I often get wacky trip ideas.

[randomness]

Sometimes I even implement them.

This is one I'm unlikely to implement, because I have more sanity than money, but here it is:

The largest 52 metropolitan areas in the world, one a week for a year!

The reasoning goes like this. I like cities, and I like travel. I've been to a lot of these places, and I'd like to visit most of the ones I haven't been to yet. (Clearly, there are exceptions: for example, I won't be going to Baghdad as a tourist until the security situation improves.)

Wikipedia and world-gazetteer.com both have lists of metro areas, which of course conflict. In fact, Wikipedia has two: a list of urban areas by population and one of urban agglomerations. (I prefer the former, because Boston/Providence is on that list at #37, while on the latter Boston is way down at #56. On world-gazetteer.com it just misses the top 50.)

Needless to say, this trip would be very expensive and quite a test of stamina. Even if I didn't visit them in order of population, but chose some (relatively) sane geographic order instead.

But boy, imagine the food blogging!

Comments

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

You can use my level of (in)sanity upon my return as a gauge for whether you should attempt something like this in the future. *grin*

Your funding source is driving you crazy. I think maybe it would unfair to use your experience as an example? :)

(It's a great idea, btw.)

Thanks! Maybe I'll do it on a longer schedule.

[sea-bound.livejournal.com]

Actually, now that I no longer have to interact with them on a daily basis (or weekly, or even monthly, as it turns out), my relationship with my funding source is tolerable. I was really referring to the insanity accompanying being on the road for 9 months without a break. :)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Actually, now that I no longer have to interact with them on a daily basis (or weekly, or even monthly, as it turns out), my relationship with my funding source is tolerable.

Rockin! I was hoping it would work out that way.