An update

With nearly two-thirds of 2026 over, here is a quick update on the ticks so far for this year:

1. Visit the Immigration Museum in Melbourne✅️ 9 January 2026
2. Go see Yungblud✅️ 13 January 2026
3. Catch the ferry to Portarlington✅️ 16 January 2026
4. Visit the Peninsular Hot Springs ✅️ 6 February 2026
5. Try the Japanese pancakes at Gram Cafe in Melbourne ✅️ 7 February 2026
6. Eat a Banh Mi at Bun Bun Bakery in Springvale (Vic) ✅️ 8 February 2026
7. Visit Eel Pie Island in Twickenham ✅️ 21 February 2026
8. Have a drink at the pub that floods (The White Cross, Richmond) ✅️ 21 February 2026
9. Catch the Eurostar ✅️ 9 March 2026
10. Do a cruise on the Seine along Canal Saint-Martin in Paris ✅️ 11 March 2026
11. Get new brows ✅️ 4 April 2026
12. Visit Reading (my birth place) ✅️ 9 April 2026
13. Catch the Artxanda Fenicular in Bilbao ✅️ 16 April 2026
14. Climb the 241 steps up to San Juan de Gaztelugatxe (Pais Vasco) ✅️ 17 April 2026
15. Visit Guernica and learn about what happened there ✅️ 17 April 2026
16. Do a cruise on the Douro River ✅️ 6 May 2026
17. Visit Fatima in Portugal ✅️ 7 May 2026
18. Go to a Fado Show ✅️ 8 May 2026
19. Visit the Passages of Exeter ✅️ 6 June 2026
20. Do a Ghost Tour and have a beer at the haunted Golden Fleece in York ✅️ 9 June 2026
21. Visit Betty's Tea Rooms in York and eat a Fat Rascal ✅️ 10 June 2026
22. Checkout the chocolate story in York ✅️ 10 June 2026
23. Visit the Yorkshire Dales ✅️ 11 June 2026
24. Have afternoon tea at the Ritz in London ✅️ 16 June 2026
25. Visit the Viktor Wynd Museum and drink an Absinthe cocktail✅️ 16 June 2026
26. Visit Harry Potter at Warner Brothers✅️ 18 June 2026
27. Ride the boat ride at the top of Mount Igueldo ✅️ 21 June 2026
28. Visit Alcala de Henares - Miguel de Cervantes birthplace ✅️ 9 July 2026
29. Visit Segovia and Avila ✅️ 10 July 2026
30. Visit Valladolid ✅️ 14 - 18 July 2026
31. Eat at a Michelin starred restaurant ✅️ 16 July 2026
32. Visit Chinchon and drink anis ✅️ 31July 2026
33. Visit El Escorial Palace ✅️ 31 July 2026

That still leaves a few to go and a bit of a review was required if I'm to have any chance of getting through them.

1. Visit the Lisboa Story Centre
2. Visit the Monastery of Jerónimos in Lisboa
3. Explore the UNESCO World Heritage Tarraco Roman ruins of Tarragona 
4. Visit the town of Reus
5. Visit the Penedes wine region (cava)
6. Visit the Palmeral in Elche 
7. Do the Liqor 43 Experience in Cartagena
8. Go to the theatre at least 5 times (1. Danza Española, Torrevieja 2. Devil Wears Prada, London 3. Hercules, London)
9. Eat a Bar Nestor in San Sebastian
10. Lose the weight I put on in 2024
11. Visit 3 new countries
12. Learn to play the castanets 
13. Visit Villajoyosa to see the colourful houses and Valor Chocolate factory
14. Catch the TRAM d’Alacant
15. Visit Altea (Alicante)
16. Visit the Cuevas de Canelobre (Busot, Alicante)
17. See a band at the 100 club
18. Go to a Premier League football match
19. Visit Little Venice and walk along the canals
20. Visit Glasgow
21. Ride the Watercress line steam train
22. Visit the Lakes District
23. Visit Malta
24. Walk the Relleu Reservoir Route in Alicante, Spain
25. Visit Dracula's castle in Romania
26. Visit Berlin
27. Visit Tallinn in Estonia
28. Visit Albania
29. Crochet a top
30. Crochet a granny square blanket
31. Visit Nerja in Malaga
32. Visit Mijas in Malaga
33. Go to a German Christmas Market