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Rocks in the Verzasca River near the hamlet of Lavertezzo in the Valle Verzasca of Switzerland

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In just a few months it'll be warm enough to perch for a while on this smooth river rock, dangle your feet into the water, and take in this gorgeous Swiss scenery. We're here in the Valle Verzasca, a valley in Ticino, Switzerland, close to the Italian border. There in the near distance is the tiny hamlet of Lavertezzo, where most everyone speaks Italian. Tourists normally flock to this area in warm summer months to swim and snorkel in the Verzasca River's famous turquoise waters and to jump off the 17th-century double-arched bridge known as the Ponte dei Salti (Bridge of Jumps). The very, very brave bungee jump off the nearby Contra Dam, made famous in the 1995 James Bond film 'GoldenEye.'

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Stones in a river near the hamlet of Lavertezzo, in the Valle Verzasca of Switzerland © Robert Seitz/Offset by Shutterstock

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Today on Bing February 18, 2021

A river runs through it In just a few months it'll be warm enough to perch for a while on this smooth river rock, dangle your feet into the water, and take in this gorgeous Swiss scenery. We’re here in the Valle Verzasca, a valley in Ticino, Switzerland, close to the Italian border. There in the near distance is the tiny hamlet of Lavertezzo, where most everyone speaks Italian. Tourists normally flock to this area in warm summer months to swim and snorkel in the river’s famous turquoise waters and to jump off the 17th century double-arched bridge known as the Ponte dei Salti (Bridge of Jumps). The very, very brave bungee jump off the nearby Contra dam, made famous in the 1995 James Bond film ‘GoldenEye.’

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Today on Bing February 18, 2021

A river runs through it In just a few months it'll be warm enough to perch for a while on this smooth river rock, dangle your feet into the water, and take in this gorgeous Swiss scenery. We're here in the Valle Verzasca, a valley in Ticino, Switzerland, close to the Italian border. There in the near distance is the tiny hamlet of Lavertezzo, where most everyone speaks Italian. Tourists normally flock to this area in warm summer months to swim and snorkel in the Verzasca River's famous turquoise waters and to jump off the 17th-century double-arched bridge known as the Ponte dei Salti (Bridge of Jumps). The very, very brave bungee jump off the nearby Contra Dam, made famous in the 1995 James Bond film 'GoldenEye.'

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Today on Bing 18 February 2021 Into the Valle Verzasca Let's perch for a while on this smooth river rock, dangle our feet in the water and soak up this gorgeous Swiss scenery, virtually speaking that is. We’re in the Valle Verzasca, a valley in Ticino, Switzerland, close to the Italian border. There in the near distance is the tiny hamlet of Lavertezzo, where almost everyone speaks Italian. In normal years, tourists flock to this area come the warm summer months to swim and snorkel in the Verzasca river’s famous turquoise waters, which flow over colourful rocks and pool into natural jacuzzis. They also come to jump off the 17th century double-arched bridge known as the Ponte dei Salti (Bridge of Jumps). The huge bungee jump off the nearby Contra dam was made famous in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye.

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Bucket List

1. Adopt puppies

2. See the Northern Lights in Alaska

3. Go skiing in the Alps

4. Become a doctor

5. Take that super basic picture in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. You know the one I’m talking about where the person leans, too.

6. Hiking with my best friends

7. Accumulate 1,000+ books

8. Serve in the military for the tuition assistance and new experiences so I can continue earning advanced degree after advanced degree

9. Trek to the ancient Inca ruins of Machu Picchu

10. Participate in the Color Run

11. Buy my own house

12. Drive my car up the coast of California along PCH

13. Live by the beach

14. Go camping and sleep in a tent

15. Jump out of an airplane

16. Be a Maid of Honor

17. Pay off all debt

18. Try Crossfit

19. Marvel at the natural wonder that is the Grand Canyon

20. See the pyramids of Egypt

21. Walk the Siq in Petra, Jordan

22. Swim the beautiful Mediterranean on a trip to Greece.

23. Skydive in Dubai

24. Party in Germany for Oktoberfest

25. New Orleans for Mardi Gras

26. Have a sleepover where we spend all day marathoning the Harry Potter movies!

27. Buy Japanese stationery items in Japan

28. Walk the Great Wall of China

29. Honeymoon (or personal trip) to Costa Rica

30. Tour the Taj Mahal

31. See fireflies in Virginia

32. Earn a Master’s degree as well as a doctorate.

33. Study abroad in Seville, Spain

34. Have emotionally fulfilling, intimate, awesome sex with the love of my life. Someday this will happen.

35. Waking up next to a man who loves me more than I’ve ever been loved before.

36. Learn Portuguese

37. Fall under the spell of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

38. Watch the sun set over The Maldives

39. Scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef

40. Watch a meteor shower

41. Read a book on the white sand beaches of Whitehaven, Australia

42. Go horseback riding at Tanque Verde Ranch (it’s in Tucson, so I don’t know why I haven’t been!)

43. Swimming in Bora Bora

44. Get a tattoo

45. New Year’s Eve in Time Square

46. Drive a sports car

47. Float in the Dead Sea

48. Kiss passionately in the rain

49. Attend Mass at St. Peter’s Square in The Vatican

50. Go wine tasting in Napa Valley, California

51. Write a book

52. Take a helicopter ride over the Amazon Rainforest

53. Have a white Christmas at a ski resort, possibly in Colorado?

54. Road trip from California to New York, sleeping in the car and living out of our suitcases.

55. Sleep under the stars. Tucson has beautiful night skies full of stars!

56. Host Friendsgiving

57. Go rock climbing

58. Live such an inspiring life that I get to speak at TED

59. White water rafting in the Colorado River

60. Pray at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

61. Ride a gondola in Venice

62. Host an exchange student

63. Climb the Half Dome at Yosemite

64. Wish my mom a happy birthday on the radio

65. Buy my mom the nicest house she’s ever had

66. Attend a show on Broadway

67. Photograph penguins in Antarctica

68. Go skinny dipping in Samurai Beach, Australia

69. Meet a Navy SEAL

70. Climb the Himalayas

71. Get drunk at a summer music festival

72. Visit every Disney park in the world!

73. Enjoy some authentic Chicago style pizza in Chicago

74. Go to Hogwarts at Universal Studios

75. Meet the President of the United States (not the sitting President…)

76. Walk the lavender fields in Provence, France

77. Shop the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul

78. Visit the Louvre

79. Go on a blind date

80. Ask out a man who seems out of my league

81. Perform life saving surgical procedures.

82. Sell stuff on Amazon. No joke…I have never done this.

83. Stay in a hostel

84. Rooftop yoga

85. Bunjee jump the Verzasca Dam in Switzerland

86. Support a local coffee shop in every city I go to.

87. Running with the Bulls in Spain

88. Visit every state in the US

89. Enter a cooking competition

90. Grow my own vegetables

91. Go on a picnic date

92. Shower underneath Niagara Falls

93. Bathe in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland

94. Celebrate my birthday in Paris with my best friends, seeing the city at night from the top of the Eiffel Tower

95. Have a boyfriend on Valentine’s Day

96. Become a mentor

97. Become a godparent

98. Have a 4.0 academic year. Straight A’s both semester!

99. Go on safari in Hluhluwe and Imfolozi National Park, South Africa

100. Sip coffee or wine in a bathtub that overlooks the New York skyline

101. Hike to the Hollywood sign

102. Take a picture in front of all the street art in LA

103. Volunteer for a humanitarian mission

104. Mud wrestle

105. Read every Shakespeare work

106. Attend a charity or military ball

107. Write my will

108. Ride the London Eye

109. Bake cookies from scratch

110. Snorkel in the Galápagos Islands

111. Stay a night at the Ice Hotel in Sweden

112. Spring Break in the Florida Keys

113. Write a thesis on the influence of language on the brain

114. See the Flower Carpet in Belgium

115. See Taylor Swift in concert

116. Attend the Grand Prix in Monaco

117. Try a Serendipity frozen hot chocolate

118. Try some southern food for the first time

119. Take a warm bubble bath with the man I love

120. Win money on the radio

121. Travel by train

122. Learn how to make at least 5 gourmet dishes

123. Listen to every song on my playlist without skipping

124. Take up Krav Maga again and relearn how to disarm assailants

125. Create a genealogy chart

126. Smoke hookah

127. Go 24 hours without my phone

128. Fast for three days to cleanse my system

129. Make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem

130. Jump in the fountain at Old Main

131. Make a six figure salary

132. Start a college savings account for my future children

133. Stay overnight in a tree house

134. Build an epic sand castle

135. Dine at Subsix, an underwater restaurant 20 feet below the Indian Ocean.

136. Catch a wave surfing in Huntington Beach

137. See a Rodeo

138. Witness a marriage proposal

139. Attend a slam poetry reading

140. Crowd surf at a Taylor Swift concert

141. Making breakfast for the man I love

142. Get a Brazilian wax

143. Be a leader in my field

144. Get promoted!

145. Start a business

146. Own a giant stuffed animal

147. Meet the Pope

148. Teach a class

149. Drink only water for a month

150. Time my two mile runs

151. Take icy cold showers; it toughens people up.

152. Eat Philly cheese steak in Philadelphia

153. Explore the Van Gogh Museum in the Netherlands

154. Watch Olympic swimming in person

155. Win an award or ribbon

156. Go to a drive-in movie.

To be cont