Things I want to do before I die

If you stopped me on the road some day, and randomly asked me to list 10 things I wish to do before I die(although I doubt many people would receive this sort of impulsive and slightly psychotic action with anything less than hostility), this is what my answer would be-

1)Visit the castles of Ireland. 

Ever since they started running regular ads focussing on Tourism in Ireland in the Sunday newspaper supplemantary, I have harboured a secret desire to go there at least once in my life. Beautiful, glossy photographs of rustic graystone castles towering into the clear skies and the impossibly blue ocean and its frothy waves crashing into the sides of majestic, weather-worn cliffs. Yards and yards of lush green lawns with flowerbeds carpetting the velvetty landscape, like a rainbow on the ground. 

2)Walk the streets of Rome, soaking in the rich history and art. Get lost in my thoughts and its larger-than-life past and go back to the days of the emperors...back to when Nero ordered temple treasuries to be robbed legally to acquire capital sufficient to build a statue in his honor...or to the day when the largest, most powerful empire in the world burned to the ground, leaving behind just memories and accounts to satiate the curiosity of an entire civilization.

3)Spend a whole day in New York City, shopping and doing shamelessly touristy stuff like having a picnic at Central Park and eating a pretzel from a cart, ordering an extra-large frozen hot-chocolate from Serendipity, the most exclusive (and expensive) ice cream shop on the planet, going up to Staten Island and of course, buying an I <3>

4)Have my first dinner out with James like he planned; at the Niagara Falls, where he says at night, you can see the lights from Canada. 

5)Give my parents the vacation of their dreams, and have them not worry about a single penny. 

6)Have kids. I am really good with children, and I genuinly *do* have a certain way with them. I want to have children, and give them all the love I can and watch them live a happy, content life.

7)Write a book.

8)Walk on a beach, all alone, with just the water and the sand under my feet. Sit with my back against a rock and read a book, or maybe just watch the sun slip down the horizon and the water slap the coastline gently. Lie down and watch the night sky.

9)Apologize to the people I've knowingly or unknowingly hurt along the way.

10)Be happy and be with the person I love.