top ten cities I want to visit (and why)

I have been reading this super cute blog, Cakes, Tea and Dreams, and I think I am going to steal the idea of a list a week from her, which she says she stole from somewhere else. She's been doing a list a week all of 2010, I believe, but we'll just have to start a little late here at The Marriage of an Undomestic.

For my debut list, I choose...

Top Ten Cities I Want to Visit (and why)

*means I've visited this place and loved it so much I want to go back!

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Seattle, Washington

flying fish at pikes place market, great coffee, space needle, rain, beauty

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Belfast, Ireland

green everywhere, authentic pubs, cobblestone streets, dramatic ocean cliffs

 

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Portland, Oregon*

powell's bookstore, hood river, oneonta gorge, rheinlander and the neighborhood its in, good people

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Charleston, South Carolina

plantations, Paula Deen, tybee island

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Boston, MA

the green monster, the harbor, boston cream pie

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Monteverde, Costa Rica*

cloud forest, canyoneering, great village, pizzeria de johnny  (best pizza ever)

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Indianapolis, Indiana*

awesome metropolis

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San Diego, California

great climate, running on the beach, the zoo

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Austin, Texas*

great urban culture, lake travis, longhorn football

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Greenville, South Carolina

falls park on the reedy

When I visit a city, I want to get all of the "sight-seeing" done in the first day. For the majority of the vacation, and my favorite part, I love to do the city like the residents do. Eat at the hole-in-the-wall places, run on the beach, read in the parks, explore the roads less traveled.

Can you tell vacation is on my mind? 

Which cities do you want to visit?