Monday Escapes: Travel List 2013

At the beginning of the year instead of making a New Year's resolution list, I prefer to make a travel (resolution) wish list and fantasize about where I want to go next.  This blog is called "Travel"moon after all.  Last year, with a newborn baby I knew that the wish list was probably going to be just that, a fantasy.  But this year many of those 2012 travel wishes are coming true, and some by chance rather than design.

First on the list was Sweden.  Not only will I be traveling to Sweden, I am going to be a bridesmaid in my friend's wedding that is taking place in a castle.  Certainly a far grander and meaningful trip than I imagined when I put it on the list.

Helsingborg, Sweden a town near the wedding location

I will also have the chance to go to Copenhagen.  I have wanted to travel there ever since I saw the movie Prince and Me.  Anyone remember that one?

Picturesque Copenhagen

Number two on my list was a trip to somewhere (anywhere) in the Caribbean.  We are going to the Dominican Republic on a family vacation, and on a recent trip down the Pinterest rabbit hole I discovered that the photo I originally posted on my travel wish list was actually of the Dominican Republic.  Hmmmm if that isn't fate...

Can't wait to be on a beach that looks like this!

I had San Diego on the list so I wouldn't feel like a complete travel failure, and I did actually make it there quite a few times.  I  will be traveling there again this month before heading up to Santa Barbara for a bachelorette party weekend.

Santa Barbara

The last spot on the list I haven't mentioned was Charleston, South Carolina.  Who knows maybe it will happen after all, or maybe it will just make the 2014 list!

*Images via Pinterest