Eight once in a lifetime experiences to save for...and we did some of them

Since being back, I have found I'm pretty easily distracted when sitting in lectures at university. No shock there.

Surprisingly, professors talking about the theories of property law tend to cause me to switch off, and before I know it I am trawling through the internet looking for any sort of distraction.

And lately, my favourite distractions are travel blogs.

There's a blog on the Sydney Morning Herald website by a guy called "The Backpacker" which has had me hooked lately. Basically he has been everywhere we have been, plus more, and he is living the dream of being paid to be "Fairfax's Globetrotter on a Shoestring". It's a good read, especially to see his take on so many things we learned through backpacking: like how expensive it is when you get back to Australia.

But there's this one article he wrote called 'Eight once in a lifetime experiences to save for'. 

Some were in countries we didn't get to visit.

Some were just ridiculously expensive, even for regular travelers (a cruise to Antarctica?)

But then there were these: 2 out of 8 that we actually got to experience:

See a Liverpool game at Anfield

It can be done - probably for far too much money, given you'll have to go through an agency to get your hands on the precious tickets, but it can be done. And if you're into sport, then this is the holy grail, and you'll never regret the expense. Once the Kop breaks into You'll Never Walk Alone, all that cash will seem like a pittance.

Before the game at Anfield stadium, and without the expense thanks to some very generious friends in Oxofrd!

Stay in Venice

Loads of people have been to Venice, but if you're like me and you did it on a budget, then you would have stayed at one of the campgrounds or budget hotels that are off the actual island. Those places are party central, but surely it can't compare to being in the city of an evening, when the few locals that are left there come out to play. And if you have to get a vaporetto to your front door, all the better.

Even a hostel in Venice was expensive, but it was worth it to be there at night

 So there, not one, but TWO once in a lifetime experiences we can tick off from this list. Now off to plan how to get the other six..... the final cities will be blogged about soon.