myself out of that black hole is to focus on the happier memories. It's so easy to fall into a cycle of negative th...

I stood on a cliff and watched the bay below where the seals usually hunt... occassionally they would pop up for a minute or so for air. The ones I saw (and took pictures of) were Grey Seals. They look so chubby but are still really grac...

 To celebrate our successes, my boyfriend and I mixed Skittles vodka. Doesn't taste great on it's own, but when mixed with lemonade, its pretty good! 

I finally sat my last exam, and that concludes my studies for first year! It wasn't all happy sailing, but I'm enjoying my course and love university overall. Some of my favourite topics that I've studied so far have been Dynamic Earth, ...

 I can definitely see this becoming a hobby of mine :)

I wrote a happy memory on the inside - when I fold more I will build up my happy jar :) It doesn't take long to learn how to make them, I remembered how by the third crane I folded. It's suprisingly theraputic!

We were lost almost right away. It's so easy to lose track of where you are, but we outright refused to use the flag we were given to signal for help. We made our way out eventually... Some probable quotes you will hear if you try this ...

 This is a lot of fun, but tough on your legs because you end up crouching a lot! I was so tired after. I can't wait to try this out again!

 I've done something similar before, where I wrote a letter to myself for when I finished high school. I want to do the same now, before my life takes any significant changes. That way, I can see the massive change my life has taken over...

 They pull really hard on the bottles! There's no denying though - they are adorable.

We ate too much of it at once and made ourselves ill. Worth it. 

These are extremely easy to make, and taste really good! I made them with chocolate cake, dipped in white chocolate with milk chocolate flakes on top. I can't wait to make more with different flavours!  

Dressing up and feeling fancy is fun! And of course, the food was amazing. We were served with a goats cheese tart starter (which was absolutely delicious), chicken in white wine with potato and asparagus (also equally as amazing) and fi...

I'll be honest, I didn't really like it that much. It wasn't horrible, it just didn't have a lot of flavour either. Maybe I just didn't get good sushi?  I don't know. I usually prefer things with spices and sauses adding lots of flavour,...

I wasn't particularly amazing at bowling, but it's still a fun time to have with friends!

The official authority for naming stars is the IAU, which don't allow people to pay to name a star (companies that claim to name a star for a fee are actually a scam) The IAU hosted a vote a while back to name 20 stars/planets etc and I ...