Inspired by the spirit of my new production company Wonderful Films Corp, the blog this week is being turned into a place for all things WONDERFUL.
Did you know that the old "7 Wonders of the World" have been updated???
With a new 21st Century list supplanting or at least augmenting the old one?
Stonehenge, The Eiffel Tower and The Kremlin were only runners-up! Sheesh! It's tough being a Wonder these days!!
Christ Redeemer, Rio
Do you remember learning the old list of wonders growing up?
The Coliseum, Rome
Pop Quiz: Can you name them all? (see answer below)
The Great Wall of China
All of the old ones except one were destroyed long before the modern era, so they only exist in memory or drawings.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
What's nice about the new list is, as you can see from the photos, they are all still here, so they qualify for those 1,000 Places You Must Go Before You Die books.
Machu Picchu, Peru
I've only been to a few of the wonders from the "modern" list pictured here: The Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu and the Coliseum. How many have you visited?
Petra, Jordan
Rio de Janiero and the Taj Mahal in India are definitely at the top of Elsa and my wish list of places we'd love to see.
Taj Mahal, India
My sister and I submitted 510 Belmont Avenue, Chicago to the committee, as it is certainly a Wonder that we made it out of that place alive when we were growing up, but it didn't make the cut.
Oh well, the way they're messing around with the eternal verities these days, like updating the list of the Seven Wonders of The World, I guess we can safely now say, "there's always next time!".
william
Pop quiz answer:
I've been to the Great Wall and Chichen Itza (and runners-up Stonehenge & the Eiffel Tower). That top photo just bumped Rio way up my list of places I want to go! I "wonder" why Chichen Itza beat out the Egyptian pyramids.
Is there a list of the seven natural wonders of the world? I'm sure those would make great destinations, too.
At least your former Chicago address would be on the new list. When my dad went back to see his Chicago childhood home, he found that not only was his old house gone, but his entire street had been removed!
Posted by: Maiz | February 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM
So many places, so little time! I've been to the Coliseum and Machu Picchu with runner-up Eiffel Tower. If there is a list of natural wonders of the world, then I will count Galapagos Islands as one.
Thank you for the wonderful posts this week. Good luck at the Oscars tonight!
Posted by: dutchbaby | February 22, 2009 at 09:17 AM
Petra, Jordan looks very interesting
place to see as all the others do too.
My travels take to to beautiful places
through the wonderful invention of the
televison. LOL!
God Bless You and Yours!!!
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Petra is amazing, carved from the rock, wonder what kind of tech on those days was able to do it.
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