The ALIVE Bucket List

This is not a list to be completed, but my search for experiences that remind me what it feels like to be truly alive. Here are the stories I can now tell, and the dreams I’m still chasing.

What I’ve Done

Ride the Iron Ore Train for 20 hours through the Sahara Desert in Mauritania

Cycle from Belgium to Ukraine to Support my Friends at the Start of the Russian Invasion

Run from Brussels to the Eiffel Tower in Paris

Run a Full Marathon in my Favorite Spanish City, Valencia

Study Abroad and Make International Friends at Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea

Live half a Year in Medellín, Colombia, one of the most Fascinating Cities in the world

Cycle from Belgium to Saint-Petersburg in support of Russian Orphans

Be a Positive News Item in the International Press Worldwide

Go to Coachella

What I Want to Do

Visit Every Country in the World (now: 111 visited)

Walk the Camino to Santiago de Compostela

Cycle to North Cape

Climb Mount Kilimanjaro

Run the Marathon des Sables

Fall in Love again